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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#26 Post by Hotseat Or Bust! » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:11 pm

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1.) Hurts So Good--John Cougar Mellencamp.

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#27 Post by PanicinDetroit » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:18 pm

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1. Don't have to be so exiting.
Just tryin' to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah.
You always look so invitin'
You ain't as green as you are young
Hurts so Good - John Cougar Mellencamp

2. People say I should forget
New friend tomorrow
Don't get upset
People say she's doing fine
Mutual friends I see sometime
Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

3. I broke a heart, that's gentle and true
Yes, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me
You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt

4. Happy days are here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again
Good Times at a Lousy Bar - My Drunken Friends

5. and everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
it’s best if we all keep this quiet instead
and I couldn’t tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do
but I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how
Good Song That I Don't Know the Title of - Matchbox 20

6. Looking around the house
Hidden behind the window and the door
Searching for signs of life
But there's nobody home
Good Time to Break in - The Thieves

7. Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life.
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn't got time to make you a wife.

8. Got a picture of you beside me
Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

9. City's breaking down on a camel's back.
They just have to go 'cause they don't know wack
So all you fill the streets it's appealing to see
You wont get out the county, 'cos you're bad and free

10. Yo! It's about that time
To bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme
I'm a get mine so get yours
I wanna see sweat comin' out your pores
You Dance Real Good - The Oglers

11. I'm always workin', slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

12. The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fiber,
My broken spirit is frozen to the core.
Don't wanna be here no more

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#28 Post by Sisyphean Fan » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:40 pm

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1. Don't have to be so exiting.
Just tryin' to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah.
You always look so invitin'
You ain't as green as you are young

Hurts So Good - John Cougar

2. People say I should forget
New friend tomorrow
Don't get upset
People say she's doing fine
Mutual friends I see sometime

Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

3. I broke a heart, that's gentle and true
Yes, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me

You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt

4. Happy days are here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again

Good Times - Chic

5. and everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
it’s best if we all keep this quiet instead
and I couldn’t tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do
but I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how

When Good Politics Go Bad - The Jeemie & Nelly BFF Express

6. Looking around the house
Hidden behind the window and the door
Searching for signs of life
But there's nobody home

Good Lovin' Gone Bad - No Good Reason Not to Be Here

7. Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life.
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn't got time to make you a wife.

Good Luck with the Engagement - The Hopeless Romantics

8. Got a picture of you beside me
Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

Good God Gertie - What a Gash

9. City's breaking down on a camel's back.
They just have to go 'cause they don't know wack
So all you fill the streets it's appealing to see
You wont get out the county, 'cos you're bad and free

Goodbye to You Isn't Here Either - The What the Frenches

10. Yo! It's about that time
To bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme
I'm a get mine so get yours
I wanna see sweat comin' out your pores

Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

11. I'm always workin', slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

Nothing But a Good Time - Poison (ROLers represent!)

12. The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fiber,
My broken spirit is frozen to the core.
Don't wanna be here no more

Good Riddance is a No Show As Well - What Up, Billy Wayne?
Push it real good!

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#29 Post by clem21 » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:28 pm

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5. Back 2 Good - Matchbox 20
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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#30 Post by DaveSenior72 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:05 am

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littlebeast13 wrote:Today is Tuesday. That means it's time for Tuesday Wordplay. You know how it works by now....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist....



1. Don't have to be so exiting.
Just tryin' to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah.
You always look so invitin'
You ain't as green as you are young

Hurts So Good--John Cougar Mellencamp

2. People say I should forget
New friend tomorrow
Don't get upset
People say she's doing fine
Mutual friends I see sometime

Good Thing--FYC

3. I broke a heart, that's gentle and true
Yes, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me

You're No Good--Linda Ronstadt

4. Happy days are here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again

Good Times--Chic

5. and everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
it’s best if we all keep this quiet instead
and I couldn’t tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do
but I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how

Back To Good--Matchbox 20

6. Looking around the house
Hidden behind the window and the door
Searching for signs of life
But there's nobody home

A Good Sign of a Bad Divorce--Chuck Finley (written for him by David Coverdale, since they both wed the psycho-but-gorgeous redhead Tawny Kitaen)

7. Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life.
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn't got time to make you a wife.

