Did you know that 70 million people bowled last year? How about the term for three consecutive strikes? It's a turkey. Think bowling is a relatively new invention? Nope. In the 1930’s, British Anthropologist Sir Flinders Petrie discovered ancient objects believed to be used for a form of the game in a child’s grave in Egypt. The artifacts have been dated back to 3200 BC, which means that bowling is just a bit over 5,000 years old. And speaking of age, Mollie Marler,101, from Kansas City, MO, bowled a 202. My average, and I'm not being modest here, is about a 68. A perfect roll is of course, a 300.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
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Did you know that 70 million people bowled last year? How about the term for three consecutive strikes? It's a turkey. Think bowling is a relatively new invention? Nope. In the 1930’s, British Anthropologist Sir Flinders Petrie discovered ancient objects believed to be used for a form of the game in a child’s grave in Egypt. The artifacts have been dated back to 3200 BC, which means that bowling is just a bit over 5,000 years old. And speaking of age, Mollie Marler,101, from Kansas City, MO, bowled a 202. My average, and I'm not being modest here, is about a 68. A perfect roll is of course, a 300.
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Veeerry cute! I'm sure your average will improve with age. Imagine you at a hundred and one. At that age, do you remember your score after you bowl it?
"Pooh, promise you won't forget about me, ever. Not even when I'ma hundred."
Pooh thought for a little.
"How old shall I be then?"
"Ninety-nine."
Pooh nodded.
"I promise," he said.
Still with his eyes on the world Christopher Robin put out a hand and felt for Pooh's paw. "Pooh," said Christopher Robin earnesstly, "if I --- if I'm not quite ---" he stopped and tried again --- "Pooh, whatever happens, you will understand, won't you?"
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