One of Grandpa's stories that he loved telling was when he was on a bowling league. Most bowlers will know what a beer frame is. When all but one bowler on a team get a strike in a single frame that person has to buy the team a round of drinks.
There was one man who ended up on the team that the others did not care for. He was a replacement for someone who had to drop out. They all hoped he got stuck buying rounds. On this night two bowlers had strikes. This man did not strike. It was up to Grandpa for the drinks.
They all cheered him on. Grandpa made a gesture of bowling blindfolded. The man yelled out "if you get a strike blindfolded I'll buy doubles." Grandpa accepted the challenge.
Once Grandpa was on the lane with his bowling ball someone came to blindfold him. Grandpa said he could feel the looks as the bowling alley became silent. He knew everyone was focused on him.
A strike!! He did it. The whole bowling alley broke out in applause. Grandpa said you could tell the man was not happy but he kept his word and bought doubles for the team. People talked about the blindfolded strike for years.
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