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Transcript for “Death by Kickball”
1) [roll]
2) [kick]
3) Poet: Whoa! Whoa! I got it! I got it!
4) [PANG]
5) Girl: I think he’s dead.
Boy1: Pity.
Boy2: Hey coach! This corpse is blocking the baseline!
6) Ben: Poet! Get up! Coach Fathead’s getting really mad you’re still unconscious!
7) B: Are you okay?
P: I think I just had a near-death experience.
8.) B: What was it like?
P: It was exactly like this. Kickball, pushups, even coach Fathead was there.
9) B: Oh my god! You were in Hell!
P: Nope. It was Heaven. That’s how they keep you from killing yourself. I figured it out.
Notes:
As you can probably guess, I sucked at kickball as a child and quite regularly humiliated myself playing it. I am quick to judge anyone who plays this brutal bloodsport while simultaneously claiming to be an “adult” (also dodgeball and soccer).
The wooden balance beam made of telephone pole timbers was a favored attraction at my elementary school. It was one of the few PE activities you could not fail at.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm