Tuesday, June 06, 2006

My "D-Day"

"Dude, do you think Amackassin will be remembered in history like Juno, Omaha, and Utah Beaches have been?" This was the question posed to the Titan after he had regaled the bartender at the trendy clay court club with his tennis feats. The Titan had just completed matches 4,5, and 6 for the day and was cramping on the barstool, but still couldn't shut up about his "It's too good, Did you pay for the whole racquet?" crap as he blathered on about the 3 sets completed over the previous two and one-half hours. TennisTitan was enjoying his Coors Light with fellow players Gene 'King' Slattery, Frank 'Slats' Slattery and George 'Chemist' Hauss. The 'bombastic bonehead' savored this evening's tennis even more than the refreshments. Titan was rotated through the group, with all players being asked "to carry the bloated behemoth" for a set. TT/'Chemist' dropped the first to the cousins Slattery (5-7) after rallying from a 0-4 deficit. The second and third sets were also highly competitive with Titan/'Slats' letting a 4-4 tie turn into a (4-6) defeat at the hands of 'King'/'Chemist.' The onus of salvaging a set for the Titan was placed squarely on the shoulders of 'King Gene' in the third set. 'King'/Titan rose to the occasion breaking the 'Chemist' in the 11th game and closed it out as dusk set it (7-5). As the boys retreated to their cars post libation King Gene asked the Titan, "So TT, I guess D-Day doesn't stand for 'defeat' at least not for today." To wit the Titan rejoined, "My Liege, "D" stands for "Domain"... you play like you own these courts! Ta,Ta, for now it's off to the Texas Tour for the Titan."

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