I was at the bowling alley with Andrew and some other English teachers. I was in the middle of bowling a 46, when a guy started hanging up a banner near our lane. Only the second half of the banner was visible, and we could read "less." Everyone started making guesses as to what the banner was going to say - would it say "fearless"? Then a "b" was revealed, making "bless". Could the message be "God bless"?
All at once, the rest of the banner was revealed: "Marbless."
"Well, no one could have seen that coming," said Jake.
Marbless. What did it mean? Was it simply a mispelling of "marbles", and if so, the question is raised as to why they would have a banner saying "marbles" at a bowling alley?
Saying it out loud, we found that it was also possibly a mispelling of "marvelous".
Above "marbless", in smaller letters, was the message "Since 2008," which adds further intrigue. It lead me to guess that perhaps we were thinking about marbless all wrong. What if it wasn't a mispelling at all. What if it was saying that they were Marb-less, or lacking "marb," since 2008?
What is marb? This we will never know.
why has no one commented on this? this cracked me up!
ReplyDeletei hope you should never have to find yourself without marb while in korea.