Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 03, 2021

Pinsetter pinsetter set me a pin. Set ’em up straight. I want to w—-

Uh, was this supposed to be a musical?

And the Dude abides…

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Um…what?

I’ve wondered about the poor guy whose fingers get stuck in the ball and goes through the machine. Would you find him in the rack or somewhere in the ball tunnel?

He needed a beer factory.

The kingdom will live for a weekend economy of bowling, brats, cheese and beer. Could be worse, could’ve acquired Boise.

We come before you, your majesty, seeking (to be bowled over by) your wisdom.

If “Kingpin?” is indeed a “Bingo!” his realm has grown all the way to my local parish.

Need candlepins

Milwaukee is the Bowling Capital of America.

I don’t get it. What does Milwaukee have to do w/ bowling?

Google is my friend, or I would have failed to get this.

Maybe this? Holler House in Milwaukee is actually home to the nation’s oldest certified bowling lanes and has been owned by the same family since it opened in 1908.

It’ll be more impressive when it grows all the way to Memphis.

Reminds me of an old joke. Milt Famey was an old time pitcher and a drunk. One time he was drinking brew during a game and couldn’t strike out any player. But he threw too erratic for them to hit the ball and would advance bases and they won heavily. That brand of ale from then on was known by the winning team AS THE BEER THAT MADE MILT FAMEY WALK US!

Milwaukee often claims to be a bowling capitol of the world, however Detroit and St Louis also lay claim to that fame, too.

This might have been funnier in 2008 https://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/3760

If it’s Milwaukee, then they all need to be holding a beer. Another musical memory: ♪ “What made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me.” ♪

The king was bowled over by the news the serfs had gone on strike. They’d split and were rioting in the alley. “Balls!” said the king, “I won’t spare them. I’ll pin their ears back and roll them back into the gutter from whence they came.”

Does this mean Harry and the Duchess have bought Milwaukee too? Otherwise I got nothing on this one. Zip Nada

Ladies Laverne and Shirley will be here shortly to ask for the head of Sir Squiggy.

I guess we can’t expect a good one every day.

At least the King looks receptive. If it was some places these days, those pins may have been disturbed to find them facing a bowling ball on the throne on their visit.

Does the kingdom run on pin money?

I grew up in suburban Milwaukee mid-20th century and I REALLY get this. Everyone bowled. One of my classmates’ families owned an alley. We even watched “Bowling with the Champs” on TV. My brother keeps my Dad’s old bowling ball as a sentimental souvenir. The joke is good…if you’re from that very limited time and place.

I’m surprised nobody came up with some lame 7-10 split reference.

Must be some SCA event. It only needs to appear medieval has to be nice and courteous – and entertaining.

At one time the US Bowling Congress was based in suburban Milwaukee.

Ideally the pins would be wearing little beer-sponsored team bowling shirts.

I don’t get this one. What do bowling pins have to do with Milwaukee? I must be missing something obvious.

Everyone should know that it was Schlitz that made Milwaukee famous.

Oh, Happy Days.

So where’s the beer and brats?

Kudos to 1JennyJenkins! … here is the connection:

https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2017/04/22/former-milwaukee-kingpin-shares-his-story-in-raised-in-the-game/

When I google bowling capital of the world, the top link says it’s Michigan. However, a lower link from a Madison newspaper says that Milwaukee is no longer the capital of bowling because the USBC voted to move it’s HQ from Wisconsin to Arlington, Texas.

Musicals are right down my alley

I used bowling as an excuse to go out drinking and then I use drinking as an excuse for my bowling

I used to shoot weddings in the Hamm’s beer hopitality room in St. Paul.

“This was a merry message.” “We hope to make the sender blush at it.”

I think the idea may be that the carpet looks like a bowling lane. If the kingdom now reaches to Milwaukee, this may be a long lane and a bowling ball may come rolling in any minute now.

Meh?

Where’s the King’s beer mug hanging above the throne for his “regulars” only pour?