When I arrive at the Bowling alley, the first thing I do is find my team. Now, who do we play? Honestly I don't remember their names. I can tell you this, they were women and they were elderly. Well, maybe not elderly but they were up in years. I know what your thinking, how can Bob play against elderly women? Hey I'm not above putting a beat down on a old lady. If she wants to see what I can do with my balls bring it.
The one I will be Bowling against is kind of small. Seriously I think the ball weighs more than she does, but wait I forgot to tell you, in league bowling you bowl on two lanes. By that I mean you bowl odd frames on one lane and even on the other. That makes it more of a challenge.
Now back to the beat down, as I said before, she is frail and weak. I watch her as we warm up she is Hilarius. When she approaches the lane for her release she jumps when she lets go of the ball. I do my best not to laugh. I wish I could tell what it looked like but words can not describe it. As for myself, I look smooth and confidante as usual. First frame she gets a spare I leave it open. No problem it was my first time bowling on a league. Second frame she gets a strike again I leave it open. For some reason I'm having a hard time reading the lanes. The third and fourth frames go about the same. The fifth frame I gutter my first ball. My team mates burst into laughter.
I'm sure to show their support for my effort. The short one tells me I can start bowling when ever I'm ready. The tall one keeps screaming hit the head pin it helps. WE will skip the rest of this game and move on to the second. In the middle of the second game something strange happened. The little old lady, who by the way, has been throwing strikes and spares this whole time looks at me for a brief second after throwing her third strike in a row. As if to say who's your daddy now! Let me tell you until you've had that happened to you. You have not lived. I will remember that look for the rest of my life.
I gained an admiration for her at that point. Now I won't say I did much better in the third game but over all I think I did OK. For some reason my ball doesn't hook like it normally does. One problem I believe is that the lanes have a fresh coat of oil. Which I believe can cause the ball not to hold as well. It could also be a different oil pattern. Ether way I will figure it out. My tip is this never under estimate your opponent or you might get your ass handed to you by an old lady.
Happy Bowling!
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