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Show AggieLife Page 6 Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 This sink sticks to the bumper and the stomach BY WES KING staff writer I went to Angie's Oct. 14 to "clean the sink." I had never done this before, so when my friend Rachel Massengale, a freshman majoring in history, asked if I wanted to come with her and a big group of people to clean sinks, the first thought that came to my mind was, "Sure. Are we going to massage elderly people's feet afterward?" Rest assured, cleaning the sink at Angie's actually means eating a sink full of ice cream. Those who finish a sink, get a bumper sticker and a stomach ache. Those who do not finish it just get a stomach ache. When we went to clean the sink, our group was big enough that there were three to four people on each sink. The sink I was occupying had Roxana Revilla, art major, Diana Baldwin, animal dairy vet science major, Kim Baker, animal science major, and, of course, myself — all freshmen — attacking the whipped cream-covered fantasy of vanilla ice cream, bananas and blueberries. To my surprise, out of the group of 17 people, we finished first and under 10 minutes. None of us felt particularly full, and we let Roxana keep the bumper sticker. This led me to think that cleaning the sink really wasn't that hard of a task at all. I figured I could probably finish the sink all by myself. So when my parents came to visit me Oct. 20, I mentioned cleaning the sink to them. Eventually, I convinced them to do it with me, so I invited Roxana to once again come with me — I didn't want to try it solo just yet. When the waitresses brought out our sinks — my three siblings were on one, while Roxana and I were one the other — my siblings instantly broke into a cacophony of astonishment. I warned them this was not a contest between the two sinks, but my haughty 14-year-old brother instantly made it one. "Nah, it's totally a contest," said Robert King, aforementioned brother and ninth grader, "you silly college students have nothing on me." Roxana and I rolled our eyes and began to dig into our sink. After only a few minutes, I realized how insane we were to think we could finish a sink with the help of only one other person. Roxana and I began to give each other disparaging looks. However, we were miles ahead of my siblings, who at this point had reduced to groaning and doubling over. Roxana and I refused to give up. We needed that bumper sticker. We needed the bragging rights. After my siblings had given up, my mom and dad took them back to the hotel a ( square one P r inring 630 West 200 Nerd! 753-8875 A Professional Quality Printing A Business Forms A Thesis, dissertations AWedding Invitations & Accessories Funny. Original. I just couldn't pass it up, so I'm giving it a try. Heck, while I'm at it, in the spirit of these terrible Tibble tandems, I'll select each spot on the list in twos or threes. So here it goes, "Steve's Top Five TV Twins and I have a frequent reader, who oddly enough, for the last three or four weeks and for reasons well above me, has requested I make a hearty "Sister, Sister" reference in one of my columns. I was more than happy to oblige, but it got me thinking, "Prithee, who would make the list of the best TV twins and triplets of all time?" ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE FALL 2011 TOUR Triplets." Please note, Mary Kate and Ashley are banned, get over it. Nicky 5. "Full House" and Alex Katsopolis, "The Tick" - The Bee Twins - Our lists' forerunners make the cut for respectively claiming my two biggest character traits: cute and funny. The ever-famous Katsopolis boys easily win the cute nod, whereas anyone who remembers the short-lived and should-be-cult-classic "The Tick" can recall the pair of awkwardly hilarious villain accomplices who were the Bee Twins, proving that a solid duo of weird, evil sidekicks is the icing on any super-hero-televisionprogram-embossed cake. - 4. "The Simpsons" Patty and Selma Bouvier, "The Simpsons" - Terri and Sherri - Easy explanation, I had to work in at least one of these famous Simpsons duos, and I figured it's my friggin' column, why choose? An honorable mention is due here to Apu's octuplets, who by the way are named Anoop, Gheet, Nabendu, Poonam, Pria, Sandeep, Sashi and Uma. Yes, I memorized them. It's how I roll. - The,,,,Tn g-ppest EMI Nov. 10-12, 2011 All performances at 7:30 