bowling thread
 

anyone else love to go bowling?

I am a natural bowler. I thought I was terrrible at sports of any type, but within a few bowling games, I was getting nearly 200 points a game. I love to bowl!

I think about it as a game, not as a sport, but I damn love it.
Jesus.

I typically use medium-sized, 8 lbs balls. Even though I'm smaller (120 lbs), I don't like the lighter balls because they don't seem to knock down all the pins, and they drift too much.

Too light balls are for pussies. Heavier ones are annoying, coz you need more time to get the hang of their "reactions" (especially if you don't play much often). I usually go for medium-heavy ones (I think around 12-13lbs?), tipically in blue-dark blue colour in alleys around here.

what is bowling ? i play pétanque

I went once last year. Got my ass kicked by my opponent. It wasn't totally humiliating as I scored a couple of strikes, which was cool.

In highschool me and my man would skip school and go bowling. Probably the last time I went.

i would like to cuddle with disappointment, but i hate to wear other people's shoes-- utterly disgusting. since i'm not a frequent player, i don't have my own pair, and since i don't play often, i can't justify the purchase, hence i remain separated from this pastime by a chasm filled with toe fungus and tautology.

I bought some at the thrift store.

used?

slightly. not stinky. i bought them 9 years ago

i shudder at the thought of pre-worn shoes. even shoe-shopping for new stuff gives me the willies-- somebody could have tried it before me. life-- fucking DEADLY.

ps= i've never shopped at thrift stores, only sold-- i've tried-- but the smell of other people on me makes me ill.

those would be the only used shoes I have. i don't like the thought of other peoples foot leftovers


i used to do the thrift store thing. if you look hard at the mall and target you can find better prices on new clothes.

yes. new = good. old = smelly. fuckit. people disgust me.

i do alright. Strike(neon bowling with more alcohol) is fun but the lanes are always so crappy... Booze and bowling and laser tag for the afternoon is a rad combo though and how i spent many tuesdays last yr..

gail i love thrift store shopping. Most store clothes are boring.

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that's freaked out by the shoes.

blech!

i used to find coolshit there when i was younger. Now i go in and there is not much that i like. We don't have alot of cool old people getting rid of thier clothes from thier youth here i guess. usually the prices are rather steep for a thrift store these days. i did buy a cool beanie last year from there. I am strictly a clearance shopper. I will only buy clothes that are on major sale. i find that the stuff left over and most people don't want is just perfect for my taste. i will dig through clothes forever my husband hates to shop with me

i fucking love bowling! go every chance i get.

I have not bowled in a year or so but I usd to go often. high score is 215

High score 238.
You gots to order caucasians to achieve this.

Some video games I've played feature bowling as one of its minigames. I'm talking about GTA4 and Yakuza 2 and 3. I do better playing bowls in those video games than I do playing bowls in real life.

canadian bowlin gis different to ten pin. there are only five pins and the ball is not one you can put your fingers in so its quite difficult. i still love it though.

you can find ten pin in canada still, so i've never bothered to try 5 pin because it looks lame



almost all my shoes are used

If I had to worry about bowling shoes I wonder what I'd do if I had to take/use a bus/train/shopping trolley/elevator button/handrail/park bench etc.
Just get home and take a shower after the game if you feel that worried.
Now, if we were talking about over-used vaginas/penises, I could share the concern...

i love bowling! i always wanted to try that glow in the dark bowling

u got style

That's a scene from my next movie, actually, haha..

What isn't? :D

"true"

One of the hip clubs in NYC right now is Brooklyn Bowl, where you can see bands and bowl. I used to spend Saturday afternoons at the bowling alley that used to be on the upper Haight (now Amoeba).

Funny, the shoes don't bother me much. I wear socks.

fugazi played Houston once at a place calle Rack N Roll, which was a huge dank bowling alley with a satge and metal/punk shows.

back in da day

i do too, im not californian.

so, do you boil them in lye afterwards or what?

i bowl leg spig

Bowling on ecstasy is not something I would recommend, except insofar as it's good to be able to say 'Oh, I did bowl on ecstasy once'.

Quasar [lasertag] on acid is IMMENSE fun.

went bowling today. bowled.