Makes me think i can NOW be an amazing bowler *promote

I have to wonder how are the lanes oiled? As that can effect one's scores greatly. Are they using a professional oil pattern, sport, recreational, or an even more casual pattern that favors strikes? Still impressive, as you still have to actually bowl it semi-decent even with recreational patterns... I once wanted to open a Family Entertainment Center, of which a bowling center would be a focus, using a Kegel lane machine, despite the fact I'm not a bowler...

>> ^robbersdog49:

I've never understood why they don't just curl it into the top corner. It would be impossible for the goal keeper to get to the ball. The amount these people are paid I'd expect them to be able to do it every time, without fail.

Makes sense, but bowlers don't always bowl a 300, and basketball players miss free-throws all the time.

There's a reason why grown adults aren't allowed to use the 6lbers.

That being said, I was a rather avid bowler in my late teens and once came close to doing something similar.

For anyone who doesn't know, you're supposed to slide a little bit on your final step as you release the ball. That's why bowling shoes are soled with suede.

In this particular case, on my final step I planted my left foot in what was probably a little spill of soda. My little slide became an abrupt stop and I flopped forward onto the floor, simultaneously launching my bowling ball (a 12lb) virtually straight up. Luckily, I didn't do any damage to either myself or the alley. The ball gently nudged one of the ceiling tiles out of place and then fell to the floor a few feet in front of me.

Also luckily, the owner knew us well enough (we were there every weekend) that he knew we weren't screwing around and that something must have happened.

There's a couple of really happy pins....
>> ^sme4r:

...then what happens?

I like it, it would make a great pilot episode for a TV show. They all lose the the ability to do the thing they love most... the bowler loses a hand, the tennis player loses a foot, the hunter loses an eye. Not sure where it's all going. Perhaps they join together to become one super being? Maybe they all end up on the same airplane before it crashes on an island? Superpowers? I just don't know.

Very blond band member? That's English strike bowler Stuart Broad - the Duke of Slough!

http://www.flintoffsashes.com/wp-content/uploads/cosmocentrefold.jpg

They're not even pro bowlers!

>> ^kceaton1:
Wow, this video would make Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron spin circles in their graves as well as having a MIND-blowing experience.

Oh, they're not dead yet? I think they should broaden their horizens. God was most likely a pro bowler, just look at those coconuts!


I'm going to start eating bananas more often, and with this "new" open-from-the-bottom- technique, just to spite Creationists.

Wow, this video would make Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron spin circles in their graves as well as having a MIND-blowing experience.


Oh, they're not dead yet? I think they should broaden their horizens. God was most likely a pro bowler, just look at those coconuts!

wow... that WAS wierd.

see how much you can get away with if you're better at public speaking? no one even really gives you shit... people excuse your bad behavior because they believe in you... for the right reasons.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/20/special-olympics-bowler-offers-obama-bowling-tips/

but still, wow. maybe he needs a bush-cation already.

What the frak are you just standing around for?! Take off your bowling shoes and RUUUUUN!

Wow. Worst bowler ever.

1. I like bandwagons.
2. Sang in a cathedral boychoir for several years .
2.5 Was never molested.
3. Ran/run sound for numerous plays, live shows, and recordings.
4. Got bored and dropped out of college.
5. Shelved books in a library for a few years.
6. My pops used to own a recording studio and currently owns his own music store.
7. Never broken a bone or needed stitches.
8. Worked as a telemarketer for 6 months despite rarely ever selling anything.
9. Found lots of pot (etc.) hookups working as a telemarketer.
10. My house is filled with instruments that I don't play enough.
11. I've driven 8 cars into the ground.
12. Worked as a pizza guy and again found lots of hookups.
13. Play here and there with an improv band with a revolving cast.
14. Was once caught doing naughty things in a park.
15. Had a rat tail when I was 7.
16. Had a mullet when I was 13.
17. Had my hand slammed in the hatch of an 80's Honda Civic when I was a kid.
18. Believed in Santa till I realized he used the exact same wrapping paper as my parents.
19. Built a few awesome cornfield hideouts.
20. Lost my glasses in the snow one winter only to find them 3 months later unharmed.
21. Had my entire CD collection stolen, twice.
22. Listen to NPR all the time, though have never donated.
23. Terrible bowler.
24. Dreamed of being an architect and drew house and building designs in notebooks for years.
25. Went to caucus for Kucinich, but instead sat for Obama in Iowa after no one else showed up.

Who is the Turkey. The bowler, or the 'ball'?