This weekend, I am bowling in the Southern TNBA (The National Bowling Association) Tournament up in Baton Rouge. Actually, the first part was last night (mixed doubles). When I arrived to check in, the attire for the tournament (for the guys at least), according to the rules, was as follows
1. No shorts
2.
No headgear of any kind while bowling (headgear is permitted if you are not bowling)
That said, I saw many of the guys wearing caps.....so just for fun, here's what was the count as far as the male noggins (among those bowling) were concerned: (NOTE: This is including all races, as I feel we all share one hobby and bleed the same)
Sly with full beard: 8 (including myself)
Sly with Van Dyke: 28
Sly with mustache only: 13 (including 2 handlebars)
Sly and clean shaven: 10
Doughnut hole: 5
Widow's peak: 4
Full blown horseshoe: 9
Horseshoe with ponytail (really?): 2
Full Head of Hair (including Flat Tops):20
No guard/No guard Horseshoe: 11
On a side note, there were also two sly women there, and they rocked the look! They didn't even put on a wig or a hat after the competition was over! Getting back on topic, I was sitting there shaking my head at the two horseshoe/ponytail combinations. but the full blown horseshoe guys for the most part looked serviceable. As for the sly guys, which actually made up more than half of my tally for yesterday, it was nice to see the varying facial styles, and some of them wore earrings which wasn't bad.....Needless to say, as soon as the competition was over, I saw more caps put back on so fast, I thought I was in a Champs store or something......(Oddly enough neither of the ponytail guys put on a hat!). I guess the two events that some of these guys hate the most are tournaments like these and the National Anthem

Today, I am bowling the mixed team, and two of my teammates are sly and bearded like myself....It will be fun to see what some of these guys who normally won't remove headgear are really hiding! Thanks for taking the time to read, just thought I'd share!