# I scored big! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783 "2002-12-05T21:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/1 "2002-12-05T21:59:49Z")
Any bowlers out there? I want to announce my high score of all time. I bowled a 298 on Tuesday!!! My average is down to 187 from a book average of 197 last year. I’ve been bowling fairly crappy all this year. I don’t know where this came from! 11 balls in the pocket, then I cratered and choked on the last ball, threw it slow and went through the nose to leave a 3-10 split. I was so nervous, my knees were shaking and I couldn’t catch my breath. I ended up with 298-216-196 for a 710. But I’m happy! I get a ring and everything! ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/2 "2002-12-05T22:07:21Z")
Sweet! My highest game ever was a 256, I choked much earlier than you. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/3 "2002-12-06T00:07:53Z")
Rockin’! I’m impressed! My high is nowhere even close, maybe 220 or something. I’m a dart player and love the near-perfect games, especially when playing against an arch-rival. * * * Somebodys gotta go back and get a shit-load of dimes! ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/4 "2002-12-06T02:44:18Z")
As someone whose last game of bowling scored somewhere in the double digits, I humbly congratulate you. Hehe, makes me think of a couple things. For my 14th birthday party, a bunch of us went bowling. They had scores on the wall of champs, we rearranged a 300 to say 003. And two friends walked down a bowling lane, they thought about grabbing a pin and taking it back but got yelled at about 5 feet before the reached the pins. Hooligans 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/5 "2002-12-06T02:51:16Z")
I hope you didn’t listen to NPR’s _Marketplace_ tonight. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/6 "2002-12-06T04:37:52Z")
nice work! The first time I ever bowled I got a 200 but since then I average somewhere around 100 (that’s probably a bit generous). ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/7 "2002-12-06T07:51:28Z")
The first time I ever bowled I got a 13. I kid you not. My highest bowling score ever has been something around a 70, I think. I believe I’ve made one strike and something like 3 spares in my bowling career. (I bowl about 2-3 a year, for about the past 4-5 years.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/8 "2002-12-06T11:37:06Z")
Congrats, **Dolores**! As someone who can count on one hand the number of times he’s broken 200, that impresses the hell out of me. I choked a bunch of times when I was first trying to get a 500 series. Three or four times, I came down to the end of the last game, just needing a simple spare pickup to put me over, and didn’t make it. One time, I started off 192-187, which I’d _still_ like to be able to do more than occasionally. Bowled a 119 in the last game for a 498 - IOW, I choked away the whole third game! So I understand about choking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scored-big/140783/9 "2002-12-06T14:33:09Z")
I was on a bowling league years ago, and they gave me the trophy for the most improved, bringing my starting score from a 60 to 90-something. Boy, was I popular! All the teams were fighting for my unnaturally high handicap. 😉