Chico had a good idea. Let's go bowling for the next meetup. Would anyone be interested? It would be nice to get one more in before Witchy departs for that other coast...
Posted by adampsyche at June 09, 2003 12:42 PMYou're so po', you can't even afford the last two letters, huh?
Don't drink for a few days, that'll help you save up for a round of bowling.
I figured it'd be good to get one more in before witchy left, and bowling is kinda fun, and I really wanted an excuse to get a screen capture of Jesus up there.
Posted by: adampsyche on June 9, 2003 12:55 PMNobody fucks with the Jesus!
I just wanted to brag for a second about how this one night, I rolled 8 strikes in a row. Finished with a 254. My next highest score ever was a 175. It's what the professional keglers of the world call a "Fluke".
Posted by: ufez on June 9, 2003 01:14 PMDo professional keglers do Kegel exercises for a living?
Wait, so are you saying I could be getting paid to do what I love?
Posted by: cowboy_sally on June 9, 2003 01:33 PMCan I somehow get paid to watch people doing what they love?
Posted by: Cyrano on June 9, 2003 01:38 PMI wonder how shoe rental works for something like that. I'd want to bring my own produce if I could.
The alley at Port Authority always has $3 beer specials, and it ain't all trendy-pricey-fucky like the swanky disco bowl joints downtown. Why, Jon, it might be even cheaper than a night out, especially with a bunch of us there, and if the exercise don't kill ya, then we all win!
Posted by: Chico on June 9, 2003 02:11 PMNot on a work night. Extremely broke, down to subsistence money. Hung-over. Heartburn. Knees hurt.
Posted by: jonmc on June 9, 2003 02:13 PMYes. I'm at work. The cube smells of....bananas, oddly enough.
Posted by: jonmc on June 9, 2003 02:16 PMI'm up for it. Although, being from New England the preference is for candlepins.
Posted by: ana on June 9, 2003 03:20 PMBowling makes perfect sense, since it be the only "sport" one can drink during. (making it, of course, not a sport)
Posted by: eyeballkid on June 9, 2003 05:21 PMAnd darts are a real sport, if only by the definition that there is a real possibility of someone getting injured on the field of play.
Remember, it's not fun & games until someone loses an eye.
That said, I'm up for anything Jon can afford. (Adam, even if it's just you & me, I'm still up for bowling.)
Posted by: Chico on June 9, 2003 06:07 PMThe fist makes no sense as a gesture of bowler solidarity, as it is next to impossible to bowl with a clenched fist. Just thought you should know.
Posted by: kaf on June 9, 2003 07:25 PMDoes this mean I have to seethe again? Damnit, I'm getting tired of that.
All monkeys welcome.
Posted by: salmonberry on June 9, 2003 07:27 PM: hums : "Take the monkeys bowling...take them BOWLING!"
God Bless Camper von Beethoven.
Posted by: roe/metrocake on June 9, 2003 10:18 PMThe fist makes no sense as a gesture of bowler solidarity, as it is next to impossible to bowl with a clenched fist. Just thought you should know.
I have small hands.
Posted by: adampsyche on June 9, 2003 10:23 PMoh. so that's what those holes in a bowling ball are for.
*backs away from the bowling ball*
Posted by: eyeballkid on June 10, 2003 01:54 AMsalmonberry, oddly enough, I may just be in Vegas in November.
Posted by: tj on June 10, 2003 02:25 AMtj, oddly enough, I may just be getting married in Vegas in November.
Posted by: witchstone on June 10, 2003 09:51 AMtj, oddly enough, I may just be getting married in Vegas in November.
That was the most unromantic proposal I've ever heard.
Posted by: ufez on June 10, 2003 09:56 AMA Vegas wedding! Ah, this just gets better and better....you will use a Elvis impersonator as the wedding official, right? I mean, there is no other option if it's in Vegas.
Posted by: salmonberry on June 10, 2003 12:21 PMBah...there's nothing as romantic as the drive-through wedding chapel.
