AGAINST INCREDIBLE ODDS MY UNIT OF A OF A WAS CRUISING THRU THE SEASON WITHOUT THE FIRST GAME COMPLAINT. IT WAS THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST AND WE HAVE YET TO HAVE ONE BEEF REACH THE OFFICE.I KEPT TELLING MYSELF AND OTHERS THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
WE WERE PLAYING GREENWICH NY, WHEN I GET A CALL TO THE OFFICE TO HANDLE A GAME COMPLAINT. ****, THERE GOES MY RECORD!!!! I GET TO THE OFFICE AND TALK TO A WOMEN IN HER 60'S, SHE IS THERE WITH HER GRANDAUGHTER. I ASK HER WHAT GAME SHE PLAYED, AND SHE TOLD ME IT WAS THE BUST THREE,WHICH BELONGS TO MY CLOSE FRIEND JUGGIE.NOW IM REALLY HOT, MY FRIEND BLOWS MY RECORD.
I ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED, AND IF SHE UNDERSTOOD THE RULES.SHE TOLD ME SHE UNDERSTOOD THEM WELL. YOU BUST THREE BALLOONS IN A ROW YOU WIN CHOICE.I SAID ,AND IF YOU DON'T BUST ALL THREE WHAT HAPPENS? SHE REPLIED ,"WELL YOU GET NOTHING".
SO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED, I SAID.
SHE SAYS" MY GRANDAUGHTER THREW THREE DARTS AND ONLY BROKE ONE BALLOON AND LOST.THEN SOME RETARDED KIDS PLAYED THE GAME THEY ONLY BUSTED ONE BALLON AND THEY GOT A SMALL PRIZE FOR LOSING. I DON'T THINK THATS FAIR. IF MY GRANDAUGHTER DOESN'T GET ONE ,THEY SHOULDN'T GET ONE."
I SAID "LADY , DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU JUST SAID?"
THEN SHE REPEATED HERSELF.
I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THE LADY RUNNING THE STAND WAS NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE ANY LOSERS A PRIZE, JUST THE WINNERS.SHE GAVE THOSE RETARDED CHILDREN A PRIZE OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF HER HEART AND YOU ARE COMPLAINING.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS HEARING, TOLD THE LADY SHE WAS CRAZY AND SHOULD COMPLAIN TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY.....I JUST HAD TO WALK AWAY.
LATER THAT DAY I'M TALKING TO MY FRIEND TEDDY BEAR ON THE PHONE,TOLD HIM THE STORY, HE SAID I SHOULD HAVE ASKED HER IF HER GRANDAUGHTER WAS RETARDED, WHEN SHE WOULD HAVE SAID NO, THEN TELL HER SHE WAS ALREADY A WINNER,NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!! ANYBODY THAT KNOWS TEDDY,KNOWS HE IS THE KING OF THE ONE LINERS. HE WOULD MAKE A GREAT FIXER.
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