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In today's episode (which for no particular reason I'm uploading a few hours early), we see another clash between the Chequers and the Duke's Own teams, this time taking place at the posh field the Duke's Own calls home. During an interruption in the proceedings, the Master of Elfhame does some thinking, and starts to develop a few ideas based on hints given to him by "X," at least before she started refereeing this match.
Which has a call-out to a famous incident involving Randy Johnson.
By the way, the explanation by "X" as to how she knows post-ball is based on my own family's history. My late mother (the last of 11 children) was dragooned by her sports-mad older brothers to take down the results of the English First Division (as it then was) football matches, as broadcast by the BBC late on Saturday afternoon. From this, somewhat involuntarily, she developed a rather profound knowledge of football. She was also an inveterate newspaper reader, and liked to tease both my brother and me by coming out with astute comments on baseball. She really did know the game's rules. Didn't stop her from throwing out some of my baseball cards, though.
For those outside the US: in many ballparks in the US, you can get soft-serve ice cream served in small plastic replicas of batting helmets. When I was at the home park of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals with
Major Matt Mason last Labour Day, I amused him and enchanted one of his good friends by getting one. They're plastic, invariably; of course Elvish ones would be metal.
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Which has a call-out to a famous incident involving Randy Johnson.
By the way, the explanation by "X" as to how she knows post-ball is based on my own family's history. My late mother (the last of 11 children) was dragooned by her sports-mad older brothers to take down the results of the English First Division (as it then was) football matches, as broadcast by the BBC late on Saturday afternoon. From this, somewhat involuntarily, she developed a rather profound knowledge of football. She was also an inveterate newspaper reader, and liked to tease both my brother and me by coming out with astute comments on baseball. She really did know the game's rules. Didn't stop her from throwing out some of my baseball cards, though.
For those outside the US: in many ballparks in the US, you can get soft-serve ice cream served in small plastic replicas of batting helmets. When I was at the home park of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals with
Major Matt Mason last Labour Day, I amused him and enchanted one of his good friends by getting one. They're plastic, invariably; of course Elvish ones would be metal.<<< PREV | FIRST | NEXT >>>
Category Story / Fantasy
Species Canine (Other)
Size 80 x 120px
File Size 13.6 kB
Depending on the region and the available resources - not to mention the ball club's budget - the ice cream helmets might be made of other materials: Crockery, glass, wood, oilcloth, leather, or even paperboard impregnated with wax.. Design requirements are that they be waterproof, lightweight, and most importantly, CHEAP to manufacture. Glass and ceramic are probably not preferred options due to their weight and breakability, but a ceramic souvenir could have really nice graphics painted on and baked into the glaze, and you could mass-produce them using molds.
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