Hey - she's learning

[Mark Padgett]

Saturday morning kids rec league follies - 7th grade boys. Partner is a HS senior girl in her fourth year with us. Our first game today was really strange. We had no fouls in the first half! That's right - none, zero, nada, bupkis! In the second half, we had a grand total of five fouls - three on home, two on visitors. Home won by 12. After the game, the visitors coach came up to her (she was at the table) and said, "No fouls? We took a lot of elbows out there." Her reply was classic. "Well, you'd better give them back. We can't have kids going around without elbows!"

At first, I couldn't believe she said that. I looked over at the coach. He looked as if someone just asked him to explain the theory of relativity or something. He turned around and left. I asked her where she ever came up with that. She replied, "Hey, I've been listening to you for four years."

It was a very proud moment for me.