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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Larry318 on February 18, 2005, 07:41:19 AM

Title: Venting your anger
Post by: Larry318 on February 18, 2005, 07:41:19 AM
Hey Guys! Ok...what do you guys do when everything seems
to go wrong on your bowling night.  Example, Missed spares,
no carry, throwing your ball wrong....etc. What do you guys
do to vent your anger?  Like, kick ball returns, break pencils
and so on.  Just curious.  Thanks......
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Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: Ragnar on February 18, 2005, 03:43:38 PM
I think of the martini waiting at home for me.
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"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." Oscar Wilde
Ragnar sure likes to throw his purdy Uranium Buzzsaw.
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: deester69 on February 18, 2005, 03:44:09 PM
I swear a lot.  I've also been known to headbutt the scoring table.
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"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it" -- William Munny
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: Hex017 on February 18, 2005, 03:48:31 PM
Well I used to kick the return, throw my towel and rosin bag, and scream at myself or the ball or the lane, etc. etc. I realized all that was doing was throwing me off and making my anger worse. So...now when I get mad I sit down and take this ball I have and grip the **** out of it. Grind my teeth a little and do some heavy breathing. Normally I'm still mad at whatever, but this gets me re-focused so at least I can go up there next shot with some concentration.
I am getting better at holding it back though, just got to make sure it doesn't get to your head.
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Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: Strike300 on February 18, 2005, 03:49:29 PM
Yell!  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: ThongPrincess on February 18, 2005, 04:48:38 PM
Being a teacher, I always bring work to correct just in case.  Grading papers helps me not get too upset.  Some of their papers can be quite comical to read, which can change the mood.
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It's not that life is too short.  It's that you are dead for sooooo LONG
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: Walking E on February 18, 2005, 05:22:36 PM
I keep it to myself in that I never lash out at teammates, opponents, bowling alley employees or loved ones. I might smack my hand or hit my thigh after a bad shot, but if the mistakes keep piling up I tend to want to sit in the "Pouter's Chair" (the first seat next to the approach) and try to focus on my game.
It also helps that my teammates and I play poker with naked lady cards while we're bowling, so I can always find something else to focus on besides the lanes!

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You weren't unlucky when you left that corner pin, so shut up about it already!!
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: DonSVO on February 18, 2005, 07:05:00 PM
i sit and try to re-focus. its useless to do stupid stuff.

a teamamte i have now will handily throw 32-34 MPH balls at single pins after a good solid hit. he is the only person i know of who has genuinely broken a pin: the head of the pin popped off split from the base to the neck, like a broken baseball bat.
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originally posted by Bjaardker, about if brunswick sells 2nds/blems:

Yeah, they're called Lane #1s....

JUST KIDDING!!!

Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: fishnic on February 18, 2005, 07:12:55 PM
i really don't get very angry when im bowling bad but its when my spare game is bad when i get pissed, i usually bounce it like a basket ball if i really am having ruff time, or music usually is a good mood changer
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Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: a_ak57 on February 18, 2005, 07:17:07 PM
Goosfraba, goosfraba, goosfraba.........
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Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: Brunswick Kid on February 18, 2005, 07:37:27 PM
Nothing.
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--Detour Kid

Burn those heads!
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: debs130 on February 18, 2005, 07:39:56 PM
I usually visit a friend on another team to take my mind off of it.

Debbie
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: Brunswick Kid on February 18, 2005, 07:40:02 PM
Well, I would kick the ball return sometimes.
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Burn those heads!
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 18, 2005, 08:46:55 PM
I cuss. I have a horribly foul mouth as it is, let alone when I'm mad. I am way too hard on myself though. I act like I should shoot 600 every time out. (only been bowling a year, and I'm really not good lol)
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!

Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: Walking E on February 19, 2005, 12:27:39 AM
Well...I have been known to fire my rosin bag about 20 lanes down, but that hasn't occurred for a least a couple of years.
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You weren't unlucky when you left that corner pin, so shut up about it already!!
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: bygnel on February 19, 2005, 12:31:18 AM
I usually just mumble to myself and sit down while taking the verbal beating from my teammates(always in fun)..
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FALL, DAMN YOU FALL!!!  "I'm so tired of being a wannabe league bowler.. I WANNA BE A LEAGUE BOWLER!!"
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 19, 2005, 09:09:04 AM
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Just have another beer with perhaps a shot!
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alcohol.....the cause of and the answer to all of life's problems
I would if I was allowed! Then again, I bowl league at 8:30 in the morning, I dont think the bars open yet. I try not to be loud when I cuss though. I just kind of yell at myself. Oh, or I just kind of shake my head like "dude what are you doing?". I have come to the conclusion though, my team, and a_ak57's team are the 2 loudest in the entire league.
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!

Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: Venting your anger
Post by: BowlingDude300 on February 19, 2005, 09:10:35 AM
SERENITY NOW!!!!!


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