All Good People--Yes

8. Got a picture of you beside me
Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

Good Reason To Drink--The Heartbreak Kid

9. City's breaking down on a camel's back.
They just have to go 'cause they don't know wack
So all you fill the streets it's appealing to see
You wont get out the county, 'cos you're bad and free

Feels Good--Gorillaz

10. Yo! It's about that time
To bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme
I'm a get mine so get yours
I wanna see sweat comin' out your pores

Good Vibrations--Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch

11. I'm always workin', slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

Nothin' But A Good Time--Poison

12. The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fiber,
My broken spirit is frozen to the core.
Don't wanna be here no more

Good Riddance, Cold Weather--Colin Coil & the Springs
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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#31 Post by Estonut » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:33 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
Spoiler
1. Don't have to be so exiting.
Just tryin' to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah.
You always look so invitin'
You ain't as green as you are young

Hurts So Good - John Cougar


2. People say I should forget
New friend tomorrow
Don't get upset
People say she's doing fine
Mutual friends I see sometime

Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals


3. I broke a heart, that's gentle and true
Yes, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me

You're No Good - some 50's singer that Linda Ronstadt covered, also Aswad (Inna Reggae Style), Elvis Costello, Reba McEntire &/or Van Halen


4. Happy days are here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again

Good Times - The WAGs


5. and everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
it’s best if we all keep this quiet instead
and I couldn’t tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do
but I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how

Back 2 Good - Thanks for picking one from the only Matchbox 20 album I own!


6. Looking around the house
Hidden behind the window and the door
Searching for signs of life
But there's nobody home

Good - Thanks for picking one from the only Better than Ezra album I own!


7. Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life.
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn't got time to make you a wife.

I've Seen All Good People/Your Move/All Good People - Boy, Yes loved those slashy titles!


8. Got a picture of you beside me
Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

No Good Joke Here - Brain Dead


9. City's breaking down on a camel's back.
They just have to go 'cause they don't know wack
So all you fill the streets it's appealing to see
You wont get out the county, 'cos you're bad and free

Good Song to Get Help from Beebs on - The W(h)ackers


10. Yo! It's about that time
To bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme
I'm a get mine so get yours
I wanna see sweat comin' out your pores

Good Lord, What Crappy Lyrics - Yorzenporz


11. I'm always workin', slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

Nothing But a Good Time - Reel Big Fish


12. The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fiber,
My broken spirit is frozen to the core.
Don't wanna be here no more

Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw (THIS was a blast from the past. I had forgotten all about this song.)


Are you getting lists of songs you missed?

Stuff like:
Good Things - BoDeans
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
Good Lovin' - Everyone (including your mother)
Goodnight Good Guy - Collective Soul
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
Good Morning Good Morning - The Beatles
Good Night - The Beatles

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#32 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:08 am

1. Don't have to be so exiting.
Just tryin' to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah.
You always look so invitin'
You ain't as green as you are young
Hurts So Good - John Cougar Mellencamp (Yes, he was just JC for this one, but I started watching MTV when he was JCM, that's how I got to know him, and he will always be JCM to me.....)

2. People say I should forget
New friend tomorrow
Don't get upset
People say she's doing fine
Mutual friends I see sometime
Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

3. I broke a heart, that's gentle and true
Yes, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me
You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt (And a song I first learned of from the movie "House" in the 80's....)

4. Happy days are here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again
Good Times - Chic

5. and everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
it’s best if we all keep this quiet instead
and I couldn’t tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do
but I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how
Back 2 Good - Matchbox 20

6. Looking around the house
Hidden behind the window and the door
Searching for signs of life
But there's nobody home
Good - Better Than Ezra

7. Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life.
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn't got time to make you a wife.
I've Seen All Good People/Your Move - Yes (And thanks for all the other info about this song. I hate it when artists try to split up songs like that. If it's all played at once, it's one song, dammit!)

8. Got a picture of you beside me
Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now
Back For Good - Take That! (I really like this song, and this is the group that gave us the immortal Robbie Williams of Mecca Radio fame "Millennium", "Angels"....)

9. City's breaking down on a camel's back.
They just have to go 'cause they don't know wack
So all you fill the streets it's appealing to see
You wont get out the county, 'cos you're bad and free
Feel Good, Inc. - Gorillaz (Ouch, hardly anyone got this one! This song kicks ass! Boom, ba doo doo, boom boom! Feel Good!)

10. Yo! It's about that time
To bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme
I'm a get mine so get yours
I wanna see sweat comin' out your pores
Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (I originally had down the beach Boys version, but figured I'd give some love to Donnie Wahlberg's brother....)

