The Irish Fest Olympics were quite exciting in 2008. The Irish Fest Men's Water Volleyball team gained their title back from 2006 over the women. The women lost their focus after their 2007 upset that left the men with only a Boulevard and a water noodle to float on. Uncle Bloggy had only his beer, as noodles are for wimps, real Irish Fest Men tread water. Referee Barbara Scanlon declared the men a winner after the women started strong, and lost their momentum under the serving of John Wenzel.I gotta tell you, while I'm proud to have played on the undefeated men's team in the pool volleyball tourney, the fact that all my teammates used those foam noodles to play in the deep end taints the victory, in my opinion. I'm sorry dudes, but where I come from in Patty Regan's backyard pool, using a noodle in the deep end, man or woman, would get you jeered out of the water. Next year, I call on the governing body of Irish Pool Sports to initiate random noodle testing to eliminate this scourge from our sport.
The Irish Fest women will be back, better and stronger next year, they will be having a series of practice sessions under coach Mary Alice Beebe. And great starter Carol Braun will be back next year.
So watch out
Thank you to Mark and Shawn for hosting another great party. The Irish Fest team is refreshed and ready for the big weekend.
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3 comments:
The noodle thing, I want to laugh but it just hurts too much....
Oh stop your whining Dan.
The only reason you didn't use a noodle was because you had on your Dora The Explorer water wings, noseplug and goggles set.
Until the IOC bans noodles in competition, the rest of us will man-up and use them.
I think the game you're looking for is over in the zero-entry kiddie pool.
Seriously Barney? I'm looking for the kiddie pool?? The one who had enough studly self respect to not straddle a big purple foam tube so I didn't sink and get my hair wet? Whatever you say, dude. I'm just saying next year let's see if we can't kick it up a notch.
I'm guessing this is the first and only time the words "man-up" and noodles" have been used in the same sentence. I've heard those noodles called lots of things, but "manly" ain't one of them.
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