It's rumored I'm a mud-wrestler
Posted by Zonie on June 01, 2024 at 06:16:31
After work this evening I stopped by Pete's Fish and Chips. Apparently the state of my clothes after winter hikes was remembered. A couple of the staff asked me if I was a mud-wrestler. I thought all the demand in that profession was for young women, not old men. I said I had done a mud belly flop at the Apache Junction rodeo in 2023 but that I hadn't done any mud wrestling. It occurred to me I'm in an awkward weight class. Maybe they'd classify me as lightweight sumo.
Back in my undergraduate days, one of my classmates in differential equations class was a member of the Sun Devil wrestling team. He said he would have to jump rope to lose weight or drink water to gain weight, because he had to match the weight of his opponent precisely. It seemed quite a lot of trouble for a few minutes on the mat each weekend, but maybe he had a scholarship.