Hold your head high

Last night Rich had his weekly ultimate frisbee game (frolf...?). After it they had a bbq and then he came home.

By the time he got home, the movie I was watching was ending ("10 things I hate about you" - well let me tell you, there are far more than 10 things that I hated about that movie. I actually had to hide my head under the covers at points because I was so embarassed for the actors - and if I had been able to find the remote, I would've changed the channel. I was going to get up and change it, but the tv was aaaaaaaaaall the way at the foot of the bed...)

Rich got home at around 11 and started to tell me about his game. Turns out that ultimate frisbee teams are organized into tiers based on skill and not age. So Rich's team was playing a team of kids aged 13-16. Apparently they were all about half of the size of Rich's team (that's including the girls on his team) and each weighed a maximum of 75lbs soaking wet.

Oh, and they kicked Rich's team's ass.

I mean really annihilated them - the score was 19 to 3 or something ridiculous like that.

The best part about the story (also the saddest part) was that Rich's team was getting so mad that they were being destroyed by small children, that they started to get aggressive and actually hurt these poor kids.

From the way I heard it, Rich ripped the frisbee out of one kid's hand and then "accidentally" fell on top of him. Apparently it looked pretty deliberate; but Rich swears it was an accident and that it was the fault of the kid for being so light, and that it was actually the wind that blew the young boy into Rich's path as he was falling..... plausible.

I certainly hope that all the members of "Nice Snatch" (ah yes, that WOULD be the name of his team wouldn't it.....) are walking proudly today. Secure in the knowledge that at 28 you are able to kick the ass of a child.

Oh excuse me, I've been corrected: "Nice Snatch" was the alternate name, the actual name of his team is "The Wetbacks" - not sure why the racial slur - but I guess you don't really need a reason now do you....