34-Year-Old Man Wants To Be Professional Bowler When He Grows Up

BRECKSVILLE, OH—Citing his ability to score over 100 points when he is “not even trying all that hard,” Bernie Grout, 34, announced yesterday his dream of becoming a professional bowler when he grows up. “Ever since I was 27 and I got my first turkey, I fantasized about eventually pursuing this as a career,” said Grout, adding that his love of bowling started when he and his father used to go to the OK Alley to “throw the ol’ [bowling] ball around” when he was 26. “Just imagine what I could do if I had my own ball and one of those gloves.” Grout plans on patiently working hard over the course of the next decade to lose some muscle mass, grow a solid moustache, and give up on all of his other dreams, so he can one day “compete on the professional level.”