Here’s the situattion. After a hearty meal of Red and Green Enchiladas at Mexicali Rose in Oakland, slackergirl, SeaDiver, woodstockbirdybird and I, headed off to the local Alameda Bowling Alley.
And, not to blow my own horn (ah, fuck it, I am blowing my own horn) I kicked ass.
Hail me.
Ok, so I rolled a 121, but it’s only the second time I’ve bowled in like 15 years. For the record, SeaDiver rolled a - this is a direct quote “Fuck if I know”. But I do know she came in second. woodstock and slackerG tied with a 71. And we left a half a pitcher of beer for the high school kids in the lane next to us. So all in all, it was a pretty sucessful/fun night.
Not to delve into the whole IMHO realm, but which Dopers (and I’m sure there are many) can beat a 121?
I have now decided to dedicate my life to a new dream. The top of the Professional Bowling Tour. Chris Schenkel will be kissing my ass before the end of this year!!!
On a football trip in my teens, the host family took me bowling, they all bowled. I had bowled a few times before but paid no attention to the scores.
I scored over 200 just by dumb luck, I’ve tried many times since in the belief that I’m a natural - I’m not.
I seem to have a knack for this stuff. I filled in in one baseball game - 3 at bats, 3 hits, career average 1.000; work golf day, I’ve never played, they give me a handicap of 36, I shoot 98 and win.
But if I take up the sport I never improve.
[twilightzonetheme]
I just wanna say that my low score was attributable to the fact that I didn’t drink a single beer all night.
The best part of the evening for me was definitely the nipples, though.
Well, for a very long time I bowled sub-50. Consistently, every time. Then I realized something: Don’t throw it in the gutter! Wow! What do you know, I got up to 100!
So, my philospophy for bowling: Don’t miss the pins!
You guys are just lucky that the A’s game went long. If I had shown up your asses would have been kicked. When I was last in a league I had a 180-190 average. The last time I bowled (about a year ago) I had a 216 game.
What I’d really like to know is, why in the Hell do I even remember stuff like that? I can’t remember someone’s name when I was introduced to them 30 seconds ago, and I remember a bowling score from 30 years ago.
Ok, I really really suck at bowling. I think it is due to being hesitant and not following through for fear of wrenching my back.
How bad you ask?
Well, I took my two kids bowling two weeks ago.
Claire (almost 7) and Andy (4.5) were laced up and raring to go. We put up the bumpers and I went first. I was bad. Fast forward to the 9th frame. Claire is in the lead with two strikes followed closely by me and Andy is trailing by only a small amount. Claire goes up and bowls her 3rd strike of the game! I go up and hit maybe three pins
So now it is Andy for the last turn of the game…he is pissed that he is not winning and getting whiny. He takes the ball and just hurls it down the lane. a Strike!! The lady next to us who has ben watching my humiliation with much amusement reminds us he gets another turn as its the last one. He takes the ball and bowls another STRIKE!!
to pull ahead and win the game.
When i bowl, like my mind, the ball usually ends up in the gutter. Glad you all had a good time, even if I heard about this AFTER the event. But i’m not bitter. Actually i’m too poor…i couldnt have even afforded the gas to get up there…but i’m not bitter or anything :D.
Sorry, Smoke, but while my season average was only 172, I bowled a 251 this year.
MikeG, I don’t know what it is about bowling with kids. I can throw 200 games about every other week with the league, but I can’t put two strikes in a row when I take my older boys bowling. Last time out Bryan (6) had an 81 and Sean (4) had a 72. Boy, I showed them with my 118 and 115 games, huh?
Jack, good to see you in the fold. Now that the bug has hit, let’s talk about your delivery. When you release the ball, you want to make sure that your fingers…
