Bowling! It was one of my fellow economists' birthday yesterday and we celebrated with some bowling! I'm happy to say Grace and I did well in this very American game, tying for first on one game and, well, getting second and fourth or so on the second.
It was a nice alley, less seedy and more bright than any American Bowling Alley I had ever seen. But, there was a complete absence of pros. When you go to an American alley, it always seems like the people in the other lanes are getting strike after strike, know what they're doing, are in leagues and so on. Here, no one had a clue and was just making it up as they went along. The girls across from us literally tossed the ball at the pins, so it left their hands (they used both??) three feet above the ground. One girl used the ramp that they provide for the handicapped. In other lanes people were using all sorts of crazy methods to get the ball down, sometimes falling over in the process. There were several instances of people bowling while the machine was still changing the pins, so the ball collided with the bar and rolled back up the lane. I didn't see anyone crack 100 who wasn't at our game. I get the impression the game is sort of thought of as a cheesy joke here. And hey, bowling is pretty silly.
America, take pride in your bowling skills.
No comments:
Post a Comment