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February 08, 2005
My Toy Accordian
Ever since New Year's I've been promising Emma I'd bring a noise maker to one of her hockey games. Well, more than that - that I'd bring a noise maker and use it every time someone on her team scored a goal.
The plan was for me to use one of those crappy noise makers bars give out for free on New Year's Eve. I'd ripped off the carboard part leaving me with the just little plastic noise making part. That made it very inconspicuous, but I was still a little hesitant about using it. There are rarely more than 10 people in the stands and they don't do much of anything. I felt I'd really stick out with a noise maker, so I never did.
Plus I lost it.
So yesterday I showed up at her game with a mini accordian. Every time someone scored I squeezed an released, squeezed and released. I have an accordian but that's about all I know what to do with it.
This got the other fans in the rink worked up. They decided that the accordian needed to be sounded every time someone shot at the goal. Every time the goalie made a save.
I must have missed a squeeze or two because I got my accordian confiscated.
"You forgot to play there. He saved it."
"I didn't know I did it for all saves."
"Yeah. Give me that."
"No it's mine."
"Give it to her, she knows what she's doing."
I passed the accordian to the next girl in the stands. She and her sister played it for all the above events and sometimes in between. I thought the players might have thought the accordian was a bit annoying.
I was wrong.
After the game a few of the players approached the girls and told them that they thought the accordian was a great idea.
I have a feeling they thought the accordian compliments would lead them into scoring position.
Little did they know I was the keeper of the accordian.
Posted by calculatoronfire at February 8, 2005 05:08 PM