[Chat] Keep it Low

[Crystal]

Thanks Emil! This is especially relevant to Justin & I
with the new ping pong table in the house. I think he
and my brother were up 'til 1 am playing last night.

A few weeks ago I thought about running out and
getting the commercial-skipper-thingy that you had
recommended, but then I realized -- we don't watch TV
anyway. It's amazing how many more real laughs can be
heard when a cat runs away with a stray ball than I've
ever heard during a sit-com ...

--- Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org> wrote:
> Poem: "Keep It Low," by Betty Szold Krainis from A
> Baseball Bat and a
> Book of Poems (Ti-Jean Press).
>         
> Keep It Low
> 
> Betty Krainis is my name.
> Table tennis is my game.
> 
> And if this game you want to win
> What you need most is -- discipline,
> That plus top and bottom spin.
> 
> The fact is -- 
> It takes practice.
> 
> Yet though I practice all the time,
> My bottom spin's not worth a dime.
> 
> What saves me is I'm ever ready.
> Hence the nickname Steady Betty.
> 
> No matter what your age or sex is
> The game requires swift reflexes.
> 
> The surest way to waste your foe
> Is CONCENTRATE -- and keep it low.
> 
> Watch the ball. Don't get tense,
> Forgo your slam, use strong defense.
> 
> Change your pace, wear lucky clothes,
> Move about, stay on your toes.
> 
> Forget the score -- but don't forget
> To get the ball across the net.
> 
> And if your forehand's not so fine,
> Serve to the middle or down the line.
> 
> The way to banish nerve attacks?
> Inhale deeply, then relax.
> 
> Some folks choose to die in Venice.
> My living will is table tennis.
> 
> (from Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac for
> Monday, 28 April 2003.)

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