Drunken Jimmy Buffett Fans Escorted From FinCon


DALLAS – A group of drunk Jimmy Buffett fans wearing Hawaiian shirts and flip flops crashed FinCon, a conference about money and investing.  Chanting “fins to the left, fins to the right… blah blah.. err beer… woo-hoo!” and other obnoxious drivel, the “Parrotheads” as they’re sometimes called waddled around the Dallas convention center for hours on Wednesday before being escorted out by security. 

“We weren’t sure what they were doing here” said FinCon attendee Brianna Fox, a financial planner from Charlotte.  “I mean, they smelled funny and seemed to be drunk, and they were chanting lots of nonsense about fins, beer, and volcanoes… I think they were at the wrong event”.

Reporters caught up with the expelled parrotheads in front of the convention center.  “They don’t even have cheeseburgers here, and this isn’t paradise!!” lamented Davey Simon, a malodorous mid-50’s tubby parrothead.  “I tried going to a lecture called ‘retirement planning’ and they didn’t even mention owning a sailboat and going to Key West!  I mean, how can you talk about retirement without those?  Losers!” said Joe Sharman, or “joeshark” as his friends call him. 

The unruly parrotheads were last seen at a bar across from the convention center doing shots of rum and looking for an ATM machine.

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11 Responses

  1. Doc G says:

    Ha! My first ever live concert was Jimmy Buffet! I think his followers would get along just fine at FinCon!

  2. ha ha! One might argue though the JB did it right. Plays a couple concerts a year and then gets to sit and chill and fish and drink tequila the rest of the year. 🙂

  3. Susan @ FI Ideas says:

    Buffet fans? No wonder. They thought it was an all-you-can-eat and drink joint. I thought you meant Buffett fans at first. Whew! No telling what will happen this year in Florida.

  4. jimmy has grown on me over the years. the parrotheads, not so much. i used to know a songwriter named keith sykes who was in his coral reefer band who was a great guy. he and his wife used to come into the dump bar where i worked in new orleans for beer and grilled cheese.

    • Accidental FIRE says:

      His 70’s stuff is pretty good, but for me he started becoming a caricature of himself later on. That guy Keith must’ve been pretty rich, I’m sure he banked some good coin on tour!

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