11. I'm always workin', slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison

12. The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fiber,
My broken spirit is frozen to the core.
Don't wanna be here no more
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw (Great video for this song too!)


They played "Hella Good" on the radio last night, and I was kicking myself as soon as it came on for not thinking to include it, as it is one of my favorites....


JJC Points:

Marley loves JJC points, so I gave him one for each of his humor answers...

Mini gets 2 JJC points for vagueness and for not taking the logical guess on the BTE song....

Melo gets a JJC point for #12...

TLITF gets 2 JJC points as he hit on enough interesting bits in the dissertation he gave for each answer to hit on the humor scale. And BTW, I'm not mocking it, I love digressions in people's answers.....

TBone gets a JJC point for working camel's ass into a LS game....

Panic gets a JJC point for his Good answers.....

Fanny gets 2 JJC points for the jeemie & Nelly BFF express, and for whatever references of hers I probably skimmed over or went over my head...

Estonut gets a JJC point for calling Marky mark's lyrics crappy....


Not one of the higher scoring games for sure, but this may seem like slugfest compared to today's game given that the Squiggly usually brings out bunches of low scores.....

Points:

Marley 0+2
mini 10+2
mntetn 2
starfish 18
astro 10
Melo 12+1
mA 4
TLITF 14+2
plasticene 2
ghost 2
elwood 6
TBone 10+1
Saucy 2
KT 12
melly 6
HSoB 2
Panic 7+1
Fanny 12+2
clem 2
DaveSr 17
Estonut 16+1

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Re: Answers & Points - Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#33 Post by minimetoo26 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:20 am

I've Seen All Good People/Your Move - Yes (And thanks for all the other info about this song. I hate it when artists try to split up songs like that. If it's all played at once, it's one song, dammit!)

In my mind, Yes just did one song in the 70's, and it was four hours long and DJ's would put it on when they wanted a bathroom/smoke break. All Yes songs blend into one long song, then they put out Owner of a Lonely Heart and I bet college club DJ's got paid $15 million dollars to play it every half an hour, because I heard it so many times...

Feel Good, Inc. - Gorillaz (Ouch, hardly anyone got this one! This song kicks ass! Boom, ba doo doo, boom boom! Feel Good!)
I like the song and I appreciate how aging members of the Talking Heads found a way to be accepted by the younger set--become cartoon characters. I would have gotten this if you put in the "windmill windmill" part instead...
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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#34 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:35 am

littlebeast13 wrote:Marley loves JJC points, so I gave him one for each of his humor answers...
Yeah, I knew you'd do that. Couldn't just keep my mouth shut. :P

But the squatters aren't leaving the cellar, anyway...

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#35 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:41 am

littlebeast13 wrote:TLITF 14+2
I'm the funniest guy in the room. Always. So I'm not surprised to see the JJC points here. But what are they for?

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#36 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:45 am

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:TLITF 14+2
I'm the funniest guy in the room. Always. So I'm not surprised to see the JJC points here. But what are they for?
Oops!

The reasoning has been added to the scroll....

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#37 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:59 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:Marley loves JJC points, so I gave him one for each of his humor answers...
Yeah, I knew you'd do that. Couldn't just keep my mouth shut. :P

But the squatters aren't leaving the cellar, anyway...
They do appear to be settled in, cold and damp as it is.
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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#38 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:55 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:TLITF 14+2
I'm the funniest guy in the room. Always. So I'm not surprised to see the JJC points here. But what are they for?
Oops!

The reasoning has been added to the scroll....

lb13
Thank you. I should post a long digression here on something that has almost nothing to do with the subject. But I'm too busy at work.

I did bowl a 122 and a 246 in consecutive games last night. I think the last time I doubled my score from one game to the next I was a Cub Scout. And I know the last time I bowled a score that high I was in high school. So I'm simultaneously embarrassed and proud.

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#39 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:07 pm

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
I did bowl a 122 and a 246 in consecutive games last night. I think the last time I doubled my score from one game to the next I was a Cub Scout. And I know the last time I bowled a score that high I was in high school. So I'm simultaneously embarrassed and proud.
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

I'm gabberflasted! Next time you tell this story, leave out the part about the 122. Congratulations!!!


