Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Arkansas State

Rock sat with his mother on the home side of a football game at Ouachita Baptist University. A woman from the school with a handheld microphone was attempting to interview a man near Rock over the stadium's public address, but the sound kept breaking as he tried to answer her questions. It seemed there was a short in the system. but whatever the cause, the man was clearly frustrated by the interruptions and finally gave up. As he sat, the woman turned to Rock.
"Sir, would you mind if I ask you a few questions?" she said over the PA.
Rock cringed. It was the last thing he wanted, but he knew he had been put on the spot and consequently he had no choice. As her first question, she asked how old he was when he first attended a game at Ouachita.
"I was probably five or six the first time I saw ASU play..."
No electrical shortage arose to interrupt that faux pa. For the sake of the home crowd, Rock had just confused Ouachita with Arkansas State. He recognized his mistake the instant he made it, even before the seemingly good-natured boos began.

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