Homeowners Find 150 Bowling Balls Under Porch During Renovation Work

[mikethompson]

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Quite a find under the porch! Maybe there is some hope that there are 150 Dunhills hidden in my walls.

 

[3rdguy]

Previous owner had a lot of balls doing that.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Maybe there is some hope that there are 150 Dunhills hidden in my walls.

For bowling pins?

 

[johnnyreb]

Swirley ones are worth some money to all kinds of artisans you use a hole saw & cut out rings for bracelet & jewelry, trim & joint rings, etc. Maybe pipes with swirley stem rings will be next.

PS: metalflake bowling balls could become valuable next.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Mike, how in earth do you find all of these crazy stories?

 

[scloyd]

My brother-in-law's family has owned a bowling alley since the early 60's. They have more bowling balls and pins than they know what to do with. People will bring their old balls and just leave them. If he catches them, he tells them to take them with...he doesn't want them.
My sister-in-law has arranged bowling ball painting parties. Women would show up and paint the bowling balls to look like a ladybugs. Then at the end of the night they would lug these ladybugs home and place them in their gardens. Hell, we even had one for a summer...then it went in the trash.

 

[anotherbob]

those ain't bowling balls, they are demon eggs. This is how the end starts.

 

[brian64]

I'm still saving up for my Dunhill bowling ball bag.

https://www.dunhill.com/us/holdalls_cod12165259pg.html#dept=bgstrvl

 

[Casual]

My stash! Noooo!

 

[renfield]

That looks like the work of raccoons or squirrels.

 

[Servant King]

Mike, how in earth do you find all of these crazy stories?

The same thing that drives a man to store 150 bowling balls under his porch: boredom. Or mental insanity. The key to life in my opinion is to be able to curb the former before it transforms into the latter. Most people can't. The entire profession of psychiatry depends on this very fact.

Wow, give me a Sav and a bowl of C&D Opening Night, and I can almost sound like I know what I'm talking about...

 

[Ahi Ka]

The same thing that drives a man to store 150 bowling balls under his porch: boredom. Or mental insanity. The key to life in my opinion is to be able to curb the former before it transforms into the latter. Most people can't. The entire profession of psychiatry depends on this very fact.

Wow, give me a Sav and a bowl of C&D Opening Night, and I can almost sound like I know what I'm talking about...

I’m still waiting for the headline “Canadian pipe smoker attacked by raccoon while retrieving corn cob from roof”

 

[kcghost]

And amusing story for sure but I imagine it is kind of a pain in the butt to get rid of them.

 

[Brendan]

And amusing story for sure but I imagine it is kind of a pain in the butt to get rid of them.

No not all.
The only thing to do here is to construct a cannon capable of launching bowling bowls, I'm sure there's a video on YouTube somewhere..

 

[mikethompson]

Mike, how in earth do you find all of these crazy stories?

They find me.

My brother-in-law's family has owned a bowling alley since the early 60's. They have more bowling balls and pins than they know what to do with. People will bring their old balls and just leave them. If he catches them, he tells them to take them with...he doesn't want them.
My sister-in-law has arranged bowling ball painting parties. Women would show up and paint the bowling balls to look like a ladybugs. Then at the end of the night they would lug these ladybugs home and place them in their gardens. Hell, we even had one for a summer...then it went in the trash.

Scott, that sounds like a new side business for you - painted ladybug bowling bowls.

I’m still waiting for the headline “Canadian pipe smoker attacked by raccoon while retrieving corn cob from roof”

Ha! I will leave that for Jay to post up if it makes it to the BBC.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Ha! I will leave that for Jay to post up if it makes it to the BBC.

Hopefully not as an obituary