Dries Buytaert Rides the Whale

I was in New Orleans at Do it With Drupal (DIWD) this week, the premier Drupal training event put on each year by Lullabot. One of the great things about this event is that some of the biggest names in Drupal come out to teach, train, and interact with the community.

One of them is Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal. One thing that can be said for Dries, he is willing to try anything. And I mean ANYTHING.

I met up with several Drupalers and, while walking down Bourbon street, we came across this bar that had a mechanical whale...for riding. Like a mechanical bull, right? Dries leaned over and said, "Come on, Ben, you've got to ride the whale."

I said, "Dries, good buddy, I'll ride the whale first but you've got to go second."

To my surprise, he agreed and, the following hilarity ensued.

I have never been more proud to be part of the Drupal community. :-)

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Wow

Riding a electronic fish? That must be too exciting.. And proudness is that you get while working with such a best open source software ever. knockoff fendi handbags

The bar is called The Beach,

The bar is called The Beach, and it's on Bourbon Street

what is the name of the

what is the name of the bar!!!

That was awesome. Go Dries!

That was awesome. Go Dries!

Awesome!

Love the "openess" of the Drupal community!

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