While playing girls’ football (Soccer), Cynthia had suffered a broken arm. Her teammates jokingly referred to it as her busted flipper. As things turned out, her new government mandated insurance policy that cost more than her old policy didn’t cover busted flippers or any sports injuries, as well as quite a few other things . . .
Brett (center, third row) had finally succumbed to March Madness and the college basketball fever, but he was still having a little trouble with the bracketing thing and arranging the seeds.
J. R. had been drafted by the Broncos but cut from the roster after only a year. He was now a Free Agent and hoped to get on with the Texans. The Broncos had said that even for a lineman he was big and he was quick, but with those short legs he just wasn’t tall enough . . .
The guys from Wisconsin were a little peeved; the International Olympics committee were not going to approve ice fishing as a new Olympic sport. It didn’t seem fair–curling, all types of skating, the luge, bob sledding and skiing were all ice and snow sports, and the biathlon was just cross country skiing and shooting. Sure, Jamaica, Egypt, and Dubai were at a bit of a disadvantage for places to practice in the off season, but then that applied to curling, skating, and skiing too. Besides, what other sport provided fried fish or sushi for snacks after the event . . . ?
Billie, Tom and Manfred had practiced long and hard for the Olympic bobsled team, but just couldn’t find a fourth player. Since emigrating from Africa years before, they had come to love their new home and wanted to participate in the bobsled or Luge events to represent their new home. The feeling was that based on Newtonian physics, their mass, once in motion, could only help. Without a team of four though, their application was rejected. Maybe one of the swimming events? Manfred promised to get on eBay right away and buy their Speedos.
Hideo Yamaguchi was very frustrated; he couldn’t get the International Olympics to listen to his idea. They had no problem accepting Judo, Karate, Kung Fu and other martial arts sports, why wouldn’t they consider flower arranging as a summer sport?
