Saturday, November 14, 2009

Meetless

Note to young or future parents:

You might consider encouraging your children to avoid sports that have "meets."

"Yes, it will probably be dark outside when it's time to go home."

5 comments:

Gail F said...

SWIM MEETS!!!!!

A truly horrible invention.

Especially when you have a very small team, because then all the parents have to work. Every time.

Anonymous said...

Rich: Totally unrelated, but I leave for a business trip in the a.m. and am hoping you watch and comment on Fox 19 news Sunday night. Just saw a promo for a story on women priests, with the catchline "Biblical Mandate or Tired Tradition." Am sorry I will miss this gem, but I'm sure with that tagline, it should be a real scholarly review.

Victoria said...

For your readers who are not from North America - what is a 'meet'?

Rich Leonardi said...

Victoria,

"Meets" are gatherings of numerous sports teams, e.g., swimming and track, for lengthy, often daylong competitions.

Anonymous said...

My wife has a t-shirt that reads, "If I only have one day left to live, take me to a swim meet--they last forever."