I suck at bowling. Look at my bowling shoe-clad feet. They seem sad…
Did you know that there are bowling pin-shaped beer bottles?
I’m not a bud fan (shoutout to the Beer Activist!), so I stuck to cape cods and screwdrivers, which are much healthier (cuz of the fruit juices).
Pretty sure neither the vodka nor the fruit juices were organic, however :( This is why I don’t bowl.
That, and I really, really suck. I think my total score was like 30.
But to the right: A special occasion when I actually felled 9 of those damn pins! In two tries, of course.
For some reason, I kept calling the place a “bowling parlor” throughout the night.
It took a while before someone finally said, “Parlor?” Apparently it’s generally called a bowling alley. But the bowling friends didn’t immediately question it cuz, in their explanation, I write poetry — and thus they just assumed it was a term they hadn’t heard of.
I can see this type of assumption coming in handy for me in the future –
Wow, bowling still exists as a sport in L.A.? I always thought of it as a “Milwaukee thing,” like all the beer we drink around here. I suck at it too. The last time I bowled was in high school, back when the earth was cooling.
Alley is sort of a weird word. It is singular as in “We are going to the bowling alley.” It is also plural as in “Once we get there, we have twenty alleys to choose from.” So, referring to the building itself as a parlor is often clearer.
Comment by Fletch — April 10, 2006 @ 6:36 pm
You’re so funny, Siel :-D This post puts a big smile on my face…you look so happy in front of one of the alleys ;-)
Comment by Maya — April 11, 2006 @ 2:18 am
Is bowling really a sport? I have to say I prefer running — and drinking too, but not bad beer so much…
Comment by Siel — April 14, 2006 @ 10:57 am