As everyone who knows me knows, I'm a walking embarrassment
Some of my DOH's over the years include:
1987: Bowling on Lane 24 at Moonah with an 8lb Houseball shooting at a 7-10 split I had the ball hang-up on my thumb and smash into the ceiling before hitting the edge of the gutter and bouncing into, then rolling down the mechanics walkway into the door - BANG...hehe
1989: Having a practice game one night before league and left the 4-6-7-10 and was having one of those games so I absolutely belted this 14lb ball at the 6-10 zone only to watch in horror as 40-feet down the lane -down came the sweep bar pressed by a social bowler on the next lane -BANG, CRASH, SNAP.
Well that completely busted the sweep bar to the point that, that whole pair was inoperable for that night and much of the next day....oops
1991: Missing a 5-pin to lose a game in league and throwing my puffer-ball at the house-ball counter and missing the house-balls and hitting a coffee cup on top sending it flying through the air and smashing into an old guy called Athol up the back - knackering him in the process....hehehe
1992: My very first day of Shield Roll-Offs at the Burnie Bowl (My first trip to Burnie)
Was bowling on the end lane (14 I think) and was shooting a 3-6-10 spare.
I sent it a little wide and stepped across thinking this could be a little bit doubtful and, wooooo over he goes....I didn't realise that there was a 2-foot drop immediately next the approach - after doing the cartwheel and everyone pissing themselves, I had to laugh.
1992: Punching a tele-score almost out of the ground after missing 4 consecutive 5-pins in a tournament - the crowd all did the ERE ERE ERE WHERE'S THE RED CARD
1995: Throwing my ball down the corridor at Burnie and forgetting that it goes down an incline - I chased after it in horror as I realised that the front door was wide opened and a vehicle was in its path BANG - fair into the grill...whoops...time to make a hasty retreat back to Hobart.
And they're just the one's I care to mention
IT'S THE EYE OF THE TIGER