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Gazoo

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Best excuse for losing
« on: September 23, 2006, 12:12:55 PM »
What are the best excuses for losing? What I here is that everyone is sandbagging no matter what there average happens to be. I try to remind people that even a blind squirrle finds a nut every once in a while. What do the rest think?
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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2006, 08:26:11 PM »
Top Ten Reasons why I lost tonight:

10. The lanes were bad.
9. The pins were off spot.
8. I used the wrong ball.
7. My shoes were sticking on the approach.
6. My shoes were sliding too much.
5. My team bowled lousy.
4. The other team bowled their socks off.
3. My thoumb swelled. I couldn't get out of the ball good.
2. My thumb shrunk. I kept dropping the ball.

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Number 1 Reason. I bowled like crap!

Excuses are a dime a dozen.  Just admit to the fact you lost.
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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2006, 08:47:10 PM »
Top Ten reasons I lost

1) My opponent out bowled me this set.

The other nine don't really matter
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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2006, 08:54:13 PM »
Top 5 reasons:

5) Wow i cant slide
4) Wow i dont have the right ball
3) Wow i cant even fit my thumb into the ball
2) wow this guy is playin my line this is bullsh**
1) Wow i suk
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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2006, 08:55:37 PM »
One of my favorites...
"I was out-hooking my revs..."
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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2006, 09:22:53 PM »
If we won, we wouldn't be at the bottom of the sheet anymore and we'd have a hard time figuring out where we bowl next week.

I got hit with the bowling stupids

Seriously though, it is always we didn't bowl as well as the other team.


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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2006, 11:41:14 PM »
"If we woulda carried all the crap that the other team did, we woulda won!"

(I hear that one all the time in league.  At least I can admit when I bowl bad, because I don't care)
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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2006, 11:46:56 PM »
I didn't use any easy slide...
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earlthepearle

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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2006, 12:01:50 AM »
I started off with the wrong ball...
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astrodanco

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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2006, 02:53:23 AM »
> My thumb swelled. I couldn't get out of the ball good.
> My thumb shrunk. I kept dropping the ball.
> I didnt have the right ball.
> Other bowlers kept messing up my line.
> I bowled the best I could but the condition was just beyond my ability.

You might have mentioned the above in jest, but you obviously have ME pegged.  Those are the exact excuses I make when I bowl badly.


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Brutal Bowler

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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2006, 04:53:02 AM »
Top ~1 excuse in my leagues is 'The lanes were awful!!'

I must admit that they are, the machine the alley use is about 100 years old. Spreads oil everywhere or not at all. But why dont they do what i do - ADJUST!! Either use a different ball or move your feet.

My top excuse for losing is not converting all my spares. Must have an average of two missed spares each game. I should follow my own advice thats in my signature.
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strikeordie

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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2006, 06:21:13 AM »
either too much or not enough beer
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cficare068

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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2006, 01:18:32 PM »
5 of my favorite excuses for bowling bad

5) So an So pissed me off because he did/said something and it made me bowl like crap. (Trust me I have 2 friends that everytime they bowl together this one happens.)
4) These lanes suck, I don't they know how they expect you to bowl on these conditions.
3) Person on the lane next to me keeps jumping up when I'm on the approach and ruining my concentration
2) People using plastic balls messed up my shot.

My Number 1 favorite excuse I have ever heard (friend of mine uses this one often.)

1) I was too drunk to bowl. (usually follows up by asking the waitress for another berer.)
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cficare068

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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2006, 01:32:22 PM »
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This one is pretty good.
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So I subbed last night in a mixed league...Mostly drinkers, straight bowlers and a good team here and there..

Anyway on are pair we had 7 (total) straight plastic throwers...Right down the middle (pretty much, lol)

Check out this set:

262-135-132

First game everything was going great...After all that plastic moved the oil down, I was screwed !

Needless to say I will never sub in that, nor any mixed "fun" league !

Seems like I just tossed my $5 right out the window

Damn straight bowlers !
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LOL yeah that was the reason people using plastic balls was number 2 on my list
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DerHornen

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Re: Best excuse for losing
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2006, 10:38:22 PM »
I don't get to use the excuse about plastic ball bowlers, because we follow a women's league every week.  Everyone in that league uses plastic, so I should be used to it by now.

1.  I bowled like S***
2.  The other team was bowling the series of their lives.
3.  I bowled like S***
4.  Too much beer.
5.  Not enough beer.

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