You know your a tournament bowler when..

[FLOWER]

When you cannot change lanes because there are 80 bowling balls/bags behind the lanes .... 5 bowlers each lane - 8 balls each bowler (men only !!!)

Flower

 

[garryarnol]

your bowling with team mates and you and one of them are going hammer and tongs pounding the pocket with awesome shots and he shoots 275 and you shoot 201 where is the justice in that...........

 

[jason_doust]

You trawl the second hand section of this site looking for old equipment that might just stay in play on your local house shot.