A bad night and a long post

[bard]

Bert Smith looked great when he did it! But I suspect it took Bert a shorter time to hit his whistle twice (in front of how many millions of people?) than it took Bard to hit his once.

Nah--I waited 6 quarters to give him the first one! ;-)

Thanks for the input guys. Last night went much better, although I'm still wheezin'. Had one intentional foul, and the crowd really groaned, but it was obvious--2 hands on the shoulders from behind and a really hard backward pull. Shot still went in, too. Heard nothing from the coach. He knew it and took the player out.