Bowling 101

I was invited to substitute bowl in a Sr. league yesterday with some friends that fit into that elite age group. I wasn’t sure if they would have asked me if they knew just how I stink at this game. Apparently when you use handicaps it does not really matter how bad you are. We played four games and just to show you what I mean by saying that I suck at this game, here are my scores: 88, 95, 106, and 60. I should have quit after the 3rd game.

The most embarrassing part of the afternoon was when I knocked down 3 pins on my own but a fourth pin was scooted out of it’s place enough to where the machine could not pick it up and it was therefore wiped off the lane. The ladies I was bowling with insisted that the pin be placed back on the lane as that would improve my chance at knocking down more with my second ball. They called over the manager and had him walk, to his obvious agitation, all the way down to the back of the lanes to correct the seeming problem. Well, he should not have bothered. My next ball was a gutter ball. I returned to my seat and covered my face with my vest that had been draped over the chairs.

So, would anyone like me to substitute for them next time they need to be absent? I think not. Maybe I’ll improve with practice. I signed John and myself up for an evening league starting in September. Ha!