Whoot Watch: Damn you Nintendo

My nephew is a prolific bowler within the confines of Wii Sports. He is such a strong bowler that he consistently beats me with relative ease. This is extremely frustrating because I have been gaming on a fairly regular basis since the release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and Johnny is not yet five years old (though he will be by the months end). In any event today after dropping another game to my pint sized pal I off handedly remarked, "Well, I could beat you in real bowling" (and suddenly I became my father).

This was the stupidest thing I could have possibly uttered for a few reasons. First off, I'm not entirely sure that Johnny was even aware that a game called bowling existed in places other than his home video game console. Secondly, and more importantly, I hate bowling with a passion. So obviously, two seconds after my bowling statement left my mouth, Johnny retorted with, "bowling? We can go bowling? Let's go bowling".

At that point I immediately started yelling at my dog for something he had done around three hours before Johnny got to my house. But the kid would not be distracted, "Uncle, let's go bowling" was repeated around four times before my wife could take it no more and dragged my ass to the bowling alley.

In an effort to make bowling fairer for everyone involved I ensured that we found a lane with bumpers. Incidentally, this was more for my own benefit than my nephew's as I have scored as low as six pins at the alley in the past (one roll away from a most imperfect game). Anyway, after 10 frames I was able to beat my nephew 97 to 68 (it is hard to throw a game with bumpers). At the end of the game I "accidentally" dropped a 10 pound bowling ball on my nephew's foot and it seems to have discouraged him from wanting to bowl again any time soon.