# Help name a gay-bowling team. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894 "2002-12-19T21:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/41 "2002-12-20T04:10:00Z")
**Blowing for Dollars!** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/42 "2002-12-20T04:37:28Z")
Another one from the Simpsons - **The Homewreckers**. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/43 "2002-12-20T04:49:39Z")
\ \*\* Queens of the Bowling Age\*\* \ ---
**Author:** ![Bullwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Bullwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/44 "2002-12-20T04:52:51Z")
Strike, You’re Out! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/45 "2002-12-20T04:55:16Z")
Personally, I think the most obvious choice (for bowling geeks, anyway,) would be **Double Wood**. Equivalent terms for “Double Wood” might work in a pinch, too: “The Barmaids” or “One in the Dark.” If you wanted to go with self-deprecation of bowling ability, “The Poodles.” Plenty of other bowling arcana with room for double entendre: The Benders The Ticklers Out and In The Back Ends The Fudgers Greek Church The Beautiful Strokes ---
**Author:** ![Somnambulist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Somnambulist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somnambulist)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/46 "2002-12-20T05:04:02Z")
Bowl Jobs and Gutterfingers are excellent! a couple more… Stiff Opposition Queens Hold Big Balls Four Off The Wrist The Crashing Helmets Lords Of The Rings ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/47 "2002-12-20T05:43:24Z")
The Split Actions Back End Approach The Golden Gates Ball Strappers The Blocked Lane Pansies The Powder Puffs The Stiff Alley Guys The Cheesy Cakes (maybe not applicable to YOUR particular skill level, though 🙂 ) The Cherry Choppers The Wrist Masters The Baby Balls The Hard Way Boys Apple Polishers The Lilly Boys The Ball Pinchers ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/48 "2002-12-20T06:04:43Z")
**The four gay guys on a bowling team.** No? OK, how about: Queenpin. Happy Gays Queer Frame and my personal favorite Lickity Splits ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/49 "2002-12-20T06:51:50Z")
The Rainbow Warriors The Pink Elephants The Pink Pussycats The Purple People Eaters The Blew Velvets ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/50 "2002-12-20T08:05:12Z")
Bowls and Sucks or Sucks and Bowls The Swallows The Pinwreckers ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/51 "2002-12-20T08:31:53Z")
The first thing that came to mind was **Balls to the Wall** , particularly appropriate if the team tends toward the heavily butch side. Also, **The Hard Woods** has a ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/52 "2002-12-20T17:05:54Z")
The Fire Island Guttersharks - appropriate to their location, sexual preference, and bowing ability. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/53 "2002-12-20T17:27:12Z")
Thtriketh and Thpareth ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/54 "2002-12-20T18:05:44Z")
‘There is a bowlers gene’ ‘tossed salad in a bowl (with some undisclosed white dressing)’ ‘glitterbowl’ ‘dirty little poofters, who bowl’ ‘alley pride’ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/55 "2002-12-20T18:43:10Z")
\*\*Four Striking Sodomites \*\* (Could be taken so many ways.) Four guys playing with their balls. > [@](#): > > The Nathan Lanes ``` This is great! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/56 "2002-12-20T18:45:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Taking all 11 is something they rarely do. All 11 what? I haven’t bowled in a while but when I did there were just the ten pins. I can’t think of a thing for team names (I think “Alley of the Dolls” is the best) but may I suggest for a team motto: **Is that your ball in the pocket or are you just enjoying the game?** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/57 "2002-12-20T19:08:33Z")
Please a little class, The Confirmed Bachelors or 4 out of 40 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/58 "2002-12-20T19:46:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > **All 11 what? I haven’t bowled in a while but when I did there were just the ten pins.** I’m not much of a bowler myself, but taking all 11 means winning all 11 points. It’s for ranking the teams from 1st Place on down. Don’t hold me to this but it goes something like this: 3 points per game x 3 games = 9 1 point for highest individual score in a game 1 point for the highest combined score of the 4 bowlers in a game > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Surreal \* > **I don’t know if this is such a good idea for a thread here. Do we really have to make jokes at other people’s expense?** If we can’t laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at? **I have GOT TO say, some of the names you’ve all suggested are Fucking Hysterical. I Thank You all**. No, I didn’t spit soda on my monitor because I knew enough not to keep a can around while opening & reading the thread. I did, in about 4 instances, almost pee myself though. As a matter of fact, upon the death of the thread, a list is going to be compiled, alphabetized, “framed” and “hung” at a little bar in West Babylon known affectionately as Club 608. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/59 "2002-12-20T19:50:17Z")
By “framed” and “hung” you mean something dirty, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894/60 "2002-12-20T19:53:15Z")
Ok…how bout Lispy Laners? IDBB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894.md?page=4)