An all-time great quote

It was one of those great classic quotes, the timing of which was perfect. Team Clothier was under the cosh for the first time this season and things weren’t looking good. Wyatt Earp (pictured) then steps up and throws down two decent balls but he had only hit four down so far.

"How many are left?" he called down to the sticker-upper.

"You’ve still got the back pin up," came our reply, to which he innocently said: "on which side?" We fell about laughing – pure genius!

Anyway, that broke the tension, we relaxed and ended up romping to another victory. We won by 13 which is our smallest victory this season, but we were up against our biggest test.

The team we were playing, Currell who play at East Harptree Club, had their seventh player get a flopper on his first two hands which set them up nicely, but we fought back over the final four legs. Of course, it begs the question: what’s the most number of hands in a row that you have got floppers in?

For Team Clothier, Hurricane Hellard hit form with 52 and Joe The New Kid also topped 50 with 51. I hit 46, which was ahead of the top two in our team’s averages – Nashy and Pasty.

Skipper was in the chair and for once the thought of money did not inspire him. He hit 42 and had to pay more team-mates than he drew money from.

Our game next week has been postponed due to half of the team being on holiday (not all together I hasten to add), myself included. I am checking out the delights of DisneyWorld so when I get back I will probably play skittles wearing a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. The week I’m back, my team-mates have the first round of the front pin first cup and the third round of the "proper" cup so I will blog on those when I get back. Anyway, until then…

Go for wood!

Tim

Definition of the week: Film star – something I am now aspiring to, following my debut on video. Check our my colleague’s blog Here Comes Christmas at http://here-comes-christmas.blogspot.com/