ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Culture
THE SHOW GOES ON
Despite nearly a full calendar month of uninterrupted beers in December, 29-year-old Trent Melvin from Hamilton has confirmed the silly season remains “very much active” after cracking open an early Friday beer this afternoon.
Melvin, who described December as “pretty loose but manageable,” said January had so far failed to deliver the reset he’d vaguely promised himself sometime between Christmas and New Year’s.
“Yeah nah, I was definitely gonna pull things back in Jan,” said Melvin, tucking into his second pint before 3pm. “But it’s still summer, it’s still Friday, and I’ve basically just been easing out of December, gotta make the most of the good weather!”
“Everyone acts like there’s some hard stop on it,” Melvin explained. “But no one ever actually says when silly season ends. So I’m just sort of… respecting the grey area.”
Melvin said the early beer at a bar wasn’t planned, but “just sort of happened” after knocking off early to catch up with mates still off work this week. He added that it felt wrong to ignore a Friday that “had a bit of energy about it.”
“Besides, I’ve been good this week,” he said. “I only had a couple on Wednesday while watching the Ashes, hard not to drink when there’s good cricket on!”
At time of publication, Melvin confirmed the silly season would likely conclude “next week for sure,” pending weather, vibes and whether anyone else was keen for one more.
More to come.
