Officials' Pre-Game Items

[Mark Padgett]

In my pregame with my partner, I go over the following:

1) make sure he/she is well versed in Howler Monkey
2) decide who will call the first T
3) agree that whoever calls the first T has "odds" and the other official "evens" for calling the rest of the Ts
4) insist that I get to check for navel piercings
5) don't discuss checking for nipple rings
6) inform my partner that if the game goes into overtime - it's his/her fault
7) remind my partner (if a male) to tuck his whistle in his shirt when he takes a leak (this is the best advice I ever got at a camp)
8) remind my partner that we must declare the AP arrow incorrect at least once each half so we have something to yell at the table chimps about
9) always, and I mean always, make sure we foul the smart-mouthed kid out early
10) agree to help each other identify the babes in the stands

That's about it.

Note to Juulie - in point 1, notice I used the term "he/she", and in point 6 "his/her", for my partner. I wasn't trying to be politically correct, just covering the possibility my partner might be a hermaphrodite.