I've Definitely Been Officiating Too Long ...

BillyMac

I took the photo below at my environmental laboratory. This was not staged. One of my colleagues, for some reason, put a 50 mL conical plastic vial on top of a plastic funnel. I spotted it, and immediately thought of something from the "world of basketball officiating".

Any guesses as to what I was thinking of?

Mark Padgett

Alternating possession? 😕

Freddy

BillyMac wrote
. . . a 50 mL conical plastic vial . . .
Any guesses as to what I was thinking of?

" . . . burning out his fuse up here alone . . . " 🙂

referee99

...

Adam

The Cone of Silence

just another ref

Snaqwells wrote
The Cone of Silence

you wish

grunewar

T'ing up a coach?

May not be right, but it's a good thought! 😉

BillyMac

referee99 wrote
The OOB spaceship.

Hold your calls. We have a winner.

tref

BillyMac wrote
Hold your calls. We have a winner.

The Rocket Ship Diagram © 2009, Back In The Saddle.

And I was thinking it was a new condom that protects the jewels too...

Bad Zebra

tref wrote
And I was thinking it was a new condom that protects the jewels too...

A total of 9 posts before this one turned south...actually took longer than I expected considering the photo.

Freddy

BillyMac wrote
Hold your calls. We have a winner.

I would challenge the fact that I was the first to answer correctly, but I guess veiled pre-disco era references don't count for squat with the younger audience here. 😮

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

BillyMac wrote
I took the photo below at my environmental laboratory. This was not staged. One of my colleagues, for some reason, put a 50 mL conical plastic vial on top of a plastic funnel. I spotted it, and immediately thought of something from the "world of basketball officiating".

Any guesses as to what I was thinking of?

I have not looked ahead to the other posts but I would say the Cylinder of Verticality.

MTD, Sr.

Welpe

Freddy wrote
I would challenge the fact that I was the first to answer correctly, but I guess veiled pre-disco era references don't count for squat with the younger audience here. :o

I got it right away and I'm a fair share younger than BillyMac. 🙂

BillyMac

Freddy wrote
"Burning out his fuse up here alone"

Freddy wrote
I would challenge the fact that I was the first to answer correctly, but I guess veiled pre-disco era references don't count for squat with the younger audience here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lywENW0ESUE

The judges have reconsidered. Freddy has been declared the winner and gets to pick a prize from the top shelf. referee99 must return his prize. Sorry referee99, you're a day late (actually only one hour late), and a dime short.

Multiple Sports

I wanted to give the condom reference immediately,but thought it was neccessary to take the high road and Billy Mac doesn't come off as someone who would put a picture of a condom online...........

JugglingReferee

CLASSIC Elton John! Nice.

BillyMac

JugglingReferee wrote
CLASSIC Elton John! Nice.

http://youtu.be/5hARDXYz2io

Don't you guys wish that bob jenkins was back? I do. This is no challenge. Almost not worth posting.

Freddy

BillyMac wrote
The judges have reconsidered. Freddy has been declared the winner and gets to pick a prize from the top shelf. referee99 must return his prize. Sorry referee99, you're a day late (actually only one hour late), and a dime short.

Oh what a surprise. I never expected it. I'd like to thank my mother and father, and my assignors, and those who've mentored me, and Coach Dobberstein who taught me to love the game, and . . .

Adam

Freddy wrote
Oh what a surprise. I never expected it. I'd like to thank my mother and father, and my assignors, and those who've mentored me, and Coach Dobberstein who taught me to love the game, and . . .

Don't be a ... Wait for it....

Freddy

Snaqwells wrote
Don't be a ... Wait for it....

. . . Pressurized and Downward Flow Engineer.

Right? 😀