Skidmarkz' Bloopers
More Happenings
- Submitted by Barbara (Omaha 4-Play 04/07): On Saturday we were all lined up to race, Joe Goetz is judging. Steve lets go of the start dog - early start. (Angie and Jayne were huddled together.) Then, Angie runs out of the ring. We're still racing the same heat ... I say to Steve, "she's going to get her tug, waste some time!" We wait. We wait. We wait. Finally I see Angie coming back into the ring (I figure Joe is about to blow a fuse over the wait), and in she comes ... with a different dog!
- Laura made the most memorable effort to get to the Hawkeye men's basketball game demo (3/1/06) despite Amber locking Laura OUT of her car, Laura being unable to go for help for fear Amber would destroy interior of said car, trying multiple times to call Marcus who was too busy playing on the computer to answer her calls, finally calling Steve (she was just outside of Steve's house at the time) and having him email Marcus to tell him to call her, Marcus finally calling and then driving out to deliver spare keys. To top off her night, on the way HOME from the demo, she was unexpectedly accosted in the dark in the middle of the road by a herd of enormous BLACK cows (through which she handily maneuvered - and everyone made it home happily and safely, and no doubt with a great sense of relief).
- Jefferson (Franklin?), Wisconsin (September 2004). We hardly missed Angie. Jo made Skidz history by trying to chop up a half-burned log in the fire pit with a hatchet still encased in its protective safety cover; Steve, who insisted he knew more then the instructions about where to light fires and where not to, proceeded nearly to burn down his brand new mosquito-proof awning; Jayne had a morbidly fun time watching Jet-Puffed Marshmallows explode in the fire; and we once again ended up at a camping tournament with ONLY STICKS.
- Angie, after offering via email to provide s'mores ingredients for Henry camping (June 2004), denied ever having said any such thing. Sticks, she said, was what she promised to provide. Rebellion amongst the troops forced Angie out on an expedition through Henry in search of s'mores stuff (and liquor). How does it happen Angie is the vortex of our good flyball stories these days?
- Not exactly a flyball blooper, but we don't want to forget the chocolate martinis in Omaha (December 2003) resulting in Angie's key card floating (NOT) in the toilet. How did that happen? (And how did she get it out?) And, speaking of bloopers, why did she go to bed in a wet swimsuit -- with Laura?
- Groaners: IFD tourney in Albert Lea, MN, August 2003: Multi-breed needs SEVEN heats to finish one race. WINS race. Gets ONE point for entire fiasco. Ouch.
- Head-on: Jack and Jester, over the first hurdle at full speed, at our first practice in SHORTER building, fall 2002. About the same time Jack's handler Jim smashed into the wall. (We had more ROOM before, even if we had to dodge tractors!)
- Bowled: June, by Chloe. Henry, summer 2002: after she was released, June decided she wasn't sure she WANTED to go get the ball. Hesitation is treacherous in flyball. She got nailed by Chloe, returning at full speed. June did a 360, staggered a bit, looked up at Corey, who tried to send her again. She slowly headed toward the box, then crossed, trotted out the door, and headed back towards the crating area. Smart girl.
- Notable: Longest Ball Bobble: Belle, 10 seconds standing at the box after the ball had rolled away. Wouldn't return without ball, despite Bekka's pleading; Springfield 2001. Most admiring glances -- at herself, also Belle, who caught sight of herself in the mirror DURING a race, at Dynomutts, February 2001.
