I have lived in the south too long because Ruth’s “a little over 50” Bowling Birthday Party was a lot of fun and I think I want to have one of my birthday parties there too. Most of us thought Ruth was a little strange when she came up with this bowling party idea but the brave ones that actually showed up were all pleasantly surprised. More than 20 willing family and friends showed up to either cheer us on or participate in the really bad bowling. I hadn’t been bowling in years so when we started playing it was a pleasant surprise to discover that there was no complicated scoring to do. The new scoreboards do EVERYTHING for you and the new-fangled lanes actually allow you to put up “bumpers” for the kiddies (or really lame or blood-alcohol challenged bowlers) which prevent gutter balls. I spent a lot of time finding a light weight bowling ball that my fingers could fit into. Thank goodness most of them were color coded (pretty pink and light blue colors for the wimpy bowlers.) I ended up with a score of 92 (I have done a little better at the WII Bowling Game – so I guess that maybe the real bowling might be harder than virtual bowling).
