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You know you Bowl too much when...
« on: December 21, 2005, 11:28:32 AM »
You know you Bowl too much When...

40. You call in sick to work, but show up that night (102 Fever and all) for league.

39. Your bowling bags double as luggage for non-bowling (what's that???) vacations.

38. You brag about your bowling performances in your AOL profile.

37. Driving around you see black ice and wonder what ball surface and pin placement would you need to hook the ball on it.

36. You care about the difference between green and blue Scotchbrite pads, or Orange Clean and 409.

35. You own more bowling balls than pairs of dress shoes.

34. You see various objects and wonder if they would make good core shapes.

33. People ask what are you doing, and you proudly tell them your cleaning your balls and you can't understand why they are laughing.

32. During your walk, your left arm has a natural swing, but your right arm as a follow through.

31. You play a bowling game on your cell phone between frames on league night.

30. You buy a case of new bowling pins just to say you have them. (Still not sure what you are going to do with them!)

29. You keep all the old broken balls from your local lanes to make sculptures in the garden.

28. Your dogs stay in the garage and your bowling balls are brought in for the winter.

27. You sleep with your bowling ball.

26. Planning a vacation and the first thing you do is see what hotel(s) are closet to a bowling center.

25. You are in the bowling alley more then your own house.

24. You walk past anything even remotely resembling a bowling pin, and think to yourself, "I could pick that up if I had my ~insert favorite ball here~!"

23. Someone says look at that rack and you think about 10 pins on a lane.

22. You give a moment of silence for dead wood.

21. Your spare room has more balls than the alley.

20. You go on a 200 mile trip away from home and you are heard frequently saying, "I've bowled there" every time you pass a center.

19. Your work e-mail password is the name of one of your bowling balls.

18. You have to change your work schedule to fit your league schedule.

17. You have your bowling buddies on all of your speed dial numbers and you have to look up the numbers of your family to call them.

16. Your garage has more cleaners than under your sink.

15. You can tell everyone EVERY shot that you played that evening.

14. Your children know more about bowling than most adults.

13. You practice your 5-Step approach while walking around.

12. You see different items around you fall down, and it reminds you of pin carry.

11. Your having sex, and you moan out drilling patterns and bowling balls.

10. You tape football to watch the PBA show live.

9. You pull into the bowling alley parking lot the same time as the owner and he recognizes your car and waits for you to talk on the way in.

8. You buy pants based upon their "bowling comfort".

7. Your girlfriend sits in the back of you car and your balls are in the front seat.

6. Someone is talking to you and you are constantly swinging your bowling arm.

5. You always arrive home past midnight even though you finished your last game at 10pm because you have to discuss the evening's bowling with the guys.

4. You have ever been asked to remove your bowling balls from the sink.

3. You start giving the pins personal names.

2. Your bowling forearm is twice the size of your other as is your thumb.

1. You post on BallReviews.com


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a_ak57

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2005, 07:34:11 PM »
Funny.  I'm guilty of numbers 36, 35, sometimes 32, 15, and of course 1.  Probably number 37, I've thought of how I would hook a ball on an ice lane but not while driving.  And in regards to 13, I only do that if I'm standing around waiting for whatever reason.  I'll find myself mimicking my approach, then realize how crazy I look, and when I swing my arm I try to make it look like I'm just stretching or something.
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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2005, 08:34:14 PM »
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constantly masturbate to keep the wrist strength up for cranking the ball. Or am I the only one who does that?
 


andy's gotta edit his post now, he's guilty of that one too

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2005, 09:51:06 PM »
32,19,5.

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2005, 11:09:11 PM »
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13. You practice your 5-Step approach while walking around.


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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2005, 04:02:41 AM »
Guilty of #35 ,#20, #9, #8, and of course, #1. #20 really gave me a chuckle. Of course, I'm also old enough to make that same trip and point out where there used to be a bowling alley that I'd bowled in.

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2005, 05:32:15 AM »
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8. You buy pants based upon their "bowling comfort".

made me laugh, pants over here in England are underpant/underwear, not trousers.... playing havok with my imagination... t hehe

and 26, well, were planning a holiday to the US, just to go bowling...hmmm...  
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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2005, 05:49:12 AM »
35-13-34 and 41 which I'll add:

41.  your bowling arm bicep is bigger than your non bowling bicep.  

Believe it or not, my right bicep is 2" bigger around than my left.  

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2005, 12:46:32 PM »
#40 nailed me!

Early in our fall league I showed up for league night on crutches, set them down, popped another pain pill, then went out and shot a 584 series (on a 156 average).  Everyone thought I was crazy but what the heck  There are at least three other ones on that list that fit me too but I won't admit which ones!

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2005, 01:12:06 PM »
My neices and nephews all request comparisons between my bowling arm and page turning arm at Christmas.  2 1/2 inch difference!

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2005, 01:13:08 PM »
I can think of another one. "Making a shadow box to keep your USBC awards and pins in."

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2005, 01:20:29 PM »
thats funy. im guilty of more of them than i should be
but lol i dont care. and to sum it all up

a bad night of bowling is better than

a good day at work

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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2005, 01:33:57 PM »
great post man, so true
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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2005, 03:09:52 PM »
I need to add one -
You have a room in your house dedicated to bowling. History of bowling, learning about bowling, awards and pics, and, of course, the computer on which I bring up ballreviews...
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Re: You know you Bowl too much when...
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2005, 10:55:07 AM »
I'm guilty of 1,5,8,19,29,35 and 40.
 40 because I'd called a sub when I had the flu,he called me back and said he had been called into work. I showed up and went 245,226,300---with the flu.
 35---around 15 balls,2 pairs of dress shoes.
 29---by association---some of the guys at our house took a bunch of junk balls and made a sculpture with them in the yard of the owners daughter's house.
 19--my Windows password is the name of one of the balls sitting arounds here.
 8--Bought a pair of slacks just for that purpose.
 5--don't most of us get together in the bar after bowling for some refreshment and razz each other about the bad shots and talk about the games we lost by a pin or two????And don't forget the pizza and beer special........
 1----well,that's obvious.........
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