A piece
of baloney (bologna) I was frying exploded on me! I got slight burns
from the oil splatter and pieces of it flew all over me and the
kitchen. I found, and continue to find, pieces in every crevice there
is (or so it seems). There was a very audible "popping"
sound and I know it was loud because my girlfriend in the other room
came running out to see what had happened. We immediately started
laughing and I continued to laugh through the tedious clean up
period. I still chuckle each time the incident comes into mind.
There
are good baloney explosions and there are bad baloney explosions,
it's a matter of how you treat them.
The
other night, we happened to catch a documentary about an exploding
whale in Japan. It sparked one of those moments where she looked at
me, I looked at her, and we just started laughing uncontrollably for
what seemed like 5 minutes or more. It was painful to the stomach. I
can imagine that we may have similar bouts of laughter in the future.
I can
also imagine the residents of that city in Japan finding pieces of
whale for years to come. I expect they'll continue to laugh about
their incident as I do mine.
In the
sport of bowling, there are many variables that affect our score.
These include such things as, but are not limited to, the weather,
type of ball, weight of the ball, and oil patterns. Do I have to
mention our individual attitudes, health, and frame of mind? Our
performance depends on many factors being "just right," and
us realists know that there will be bad scores as well as terrific
scores. That's just life.
Over the
past couple of weeks, my "bowling baloney" have exploded
several times, both good and bad (and these are separate and distinct
explosions) - a 134 game, a 511 series, a gutter ball, three 4-6-7-10
splits in one game, and a 718 series. Who can figure? You just have
to make the best of it.
One of
my teammates, "Dippy" (a 200+ average), shoots a 92 game on
Thursday league, then shoots a 300 game on Friday night; rolls a 740
series on Thursday night and comes back on Friday night just barely
breaking a 500 series.
Baloney
explodes everywhere and at anytime! As "Dippy" is always
fond of saying, "What do we know?"
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