I wonder if this is the weekend the ball finally dies?
As you know, Loraine and I play soccer at least once a weekend, and over the past couple of years have amassed quite the collection of balls. One of them, given to us by Loraine's niece and nephews, started to develop cracks in the leather exterior the first time we used it last year. We figured it wouldn't last too long, but we were wrong. A year later we're still wondering when the Zombie Ball will finally die--
Over the past year the cracks in the exterior that developed the first time we used it have (obviously) grown, but the interior rubber bladder just won't give up. We've tried kicking it as hard as we can, have tried bouncing it off net frames and concrete, and even used it several times when it was below freezing (but still snow-free) this past winter.
But no matter what we do, the Zombie Ball will not die.
Because of its tattered exterior and its guts sticking out like a weird rubber tumor the ball really doesn't travel like a normal soccer ball, but that doesn't stop us from using it. Every week we take it out and abuse it, and every week we think it's the week the ball finally gives up the ghost.
So far, every week we've been wrong.
I don't know what it's gonna take to finally kill the Zombie Ball; the way it's going it, like a zombie, will outlast every single good ball we're using. If nothing else, I'll give it credit for being tenacious. We have abused that ball more than any other we've ever had, and even though the leather exterior continues to fall apart the ball itself refuses to die. So if the producers of the "Walking Dead" franchise are looking for a star for their next show...
I have the perfect candidate.
We'll see how it turns out after we play this weekend. This might finally be the time the Zombie Ball gives up the ghost. I mean, I'm guessing it won't, but zombies DO have to eventually perish, right?
8-)
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