Rockpile – 2-19-2020
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Congratulations to Hurtgen Catering for taking 3rd quarter honors on the Thursday Nite ladies league.
Chris Turner and Brent Standaert each chalked up “700” series last week on the Hometown League. Turner rolled a 715 and Standaert tossed a 713 series. Good bowling fellas!!
Bubba “Bob” Johnson from New Richmond is currently leading our 9-pin tournament in singles with a 903 series. Currently leading in doubles is John Hager and Matt Hurtgen. They have a doubles score of 1741.
I have a retraction from last week’s column: I stated that Mark Eliason bowled a 299 game – I should have said Mark bowled a 599 series!!! (Sorry about that Mark!!)
Don’t know about you, but I’m ready for baseball!!! We’re only about five weeks from the opener at Miller Park as the Brewers take on the Cubs.
Song of the Day
• 1958: “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” – Johnny Cash
• 1968: “Skip a Rope” – Henson Cargill
• 1978: “I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love” – Larry Gatlin
• 1988: “Tennessee Flat Top Box” – Rosanne Cash
Events
• 1852: Henry and Clement Studebaker founded H&C Studebaker, a blacksmith and wagon building business.
• 1883: The Ladies Home Journal was first published.
• 1930: Nylon was patented by Dupont.
• 1933: Prohibition (the 18th amendment) was repealed.
• 1959: Fidel Castro appointed himself Prime Minister of Cuba.
• 1969: George Jones and Tammy Wynette got married in Ringgold, Georgia.
Quote of the Week: “I finally realized that people are prisoners of their phones… That’s why it’s called a ‘cell phone’ – Anonymous. (Lots of truth in that one!!!)
Senility
An elderly man went to his doctor and said, “Doc, I think I’m getting senile. Several times lately, I forget to zip up.”
“That’s not senility,” replied the doctor. “Senility is when you forget to zip down!”
Long John Silver
Long John Silver was enjoying his rum in a bar when a seaman walks up to him and starts chatting him up.
The seaman notes that Long John Silver has a peg-leg, a hook, and an eye patch.
The seaman asks, “So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?”
Long John Silver replies, “We were in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling me out, a shark bit me leg off.”
“Wow!” said the seaman. “What about your hook”?
“Well,” replied Long John Silver, “We were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords. One of the enemy cut me hand off.”
“Incredible!” remarked the seaman. “How did you get the eye patch”?
“A seagull dropping fell into my eye,” replied Long John Silver.
“You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?” the sailor asked incredulously.
“Well,” said Long John Silver, “it was my first day with me hook”.
Rockpile Reader of the Week
John Thatcher of Glenwood City, Wisconsin.
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