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LuvThatWhiteDot

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Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« on: May 15, 2004, 01:13:58 AM »
I saw this on the bowl.com boards.  My personal favorite is #4

10) Those shoes that hundreds of people wore before and paying $3.00 for the honor of wearing them.

 9) Wondering if someone picked their nose before using that house ball.

 8) Two lane courtesy? Did Miss Manners make that up?

 7) Leagues taken over by professional dam builders (people who haul bags of sand).

 6) No additional handicap for bowling through that misty haze of cigarette smoke.

 5) The need to take out a personal loan to afford a drink at the bar.

 4) Bowlers design a "Terror Alert" board describing the lane conditions.

 3) The need to take out a second mortgage just to take the family out to bowl.

 2) Discovering that cosmic bowling is really not out of this world.

And the number one reason why people are quitting bowling is......

 1) It takes a lot of balls to do well in this game.
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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2004, 04:20:51 PM »
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 5) The need to take out a personal loan to afford a drink at the bar.



Wouldn't be that bad if people did rush out and buy the new pearl reactive uraninium titanium urethaneactive particlemica ball on the market for a low low price of 400 with an interenet special of 299!!!
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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2004, 06:15:29 PM »
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3) The need to take out a second mortgage just to take the family out to bowl.


No kidding!  I remember when open bowling was $1.25 per game all day, every day.  I went to practice at a center I don't normally bowl at and they were asking $3.75 per game.  I kindly smiled and walked out the door.
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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2004, 06:27:12 PM »
Hah, I like #1...

Big Ern, I just saw your win on TV, congrats!  (In other words, Kingpin was on TV )
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Ernie McCracken

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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2004, 06:57:37 PM »
What can I say ak, I'm the man.
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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2004, 10:34:12 AM »
Ernie, you may be the man, but PLEASE do something with that hair!!
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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2004, 03:02:59 PM »
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Dude, just STFU. Why do you have to go and ruin everything? Keep your opinions to yourself.


 Where did that come from?
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a_ak57

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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2004, 03:04:01 PM »
That would be a response to "Cry me a river", who deleted all his posts because he was scared.
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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2004, 03:06:40 PM »
Thanks a_ak57.
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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2004, 03:08:03 PM »
ooh  ooh ooh...can I add 1???



"there's no challenge anymore and it's far too frustrating watching sub-par bowlers shoot honor scores because the lanes gave it to them"


Fire away boys!!!!
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a_ak57

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Re: Top 10 Reasons People Quit Bowling
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2004, 03:09:46 PM »
Strider, I just read it as you would have just now, and I nearly peed my pants!  It's pretty funny looking!!

Man, that's HILARIOUS!
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