KILL SHOT — by Steve Nadis
I’m often chided for not writing enough about volleyball. I hope this post redresses that shortcoming, albeit in a small (short) way. In volleyball, we often talk of “kills,” which is short for kill shots–a hard spike that is not, or cannot be, returned. The one-sentence description of today’s CSI Miami (a show I never watch) refers to a dead body (or dead bodies) at a beach volleyball tournament, which, if you ask me, takes the kill shot notion one step too far. Like other professional sports, beach volleyball is a competitive business, and the contests can be hard-fought. All this is true even for occasional, non-professional players like myself. But when the corpses start piling up on the beaches, I’m going to think about taking up another sport–at which point Call Me Snake may no longer be the world’s only blog devoted to the inner game of volleyball.
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15:18:30
Snake, if you want to have some fun, imagine whenever David Caruso appears he is Dracula. Honest to God, it is the only way to explain his line readings.
hi Snake!
Hello WFW&thanks Doc; I might give that a try. Unless I can find my 3D glasses. And he used to be a good actor back in the glory days of NYPD Blue…
When are they going to shoot CSI Miami Beach Volleyball? I mean, if corpses draw TV viewers, and scantily clad women on a beach draw viewers, then wouldn’t scantily clad corpses on the beach double the number of viewers? Maybe they could combine it with “Lost” and have all the cast members found dead and naked on the beach next to a tattered volleyball net.
Just a thought.
It’s more than “just a thought,” Gatemouth. It’s brilliant. This is going to make us a lot of money. I say “us” cause you’re gonna need an agent, right?
Why, goshdarnit Dorothy…um, I mean Snake, I dont’ see why not. Come on, let’s go see those wonderful people behind the TV set!
“Oh, we’re off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizards of Fox! We know our show could really light the tube at night if Fox will bite, because, because, because, because, because…America wants more flesh at night!”
Now, just click your heels together and say, “Nothing sells like sex; nothing sells like sex…”
Sounds like a deal. Let’s make some money!