I think he's got nothing left to live for and doesn't care, having made peace with both Lucilles.
Pity the Louisville was not maple.
Different grain, less likely to split along it.
/gotta get around to wrapping that one, someday.
I've made them for myself and one very dear friend who owned a bar.
He kept that Lucille hanging over the back of the bar.
He was gonna buy a prop bat for Halloween and I'm like hell no, you deserve way better.
He showed up at the party with fake blood and mangled strips of bacon "brains" hanging off the end of it. :)
The look on the karaoke guy's face still cracks me up.