p.m. I Morgan Theatre I Chase Fine Arts Center I USU Campus Part of the O.C. Tanner Lecture Series Reserved $15 I Seniors and Youth $10 I USU Students $5 arts.usu.edu I 435.797.8022 I CCA Box Office I Chase Fine Arts Center 139-B, M-F, 9-5 I USU Campus 3. "Doug" Al and Moo Sleech, "Pepper Ann" - Tessa and Vanessa, "Recess" - Digger Dave and Digger Sam - Oh, how I love a good, frequent non- PEESPgq 4b ACTORS FROM THE 4." LONDON STAGE rat. OP wanted the bragging rights. When no one was looking, we lifted our sink and dumped it into the other, subsequently spilling ice cream all over the table, causing more laughter. The waitress awarded us with our bumper sticker, and when my mom came back she congratulated us, while Roxana and I shared a guilty smile. - wes.king33@aggiemail.usu. edu A list so nice I'm doing it twice enough to handle your job. egfi laugh harder too. After we composed ourselves, we returned to the behemoth before us. With each spoonful, the idea of giving up seemed more and more pleasant. We kept at it, though, knowing my mom would be back soon to pick us up. Then we had an idea. My siblings' sink sat across the table from us, almost empty. Roxana and I decided to dump our soupy remains into their sink. After all, we really ALIREZA FATAEI, GARRETT GLICK AND JASON CLARK celebrate after successfully cleaning the sink at Angie's Restaurant. Cleaning the sink can be a daunting task, but one Statesman staff writer reports on his own experience downing a sink full of ice cream. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo Doonn I Worry. We're PIG A and left us at Angie's to finish our sink. Roxana and I kept pulling though, eating as slowly as we could, as our stomachs grew more and more full. "I feel so sick," Roxana said. I found the whole situation to be quite humorous and just started laughing. "No! Don't laugh!" Roxana said, "Every time I laugh I just feel ice cream coming back up." This made me laugh harder and she began to COLLEGE .fd-ARTS UteisStelsUniversity principal comic-relief duo — truly the glue that holds any Saturday morning kids' show together — holla at me, Bulk and Skull. These three choices bring that feeling ever so vividly to life and even cover all the token twin basics: the nerds Al and Mo, the gossip crew Tessa and Vanessa, and the oddball format benders Dave and Sam. 2. "Sister Sister" Tamera Campbell and Tia Landry, "The Powerpuff Girls" - Blossum, Bubbles and Buttercup - Tia and Tamera, not only the reason this list was ever birthed, but are given great credit for one reason alone: I can never. Get your names. Out of. My. Head. It doesn't matter how bad your show was, what type of clothes you wear, what kind of music you listen to or how much I wanted you to date Kennan and Kel. Your names alone grant my full approval. If I didn't know better, I'd claim your names were taken from a Naughty by Nature song. Now, in all due respect, Powerpuff girls, as much as I loved your show, you mainly make the list so I can point out how much I enjoy saying "chemical X" in a raspy dramatic voice. Try it sometime. I swear on my life it won't disappoint. - 1. "Ducktales" Huey, Dewey, and Louie, "Rugrats" - Phil and Lil DeVille - What's there to say? They have it all — perfect supporting roles, catchy-as-bones names, exceedingly adventurous and cuter than a purring Twinkie. Phil and Lil, possibly the - coolest toddlers in modern history, taught me it's perfectly okay to have matching outfits, so long as you both have rubber duckies on your overalls. On the other hand, there is the ever-legendary duck trio, forever accompanying me in a childhood in which I always wished I had two identical brothers and a marble we aptly named the "Great Masher" — the coolest '90s sporting implement since the Knuckle Puck. These ticklesome tag teams just couldn't miss in their times, even if we know for a fact they individually couldn't do it alone. I hope you enjoyed the list as much as I did. And to think I went through the whole thing without twinthemeingly writing the same sentence twice. Thought I was gonna repeat that last sentence again, didn't you? Sorry, folks. You can't pin me down. - Steve Schwartzman is a junior majoring in marketing and minoring in speech communication. His column runs every Wednesday. He loves sports, comedy and creative writing. He encourages any comments at his email steve. schwartzman@aggiemail. usu.edu, or find him on Facebook. |