The "Power" was out for the evening!!!
Away this week to the Queens Head. We were slightly saddened to here from Bardy at short notice that he was working late and couldn't make it to darts. With Serious already missing this week and no Bardy meant we needed to find a replacement! Gottsfreecabs and Fluff Senior were both playing "NIGHT GOLF". We then tried Hidesy as we thought he had a chance of competing a leg of darts but finally it came down to the ever dependable darting superstar "Graham Shallots"!
With the weakened team we calculated that we'd need 7 legs from 9 to get a result at the Queens Head! On arrival the lads all commented that the throw was the longest in the league and after a few practice darts even the pub home boy "Fluffy" said it seems long!
The draw was done and a clenched fist from skip meant that Shallots was playing Neil "Windmill" Niblett in the singles and Bash was up against Krissy Baggott! Not the worst draw in the world for us, but Windmill was bound to get a hard time from all of us when he was playing!
Well the doubles went as we had predicted and it was a must if we wanted to get the result we wanted. Shallots and Bash were the only losers in the doubles and they really should have taken the leg with both teams struggling to find any form and wasting lots of darts at the winning double!
3 - 1 up and on with the singles! We were all hoping that Nicky Lark would show up this week and start winning matches again! The order of play is always a struggle for me but I do remember the Windmill and Shallots were on very early! The atmosphere was great for this leg as we cheered our boy on and heckled his opponent! When I say heckled, I don't mean like watching a TED HANKEY match on ITV4, more of a quite whisper to Shallots saying "One to win"!!! It was several missed darts at a double later from Windmill which gave Shallots his chance to win the leg!?! Unfortunately the attempts were questionable and the Windmill held his nerves to take the leg and a massive relief was written all over his face! Hard luck Chillo, but thanks for turning up buddy!
With Kris beating Bash the score went to 4 - 3 and we need to kick on! We did just that and only dropped one more leg on our way to an 8 - 4 victory! The other loser must have been Nicky Lark as he cannot buy a game lately and I remember PH beating Smarts!
Well done boys at the halfway stage!
Other News
1/ GOTTSFREECABS TURNED UP FOR AN AFTER GOLF GET TOGETHER
2/ Me and PH (mainly PH) are brilliant at table bowls
3/ Fluffy was unstoppable at table bowls as he literally tore apart Quiff and Bungle on his own! I don't think you could have picked a worse partner than Gottsfreecabs, although Bungles mate Paul and Smasher are equally shocking at the game!
4/ Boss man and his staff almost faint at Flames when the awesome foursome are reunited later that evening for a kebab bonanza!
5/ Gottsfreecabs takes the Carlton boys home this week but refuses to give PH a lift home! Lol, where did you stay that evening PH?
Joke Corner
Now this is an old one but always a giggle!!!
An Aussie truckie walks into an outback cafe' with a full-grown emu behind him.
The waitress asks them for their orders.
The truckie says, 'A hamburger, chips and a coke,' and turns to the emu, 'What's yours?'
'Sounds great, I'll have the same,' says the emu.
A short time later the waitress returns with the order 'That will be $9.40 please,' and he reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change and pays.
The next day, the man and the emu come again and he says, 'A hamburger, chips and a coke.'
The emu says, ' Sounds great, I'll have the same.'
Again the truckie reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.
This becomes routine until the two enter again. 'The usual?' asks the waitress.
'No, it's Friday night, so I'll have a steak, baked potato and a salad,' says the man..
' Same for me,' says the emu.
Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, 'That will be $32.62.'
Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.
The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. 'Excuse me mate, how do you manage to always pull the exact change from your pocket every time?'
'Well, love' says the truckie, 'a few years ago, I was cleaning out the back shed, and found an old lamp. When I cleaned it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes.
My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.'
'That's brilliant!' says the waitress. 'Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want, for as long as you live!'
'That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there.' says the man.
Still curious the waitress asks, 'What's with the bloody emu?'
The truckie pauses, sighs, and answers, 'My second wish was for a tall bird with a big arse and long legs, who agrees with everything I say.'
