Beer and bowling

[GeoLes]

I sometimes wonder if beer is to bowling what cigarettes was to social life in the 1950's.; essential. I once heard that one of the essentials of a gentleman was to always carry a pack of cigarettes, even if he did not smoke. They were to be offered to the lady who may want one.

Does that mean that I have to upgrade from a 3-ball carrier to a 4-ball carrier to accomodate the 6-pack for offering to some thirsty lady on the lanes?

[GeoLes]

There's an idea: In addition to a compartment for shoes, a compartment ice in the bowling bag.

[GeoLes]

Unless you prefer a "Red Solo Cup"

[the_halfie]

How about one of those 6 ball rollers, but instead of the bottom bag being a ball bag, it acts as a cooler....That'd be awesome lol

[scruffwhor]

I'm the youngest guy on my Thursday night league team by almost 30 years!!! That being said, with the exception of one teammate, we all take turns buying a round of drinks for this 5 man squad. It's fun for sure, but I agree that I notice my overthinking-ness relaxes after a few.

Not to mention I'm in the same league as my uncle and cousin who love to drink and bowl!

The line between bowling, fun, and RESPONSIBILITY can get blurry (LOL) sometimes...

[Zaxmazr]

How about one of those 6 ball rollers, but instead of the bottom bag being a ball bag, it acts as a cooler....That'd be awesome lol

I think you have something boiling here...

[mjoyce]

I like to have a few beers while I bowl. We have a four person team with my fiance, my friend, and his wife. We normally have two pitchers during the three games. I tend to agree that it helps calm me down. I bowl my best games when I get myself to relax and throw the ball. I find when I over think it and get on myself about hitting my mark and form and everything it all goes bad. If I aim my ball at my mark and approach and release with a relaxed attitude I do much better.

But we'll see how this goes this Friday as I'm going from throwing a conventional grip lane ball straight to throwing a fingertip griped resin ball with a hook...I think for once I'll be the guy bowling under my average on my team. But I'm the captain...everyone gets to have a bad series right

[Aslan]

I really don't drink much. There is a standing rule among my teammates and friends though. Every time I make a 7-10 split somebody buys me a double shot of tequila.
My opponent bought it tonight. He was the one that left the 7-10 split in the tenth frame. Being non-sanctioned he jokingly asked my to pick it up. Which I did but that enabled him to beat me.

Wait...."every time you pick up a 7-10 split"...as if you've ever done it...or God forbid done it more than once??

Man...I hope Iceman doesn't see THIS post...multiple 300 games and astronomical averages are one thing...but when people start talking about regularly picking up a 20,000 to 1 split...I just picture a man and a boat and a fish and a guy describing that fish....in a way that makes the fish HUUUGE in comparison to the actual size of said fish.

I drink Gin and Tonics when I bowl. Sometimes I just have diet cokes if I bring my daughter with me. But most of the time Gin and Tonics. It doesn't seem to affect my game...but then again...bowling left handed in the dark during a tornado would minimally affect my game (positively or negatively) so drinking ain't gonna make much difference at this point. My only cause for "pause" is when bowling is over and I'm a little too "lit" to drive...or lit enough that I make bad decisions concerning debothchery.

[manke]

We drink a lot on or bowling team but were out there to have fun!

[e-tank]

i used to drink before league to calm nerves mostly cuz i was horrible. I stopped drinking to focus on my form. Now i wanna bring it back so i can stop overthinking