Rockpile – 5-9-2018
We had a shootout last Wednesday night to determine which team would have bragging rights for the Glenwood City bowling championship. The match had the Hometown champs, East Bay Lodge, Town and Country champs, Booz Bar and Grill, The Men’s Senior Squad, Global Genetics and the Women’s M&M champs. After the smoke cleared, Booz Bar and Grill dominated the three-game roll-off. This team was made up of John Hager, Peg Obermueller, Cheryl Standaert, Carey Kuehl and Brian Casey. Congratulations, kids!!!
We had roll-offs to determine the 9-Pin Tap Tournament champ this past Friday night. We had a field of 12 bowlers who qualified for the “grand finale”. Dennis O’Bryan bowled a perfect “900” series, stringing together three 300s!!! Brad Gregory came in second place with a 859. O’Bryan and Gregory are both from the Twin Cities area. Cindy Rassbach placed 3rd and Bill Standaert took the 4th spot.
Jason Maes and Mike Popowitz locked up the doubles competition with an 1857. Congratulations keglers and thanks to all of the bowlers and sponsors.
Starting next week, we will be closed on Sundays and Mondays for the summer months.
Bowlers: please take your equipment home if you do not have a locker!
I will have 9-pin checks done by this coming weekend. If the checks are not picked up over the weekend, I’ll send them out the following week.
Have a safe and fun summer!!! – “Leaker” & Cheryl
Back When
• 1970 Song of the Day: “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife” – Marty Robbins
• 1985 Song of the Day: “Girls Night Out” – The Judds
• 1963 Song of the Day: “Still” – Bill Anderson
• 1993 Song of the Day: “Alibis” – Tracy Lawrence
• 1971 Song of the Day: “Empty Arms” – Sonny James
• 1983 Song of the Day: “Jose Cuervo” – Shelly West
Events
• May is National Hamburger Month
• 1921 – West Virginia imposed the first sales tax.
• 1939 – The “Beer Barrel Polka” was recorded by the Andrews Sisters.
• 1868 – Tom Dula was hanged in North Carolina. A few days earlier he had composed a song that went “Hang down your head Tom Dula, poor boy you’re gonna die.”
• 1926 – The Ford Motor Company became the first company to adopt a five-day, 40 hour work week.
• 1941 – Cheerioats were introduced by General Mills. The name was changed to Cheerios in 1945.
• 1971 – Amtrak went into service.
Paraprosdokians
Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous.
1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you … but it’s still on my list.
3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
5. We never really grow up – we only learn how to act in public.
6. War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
9. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
10. In filling out an application, where it says, “In case of emergency, notify… ” I answered ” a doctor.”
11. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
13. I used to be indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.
14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit as the target.
15. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
16. You are never too old to learn something stupid.
17. I’m supposed to respect my elders, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one now.
Religious Rockpile Reader of the Week
Karla Malean of Glenwood City, Wisconsin.
Have a cute story or joke?
Send to:
Leaker’s Place
P.O. Box 213
Glenwood City, WI 54013
or you can email: Leaker@cltcomm.net