Last Thursday I was bowling I had just bowled two strikes and a seven in the last frame to secure the victory for my team. As I walked off the floor the high fives were coming from every direction. As I proceeded past the score table someone grabed me and pulled me hard towards them. (have you ever seen the scene in Cassablanca where Bogart pulls Ingrid into his arms as he loops himself around her). Well thats not what happened, could have. Now let me say, I was not nervous, I was not scared, I really don’t know what happened all of a sudden I had my left forearm against my friends throat, my left hand on my right bicep, while my right hand was around the back of his head, and he, yes he was gasping for breath.
I did not plan it, I tried repeatedly to convince him it was a new age hug, to no avail. He has assured me that he will never ever ever touch me again, as I am sure nobody else in the bowling will. I am not wound tightly so I have no choice but to blame all of those response drills Sifu Dan makes us do, on this mishap. I think you should by me a shirt that says ” approach very slowly”. Beware.