It smells like baby powder in here
Saturday will now be remembered as the "great baby powder incident."
If you were not in attendance of the Laramie High School boys' basketball game with Alliance, Neb., you missed quite the beginning. No, we're not talking about non-stop, fastbreak action on the basketball court.
We're talking about custodians cleaning the floor.
It all began in good fun for the Plainsmen and their adoring student section. Evidently, one player was to go over to the section just before tip-off and chalk his hands do his best LeBron James impersonation ... you know, where he throws the chalk in the air.
Well, that was the plan, anyway. Instead of chalk, it was baby powder. Instead of one Plainsman just putting a tad of powder on his hand and poof, it was several hands in the stands squeezing the bottle at once.
Have you ever witnessed a building that was imploded? Think about the dust that rises. Suddenly, there was a large cloud of baby powder in the air and it didn't just settle in the stands. It drifted right to the court.
Evidently, baby powder is hard to get off a basketball court. Who would have thunk it? This reminds me of the old WKRP in Cincinnati television show when they dropped live turkeys from a helicopter during a Thanksgiving promotion. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly," said station manager Herb Tarlek after the birds plunged to their death.
Evidently, teenage boys thought this would be fun to do. Yeah, these are the future leaders of our country. We're in good hands.
The game was delayed about a half hour as the court was cleaned. Laramie was hit with a technical foul, giving Alliance two free throws, which they sank. It was 2-0 Bulldogs before the game began.
Laramie head coach Jason Mountain could only sit on his bench and shake his head during the delay. As it turned out, Mountain's Plainsmen would go on to win the game 65-51.
If I had the power, I'd make those involved mop the court every day for a week, with a small hand rag and a spray bottle of water. What I am I saying? That would be cruel and unusual punishment these days.
Something tells me, though, that the Plainsmen might have some extra running to do on Monday.
If you were not in attendance of the Laramie High School boys' basketball game with Alliance, Neb., you missed quite the beginning. No, we're not talking about non-stop, fastbreak action on the basketball court.
We're talking about custodians cleaning the floor.
It all began in good fun for the Plainsmen and their adoring student section. Evidently, one player was to go over to the section just before tip-off and chalk his hands do his best LeBron James impersonation ... you know, where he throws the chalk in the air.
Well, that was the plan, anyway. Instead of chalk, it was baby powder. Instead of one Plainsman just putting a tad of powder on his hand and poof, it was several hands in the stands squeezing the bottle at once.
Have you ever witnessed a building that was imploded? Think about the dust that rises. Suddenly, there was a large cloud of baby powder in the air and it didn't just settle in the stands. It drifted right to the court.
Evidently, baby powder is hard to get off a basketball court. Who would have thunk it? This reminds me of the old WKRP in Cincinnati television show when they dropped live turkeys from a helicopter during a Thanksgiving promotion. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly," said station manager Herb Tarlek after the birds plunged to their death.
Evidently, teenage boys thought this would be fun to do. Yeah, these are the future leaders of our country. We're in good hands.
The game was delayed about a half hour as the court was cleaned. Laramie was hit with a technical foul, giving Alliance two free throws, which they sank. It was 2-0 Bulldogs before the game began.
Laramie head coach Jason Mountain could only sit on his bench and shake his head during the delay. As it turned out, Mountain's Plainsmen would go on to win the game 65-51.
If I had the power, I'd make those involved mop the court every day for a week, with a small hand rag and a spray bottle of water. What I am I saying? That would be cruel and unusual punishment these days.
Something tells me, though, that the Plainsmen might have some extra running to do on Monday.
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