a close match! ladies arm wrestling by Laura
It's never too late to follow your dream:
After many a barroom tussle, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and prove once and for all my unbelievable arm strength against all ladies weight class 120 and under.
So I followed the footsteps of Ralph Maccio and entered a competition out of my league. Perhaps beyond any league . . . the New York City Golden Arm Series: The Kingsboro Brooklyn Arm Wrestling Championships in Coney Island commemorating the 20th Anniverary of Sly Stallone's Over the Top! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093692/
There were a great deal of muscly men wanting to prove their clout, but few were a match for those Georgians, who were dubbed, The Gulag Gang, by my friend David. One largish man with a scar that rippled from the bottom of his skull to his forehead, and with shoulders that looked dislocated multiple times came up against the Empire State champion from last year, a buff, blond man in his late 30's who's deltoids (in fact his whole chest area) looked like inflated water balloons. The champion was no match for the Georgian who crushed him in one fell swoop-- his black chest and back hairs rising with fury. The Georgians yelled with glee patting each other loudly on the back in teary triumph. Anyway, who can win against those who've suffered through decades of soviet oppression?
I had two opponents in my 120 and under weight class but I was still no match for a tough teenage latina with a low growl. The other opponent, a feisty lady named Chandler whom I'd convinced earlier to enter the contest suffered through my constant beatings. Since we'd all made the final (and only) round, I'm now qualified to enter the Empire State Finals at . . . . Port Authority (a bus station in Manhattan for those of you not in the know) in November. I received a silver pendant and a classy certificate noting that I've won second place.
I will remember this day always.
Laura
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