Bowling = Yuck!

Most of you know that I despise bowling ( or more precisely - bowling alleys). A well-intentioned co-worker innocently asked me this morning if I wanted to join her and some friends in bowling on Saturday night. Instantly, I shuddered. The thought of bowling alleys makes me cringe. These are the top five reasons I hate bowling...

1. Bowling alleys smell like stale cigarettes, beer and air that hasn't been circulated out of the building since it opened in 1959, when bowling was acutally popular.
2. You have to wear other people's shoes...which the uninformed desk clerk seems to think can be cleaned by spritzing a dollop of disinfectant spray in them, like that is going to rid the shoes of the foot fungus of prior wearers.
3. The stupid oil used on the lanes to create "ball movement" gets all over your hands and clothing, making you feel greasy and unclean.
4. "House" bowling balls that you can use when you are not an avid bowler and own your own equipment are typically made for right handed people...I am left handed. So, the finger holes never match up, and as I tigthly grip the "too large" finger holes and try to launch the ball down the lane, I rip the delicate skin off my thumb.
5. Any food you get at a bowling alley is pretty much guaranteed to be deep fried in grease that hasn't been changed since the alley's inception...and the $2 pitcher of draft beer was probably poured through lines that are filled with bacteria and disease...

I know some people really won't agree with me...but how can you not when you really think about the reality of bowling alleys...