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He immediately rejected ‘The Nice Marmots’

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Have I ever told you about my sister-in-law’s bowling skillz? Well let me tell you: She has ’em. She bowled for Michigan State’s bowling team. I believe she’s bowled very, very close to a 300. Her dad has ten 300s and is Bowling Ballin their local bowling hall of fame. Her family gave my brother a bowling ball and bowling shoes for Christmas one of the first years he and Carrie were together.

So it’s not terribly surprising that my brother and sister-in-law are in a bowling league. What is surprising is that they don’t already have a totally awesome name for their team. A quick Googling tells us that the world of bowling team names is rife with puns. Which means, of course, that I was thrilled when my brother asked me to help him come up with a new team name and a T-shirt design for his bowling team.

Sadly, he didn’t know what I was talking about when I suggested “The Nice Marmots,” and there are already a few great T-shirts with the “Little Lebowski Urban Achievers” theme. But here’s what I came up with:

Bowling shirts

A. The Bowlers.
Simple, elegant and would require the wearing of a hat to every match.

B. Catan: Anchors and Crankers.
These kids loved “Settlers of Catan.” The game has a bunch of “Catan: This and That” variations, so I looked up some bowling terms and added them. So that’s what that’s all about.

C. Strike-o-saurus! This one makes me laugh. It’s currently my desktop.

My brother can’t decide which one he likes best, so I’m bringing it to you, Internet. Please find the poll over in the sidebar and vote!

5 thoughts on “He immediately rejected ‘The Nice Marmots’”

  1. my heart says strike-o-saurus, but my fashion sense (and love of bowler hats) says the bowlers…

  2. Inside Scoop: A few weeks ago, the bowling team engaged in a serious discussion about whether aligators are dinosaurs. The conclusion was that they are not, because the definition of dinosaur requires membership in a now extinct order. This lead to a conversation about how one could destroy the traditional definition of “dinosaur” if one discovered a living member of the allegedly extinct order. This lead to a conversation about what we would name the newly discoveredc dinosaur if we were the lucky group to discover the same. Ultimately, we decided upon “Douchbagasaurusrex.” The basis for our decision was this: The surviving dinosaur survived because he knew of a great hiding place, but he made the very selfish decision to withhold the location fo this prime hiding place from the other dinosaurs. This is a primary example of douchbaggery, spawning the tag “Douchbagasaurusrex.” Anyway, the dinosaur themed bowling team name is appropriate.

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