It's a bowling date. Very first ball. When the clerk asked my name I said Mr. Balls and it's on the scoreboard above me. All the pressure in the world is on my shoulders like Atlas. I turn to face my date, announce that "This is why they call me Mr. Balls", and throw it down the lane. The stars align and I get my only strike of the night.

That is why they call me Mr. Balls.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    1 year ago

    I pitched nothing but balls and everyone was very disappointed.

    My date even said "Maybe you're just not cut out to be a pitcher".

    • happybadger [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      There's your problem. You tried to be Mr. Balls in a game where "ball" means a bad thing. You pitched nothing but balls which proves that it's a mystical power.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Mr. Balls could be a good thing if you were a super hitter that got walked all the time

        but half of those players would probably think you were talking about their roid-shriveled testicles