Well me and a friend went bowling last night, and this was a special night of bowling. Worst game ever.
It wasn't that the score sucked so much as the way that things were going. Normally I bowl with a 16, but I couldn't find one I liked so I went with a 15. So I playing away, throwing the thing in gutters, following up spares with single pins, so I decide to go with the old standbye. See when I'm having a bad game I just whip one down there and watch the pins practically explode which sort of levels me out and lets me get back to playing.
So I line up, whip the ball, and the damn thing sticks a bit on my thumb, so I end us just launching it down the lane. I could almost hear a voice in my head like the pilot of the bowling ball announcing it "Well today folks we'll be cruising at an altitude of three to three and a half feet with a speed of about forty miles an hour. We'll be crashing into the ground shortly so everyone brace themselves." It's not like it was a nice little arc, you know some kid forgetting to let go. Nope this was a doozy, it went almost level and landed halfway down the lane. And then a 15 pound bowling ball does that it's LOUD, so there's me going er dang and trying to hide as it hits. There's not many places for a guy my size to hide out on a bowling lane so I sort of hunched over and winced alot.
I managed to find a 16 for the second game so that went much better, the extra pound straightens out my swing somewhat. So I got about 130 which is more my average.
What was the final score you might ask? The mighty and powerful 68, for those of you non bowlers out there, my roommate's 11 year old daughter averages an 80.
It wasn't that the score sucked so much as the way that things were going. Normally I bowl with a 16, but I couldn't find one I liked so I went with a 15. So I playing away, throwing the thing in gutters, following up spares with single pins, so I decide to go with the old standbye. See when I'm having a bad game I just whip one down there and watch the pins practically explode which sort of levels me out and lets me get back to playing.
So I line up, whip the ball, and the damn thing sticks a bit on my thumb, so I end us just launching it down the lane. I could almost hear a voice in my head like the pilot of the bowling ball announcing it "Well today folks we'll be cruising at an altitude of three to three and a half feet with a speed of about forty miles an hour. We'll be crashing into the ground shortly so everyone brace themselves." It's not like it was a nice little arc, you know some kid forgetting to let go. Nope this was a doozy, it went almost level and landed halfway down the lane. And then a 15 pound bowling ball does that it's LOUD, so there's me going er dang and trying to hide as it hits. There's not many places for a guy my size to hide out on a bowling lane so I sort of hunched over and winced alot.
I managed to find a 16 for the second game so that went much better, the extra pound straightens out my swing somewhat. So I got about 130 which is more my average.
What was the final score you might ask? The mighty and powerful 68, for those of you non bowlers out there, my roommate's 11 year old daughter averages an 80.
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boggs:
Woops...as you are now well aware, my typing skills are more than lacking.
niamh:
I'll call you in a bit, I've just been laying in bed all morning so I'm still in my pajamas. Will we have to wait in the cold for the movie? I think all the shivering I'm doing is making me sick.