Who knew there were points in Tennis? That 10 hour match has like 818 points between them or something. I'm really confused by this scoring system. As if 15- Love , 30 - Love, 40- Love, Deuce-Love or something like that. That is confusing enough as it is. How is it 59 to 59? I'm so confused by tennis scoring.
Is it just that you have to win by two?
I don't get it. I finally sort of understood that you somehow magically went from 15-30. Never quite understood why 40 was next. Maybe they went off the speed limits from my house to Route 137. 15 MPH on a street you don't need to know about. 30 on another one (trying to prevent stalkers here...just kidding) then 40 mph. Makes sense I guess.
Anyway I look forward to seeing how it ends, and the day my complete lack of understanding of tennis scoring ends. On the rare occasion that I have played (yes I took lessons in this sport too...and have long since forgot them) I never kept score because I didn't know how. Actually I'd keep track of all the times I hit it over the fence. If it landed in the pool I'd automatically get 30 points. If it hit someone I get 40, if it hit a girl in a bikini I'd get Love.
Totally made that last part up but it just came to me. It's me being creative again. Who knew I'd end up having creativity...maybe if you go back to my 8th grade writings you'd read my joking about Irish people and alcohol. Completely normal for a kid who doesn't really drink now and was 14 at the time.
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