Shhhh

Hay I have been waiting to hear the story for winning the money game. But then I realized he said it all. SILENCE!!!!

30 weeks ago

It was the tenth of January a cold winters night. The clouds covered the moon and the only sign of light came from the street lamps. But in a dark parking lot a man steps out of his car. He reaches into his car and grabs a well used bag and a wrinkled blue shirt. With the skill of a drunk opening another beer he slowly slides his arms through the shirts sleeves. Then fumbles with the buttons like a excited high school boy unlatching his first bra. He then reaches over into his car as the rain starts to fall. Grabs a bottle of coke and a funny flask and mixes his favorite drink of choice. Then looks up at the sky as if to celebrate the cold rain on his face. At that moment a lightning bolt flashes at him, but he jumps to avoid the lightning. In that same moment he round houses the door to the car shut with precision and accuracy. When he lands and in the lights while the sparks are still falling you can see the Norris 6 logo on the back of his now Ironed shirt. He pauses for a moment then again looks up to the skies as if he is playing a game with Zeus. Under his beard you can see him crack a small smile that slowly gets bigger, and then turns into laughter. With a thunderous crack several lightning bolts fall to the ground and shatter the laughter of the old man. But around him after the smoke has cleared eight more men in blue Norris 6 shirts appear. This is the beginning of the legend and how the team Norris 6 appeared. For thirty weeks now you could have seen team Norris 6 on any Monday night. They have fought such evil beasts as the dreaded Munson or the dirty Red box. Yes there has been lows like Hi Balls 70. There has also been a great fight to see who can hold the title of most pins down. Starting with Redlines 236, Tortoise 264, D-Bo's 265, and back with Redlines 268. There has been additions to the elite 600 club congrats Tortoise, D-B0, and Lunch Money. It is no surprise that when the Norris 6 comes into the alley they pack such weapons as the turkey, four baggers, five spots, and more. With a record high nine strikes per game held by three of the team members you better watch out. But you should not be surprised this season to have seen a new weapon called the dash & slash that has been perfected by the Professor X. There has been two closed games and a perfect 300 destroyed by a footfoul. But with the season all most over only two weeks remain and one tournament, there is still one stat in question. The most important of them all. Some would say stats mean nothing if you don't have that championship ring. There are three left that are still in contention for the title of the money game leader. Can lunch money be the dark horse and force a three way tie going into the final tournament. He has been on a hot streak the last two weeks ever since turkey was on the menu. The Redline was clutch last night and took the money game by two pins to push a two way tie for the number one seed. Can he continue his streak of wins to finish off the season. Or will the Tortoise pick up the pace and seal the deal before the tournament to hold his title of money game champion. You all better be there to find out the outcome. Or you will just have to read a stupid email like this to know what happened. By the way she stitched her????? Are you kidding me.

30 weeks ago

It was the tenth of January a cold winters night. The clouds covered the moon and the only sign of light came from the street lamps. But in a dark parking lot a man steps out of his car. He reaches into his car and grabs a well used bag and a wrinkled blue shirt. With the skill of a drunk opening another beer he slowly slides his arms through the shirts sleeves. Then fumbles with the buttons like a excited high school boy unlatching his first bra. He then reaches over into his car as the rain starts to fall. Grabs a bottle of coke and a funny flask and mixes his favorite drink of choice. Then looks up at the sky as if to celebrate the cold rain on his face. At that moment a lightning bolt flashes at him, but he jumps to avoid the lightning. In that same moment he round houses the door to the car shut with precision and accuracy. When he lands and in the lights while the sparks are still falling you can see the Norris 6 logo on the back of his now Ironed shirt. He pauses for a moment then again looks up to the skies as if he is playing a game with Zeus. Under his beard you can see him crack a small smile that slowly gets bigger, and then turns into laughter. With a thunderous crack several lightning bolts fall to the ground and shatter the laughter of the old man. But around him after the smoke has cleared eight more men in blue Norris 6 shirts appear. This is the beginning of the legend and how the team Norris 6 appeared. For thirty weeks now you could have seen team Norris 6 on any Monday night. They have fought such evil beasts as the dreaded Munson or the dirty Red box. Yes there has been lows like Hi Balls 70. There has also been a great fight to see who can hold the title of most pins down. Starting with Redlines 236, Tortoise 264, D-Bo's 265, and back with Redlines 268. There has been additions to the elite 600 club congrats Tortoise, D-B0, and Lunch Money. It is no surprise that when the Norris 6 comes into the alley they pack such weapons as the turkey, four baggers, five spots, and more. With a record high nine strikes per game held by three of the team members you better watch out. But you should not be surprised this season to have seen a new weapon called the dash & slash that has been perfected by the Professor X. There has been two closed games and a perfect 300 destroyed by a footfoul. But with the season all most over only two weeks remain and one tournament, there is still one stat in question. The most important of them all. Some would say stats mean nothing if you don't have that championship ring. There are three left that are still in contention for the title of the money game leader. Can lunch money be the dark horse and force a three way tie going into the final tournament. He has been on a hot streak the last two weeks ever since turkey was on the menu. The Redline was clutch last night and took the money game by two pins to push a two way tie for the number one seed. Can he continue his streak of wins to finish off the season. Or will the Tortoise pick up the pace and seal the deal before the tournament to hold his title of money game champion. You all better be there to find out the outcome. Or you will just have to read a stupid email like this to know what happened. By the way she stitched her????? Are you kidding me.

8.4.08 Bowling

I have no Hare, therefore I am the Tortoise

I don’t know if it was me going bald that slowed me down or if it was me going slow that mowed me down. In any event, it is a chicken and egg story and in reality the deeper you go into philosophy the farther you get from bowling. I mean sure there is a certain Zen to achieving excellence on the lanes, but keeping it simple with a positive thought process usually is plenty good enough to win the day.

Throw Ball, Pins go Boom.

And it seems the X-less Turkey 4 Lunch (AKA Lunch Money) had all the X’s he needed all night long as he recorded his first 600 series, and became the 3rd member of that club in the Norris 6..

Sure there was a lot more going on than that: Josh and Katee, Professor X and his Joba this Joba that, and his Lebron and Kobe said they’ll be up this and that (which once again put on display his uncanny prognostication skills), there was 6” to the right, name changes that confused the hell out of some people (I won’t mention names), free bowling, an extra rich money game, desert island music talk, and of course “Nobody puts Baby in the corner!!!”

But in the end, it was once again slow and steady that won the race, as people threw up turkeys like they were rotten, the old Blue X (Who???) went with the “you bowl what you eat” theory and served up BBQ spare ribs all night long and snuck into the 10th frame with a shot at the Turkey eater it came down to a confusing final ball with the bucket (2-4-5 for Righties) left to pick up. The Tortoise could hear comments of “he’s already got it” and “nope, he still needs to pick it up” and with the big money on the line, no idea what he needed to pick up the win, and all of the five exclamation (!!!!!) excitement going on. He missed the 2 pin six-inches to the right…..

…… but he knicked the 5-pin which was all he needed to sneak out with the 1-pin win.

He was later heard to say “thank god I didn’t use 6 exclamations!!!!!!”