Although I admit, I still brag about my triplicate 108. I had to pick six pins off a rack to get it. :mrgreen:
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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#40 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:48 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
I did bowl a 122 and a 246 in consecutive games last night. I think the last time I doubled my score from one game to the next I was a Cub Scout. And I know the last time I bowled a score that high I was in high school. So I'm simultaneously embarrassed and proud.
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

I'm gabberflasted! Next time you tell this story, leave out the part about the 122. Congratulations!!!


Although I admit, I still brag about my triplicate 108. I had to pick six pins off a rack to get it. :mrgreen:
One of the guys on the other team rolled trip 224's last night. (It was only ~20 pins above HIS average.) He needed to finish with two strikes and a nine to do it. The owner brought him out a patch, which was funny.

About a month ago I got to watch another member of another team we were bowling against get a 300. These are serious bowlers I bowl again. My little 170 average puts me firmly in the bottom tier.

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#41 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:49 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
I did bowl a 122 and a 246 in consecutive games last night. I think the last time I doubled my score from one game to the next I was a Cub Scout. And I know the last time I bowled a score that high I was in high school. So I'm simultaneously embarrassed and proud.
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

I'm gabberflasted! Next time you tell this story, leave out the part about the 122. Congratulations!!!


Although I admit, I still brag about my triplicate 108. I had to pick six pins off a rack to get it. :mrgreen:
And congratulations on your triplicate 108!

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Re: Answers & Points - Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#42 Post by Skittles » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:50 pm

All this talk about bowling makes me nervous. Before anyone gets any bright ideas, I'm not that kind of Skittles!
Taste me!

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#43 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:49 pm

ToLiveIsToFly wrote: One of the guys on the other team rolled trip 224's last night. (It was only ~20 pins above HIS average.) He needed to finish with two strikes and a nine to do it. The owner brought him out a patch, which was funny.

About a month ago I got to watch another member of another team we were bowling against get a 300. These are serious bowlers I bowl again. My little 170 average puts me firmly in the bottom tier.
WOW! :shock: :!:

That nice 510 woulda put you on the very far right of the bell curve in the league I last bowled in.

I can tell you without hesitation, if I'd needed a double plus nine for my triplicate, I still wouldn't have it.

Our league secretary sent away for my patch, and it came back with 108 on it. I can't fudge that one.
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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#44 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:09 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
ToLiveIsToFly wrote: One of the guys on the other team rolled trip 224's last night. (It was only ~20 pins above HIS average.) He needed to finish with two strikes and a nine to do it. The owner brought him out a patch, which was funny.

About a month ago I got to watch another member of another team we were bowling against get a 300. These are serious bowlers I bowl again. My little 170 average puts me firmly in the bottom tier.
WOW! :shock: :!:

That nice 510 woulda put you on the very far right of the bell curve in the league I last bowled in.

I can tell you without hesitation, if I'd needed a double plus nine for my triplicate, I still wouldn't have it.

Our league secretary sent away for my patch, and it came back with 108 on it. I can't fudge that one.
I averaged about 170 in college. I'd like to say that 20-odd years off somehow improved my skills. But really I think the oil and ball technology are just better. Balls are weighted to, well, do something that makes you bowl better. Their surfaces are made of some kind of NASA technology and moonbeams. The lanes have lots of oil in the middle and very little towards the gutters. So if you throw a hook, if you miss toward the gutter, your ball will hook more to make up for it. If you miss toward the middle it will hook less.

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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#45 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:15 pm

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
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I averaged about 170 in college. I'd like to say that 20-odd years off somehow improved my skills.

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Good grief, Fly! First you mention the 122 in the same breath as your 246. Then you give all the credit for your 170 average to improved bowling alley technology! :evil:

You gotta learn to be more selective in what facts you provide -- or omit. :twisted:
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Re: Lyrically Speaking - 3/3/09

#46 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:26 pm

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
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ToLiveIsToFly wrote: I'm the funniest guy in the room. Always. So I'm not surprised to see the JJC points here. But what are they for?
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The reasoning has been added to the scroll....

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Thank you. I should post a long digression here on something that has almost nothing to do with the subject. But I'm too busy at work.

I did bowl a 122 and a 246 in consecutive games last night. I think the last time I doubled my score from one game to the next I was a Cub Scout. And I know the last time I bowled a score that high I was in high school. So I'm simultaneously embarrassed and proud.

My all time high game was a 247 I got when I was just 14. I bowled for 8 more years and never really came close to that again....

And to prove what kind of a fluke that game was, my other two games that day were both in the low 100's.....

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