Last Friday 12 members of the Jing team (past and present) went out for an evening of bowling. We are not good at bowling, and it was painfully clear by the end of everyone's 1st frame.

We sure had fun though. Yours truly set the bar with a scorching 127 to win the 1st game. My dominance was not to last however. Dennis, our intern, who bowled under 100 the first game caught fire and rolled a 198 in the second.
"Proof":

Slight confession: Based on the results of our first game, we had the bumpers out for everyone in the 2nd and 3rd games; so technically there should be an asterisk next to our scores in the record book.

The 3rd game deteriorated as usually happens when unskilled bowlers realize there is no way we'll knock all those pins down. One of the highlights of the final game revolved around this question: With all 10 pins standing, and the bumpers out, is it possible to throw a ball that makes it all the way down the alley without hitting any pins?

Theories were split. I said yes. With the correct angle, I bet you can laser the ball right between the end of the bumper and edge of the 10 pin. However, due to lack of skill and accuracy I was unable to prove my theory. (So close one time though!)

But--just like in the movies, on the last ball, on the last frame, Bill stepped up and proved a grown adult can get a score of 0 with the bumpers out. Leave it to the lead developer to triangulate the throw originating in the next lane, over the near gutter, off the far bumper and then angle right into that little space where there is no pin and no gutter.
"Proof":

As you can imagine there was great cheering and if we had a huge jug of sport drink we'd surely have poured it over him. Alas, there was only beer, and that cannot be wasted.

Our evening of embarrassment over, we came back Monday (maybe a little sore) and focused on something we do much better--sharing screen captures really fast.