Mar 132012
Bert had worked the counter at a marine supply store for fifty years, and during that time, he’d seen a few keepers, and a heap of ones that should’ve been tossed back. He was to have dinner at his best friend Chuck’s house, and hated to go, because his wife, Allie was a know-it-all who knew nothing. She loved to butt into conversations, and to make them all about her. As Bert talked to Chuck about bowling, Allie cut in, and said, “I’d bowl with Chuck more often, but I’m not that good.” Bert said, “And that’s okay, no one expects to get Lobster Thermidore from a can of tuna.” …and that’s when the fight started!
