# My son bowled a 300 game!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-bowled-a-300-game/457378 "2008-07-22T15:37:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-bowled-a-300-game/457378/21 "2008-07-22T19:55:21Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
I once knew someone who bowled a three hundred and one.

What? Have you ever known someone who bowled three hundred and lost?

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Nice, althoughthat joke only works in scratch leagues! 😃

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-bowled-a-300-game/457378/22 "2008-07-23T11:10:48Z")

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[QUOTE=vetbridge]  
Yep, he explained the reasoning behind the way they award prizes. Something about retaining their amateur status.  
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I just want to clarify this- because too many parents don’t know. It’s not a matter of keeping amateur status- it’s a matter of keeping youth eligibility , and possibly (depending on the state) high school and college sports eligibility. I’m an amateur bowler, even though I’ve won money. If my son even enters a tournament that awards money, rather than a scholarship, he can never again bowl in a youth league or tournament.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-bowled-a-300-game/457378/23 "2008-07-24T14:54:39Z")

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[QUOTE=vetbridge]  
Yes, he has won a few different local tournaments. I just set up a celebratory night on the town for tomorrow. We both love sushi, so sushi it shall be!  
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Well, we both love sushi, but I came up with a better celebration. He is 14, and in the midst of puberty. He has mentioned going to Hooters, but I’ve always laughed it off.

So last night I surprised him and took him to Hooters. The food wasn’t all that, but I’m not so old that I didn’t realize that wouldn’t be a concern. He loved his wings. 😃

[And he gave me a copy of his scoresheet.](http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/vetbridge/?action=view&current=300GAME.jpg). He also told me that “an 800 series” woulda been way cooler. Today a local newspaper is interviewing him. I suggested he leave out any reference to the wing place. 🆒

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-bowled-a-300-game/457378/24 "2008-07-24T16:05:27Z")

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Major congratulations to your son. Hooters was cool and all but whatever will you do for an encore?

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-bowled-a-300-game/457378/25 "2008-07-24T16:17:25Z")

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[QUOTE=LouisB]  
Hooters was cool and all but whatever will you do for an encore?  
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Shhhhh! 😛  
He had a great line at Hooters. In the parking lot he told me he was getting ribs. I told him I didn’t think they had ribs on the menu. He replied, “sure they do. Haven’t you heard about the great racks”? :dubious:

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