Your S.O.'s dear face, softened by the red glow of the brake lights...each dressed up only halfway, from the waist up, for appearances, leaving the rest familiar, comfortable, neglected and ignored...the impatient honks behind you jolting you back to reality like the demanding children of tomorrow...the underscored transactional nature of the exchange as cash and papers pass each other without touching through the pneumatic tube...
***wakes up***
Huh? Where am I?
Posted by: rushmc on June 10, 2003 02:18 PMoh my god. i love bowling. that is because bowling around here means playing one game tops while falling into the lane because we are drinking pitchers and pitchers of budweiser (or, for the wealthy, anchorsteam). Plus, i always win and even occasionally can pull off my patented bowl between the legs strike (which, lately, just seems to fuck up my wrist. yes, my wrist. and possibly my bowels. i blame the syph.)
unfortunately all you fuckers live in new york, and my doctor has advised me to go sober for awhile.
and by doctor i mean my aching aching kidneys.
but, hey, i too, vote for bowling.
Posted by: fishfucker on June 10, 2003 03:08 PMoh, sorry, didn't mean to offend the fuckers who don't live in new york.
you're all fuckers in my book too.
Posted by: fishfucker on June 10, 2003 03:12 PM*plans bowling for MeFiVegas just to see fishfucker in action*
Posted by: salmonberry on June 10, 2003 04:09 PMWhich, of course, brings up the age-old joke:
Why is sex better than bowling?
Posted by: Vidiot on June 11, 2003 02:32 AMBecause the balls are lighter and you don't have to change your shoes.
*rimshot*
Posted by: Vidiot on June 11, 2003 02:36 AMIf you don't have to change your shoes you're not doing it right.
Posted by: kaf on June 11, 2003 11:20 AMI've got a date tonite and I don't need to change my shoes.
I'm going to see Han ni zai yiki ("Together") which I guess has been out for over a year in civilization, but is just now previewing here, heh.
Have any of you out there in the First World seen it?
Posted by: tizzie on June 11, 2003 11:33 AMBecause the balls are lighter and you don't have to change your shoes.
Speak for yourself.
Posted by: elephantitis of the nuts on June 11, 2003 12:07 PMThat's not one of those magical new-fangled magic latern shows, is it Tizzie? I heard if you look too long at the screen, invisible elves will eat your soul.
Posted by: kaf on June 11, 2003 12:37 PMEveryone I know who's seen that flick talks about it with this look of religious conversion in their eyes, like they saw the face of god or something.
Sounds like fun. And hey, invisible movie elves will eat your soul in the end anyways. So you might as well feed your soul to quality Japanese animation, instead of something way worse.
Speaking of which. Am I the last one to twig to the fact that the new Dumb & Dumber movie doesn't have either Jim Carrey or Jeff Daniels in it? That they actually hired lookalikes?
I don't know what to make of this.
Posted by: Chico on June 11, 2003 01:05 PMChico it makes the title work with the current cast.
Posted by: Thomcatspike on June 11, 2003 01:11 PMThat's a lesser known Fassbinder film too:
Invisible Elf: Fear Eats the Soul
Posted by: kaf on June 11, 2003 01:12 PMA pregnant lady in the bathroom just told me that she intends to name her baby "Montgomery" if it's a girl!
Oh, oh dear.
First of all, needless to say: Mr. Burns.
Second, nickname, 2nd grade: Monkey.
Third, there is no third. Enough.
Of course, my reply was "How sweet!" Gah.
Posted by: tizzie on June 11, 2003 01:35 PM
Montgomery Moose also has potential. I don't know why, but I remember some kids toy heavily advertised during the Transformers or something called Montgomery Moose.
Posted by: kaf on June 11, 2003 01:54 PMCyrano, you win today's star prize for that Montgomery Ward answer.
Sheesh, I hope this poor kid's a boy. Then she'll probably name it like Sears Roebuck.
Posted by: tizzie on June 11, 2003 04:21 PMMontgomery Ward
Kept thinking in the back of my mind, M. Clift, yet searched M. Ward for the actor...dope, they went OutofBuisness.
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