Arndt Annual Softball Classic

[0 kids n not countin]

This year it will be held at the "family homestead". Any FJers living in the area should attend.

 

 

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This summer’s FamTeam Weekend/Softball Classic will be held on Saturday evening, August 16, and Sunday, August 17 here at the family homestead!

 

This will be the 16th annual Classic.

 

 

What's up w/Mommy Arndt? She can't wear a t-shirt like the rest? She has to wear one of her blouses over the t-shirt, and why only sleeveless for Mary-Elizabeth?

[Palimpsest]

I love the typo in the title!

Sotball: a game played solely by Arndts habitually drunk on God. :mrgreen:

I think I see a tiny glimpse of white short-shorts on Mama Arndt. Forget her blouse, if the short-shorts fail to make an appearance in summer the sky will fall in.

I'm glad Mary-Elizabeth is showing signs of being a teen in cutting the sleeves and neckline of the T-shirt to make it a tank-top. Isn't she almost 17 now?

[0 kids n not countin]

Oops, my bad, fixed the typo in the title. :embarrassed:

I believe Mary-Elizabeth will be 18 this coming January.

[ViolaSebastian]

It looks to me like Mary-Elizabeth has rolled up the sleeves of her shirt. I used to employ this method to prevent the dread "farmer's tan" when I was but a wee lass.

Mama Arndt is presumably filling the role of fundie-approved team cheerleader and too ladylike to partake in team sports. :roll:

People always make the joke about having enough for a softball team...I guess that's really true in this case.

[GeoBQn]

Last year's event was at a baseball park. I wonder why they aren't leaving the homestead this time.

[snarkopolis]

Last year's event was at a baseball park. I wonder why they aren't leaving the homestead this time.

Maybe the penguins don't want to leave home. :lol:

[Miggy]

Would insurance being a problem in using the local park? As an individual here, it is basically impossible to hire a sporting facility for an event because of the insurance requirements. This may not be as much of a problem if you hold the event at home.

[uber frau]

Maybe the penguins don't want to leave home. :lol:

The ducks can't do without their mothers for more than half an hour.

[MamaJunebug]

I'm betting that attendance has been waning as the novelty of 13 young bucks wears off into the weirdness of 13 approaching-middle-age guys. So why go to the trouble of reserving a park and hauling equipment, etc., when you have acres of your own?

[LurkerOverThePond]

And, remember, at the family funny farm they are Safe At Home.

[MamaJunebug]

And, remember, at the family funny farm they are Safe At Home.

Luv it. I'd consider going, but have an uneasy feeling that a free preview of Vine Valley might be part of the "free" admission. Could. not. take. that. :pink-shock:

[truthteller]

Here is a 4 year old thread where locals are discussing Rick's Softball "Classic"...

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/belleville-il/T2Q7RA1I256CP58IB

Read the comments, they are pretty funny.

[ladyamylynn]

Here is a 4 year old thread where locals are discussing Rick's Softball "Classic"...

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/belleville-il/T2Q7RA1I256CP58IB

Read the comments, they are pretty funny.

OMG, from the topix comments:

Mar 28, 2014

A friend told me he saw one of the boys walking around a party with a stuffed penguin sticking out of the fly of his pants telling people that his little anarctic buddy needs a girlfriend to warm him up -- very, very odd.

This has to be one of us, right??

[snickerz]

I think "Wally" is one of the Arndt man-boys.

[truthteller]

I think "Wally" is one of the Arndt man-boys.

That's what I thought.

[nelliebelle1197]

That's what I thought.

Definitely. Do they actually play anyone? I have never understood this one.

(That phrase pops up a lot about the Ardnts)

[truthteller]

Definitely. Do they actually play anyone? I have never understood this one.

(That phrase pops up a lot about the Ardnts)

they play people they meet in their softball league.

[rural juror]

5 days until this thrilling event! Someone please go and report back. Anyone? Truthteller?

I would go if I still lived in the St. Louis area. :wink-penguin:

[formergothardite]

This family fascinates me so much that I wish there was some way I could figure out how to go. I have not been able to convince my husband that traveling several states to watch man-children play soft-ball in their yard is a good idea for an end of summer family vacation. :lol:

[JesusPony]

Yes, someone please report back on the exciting foods they eat during the event. Hot dogs, hamburgers, etc. :penguin-no:

[Jana814]

I am also fascinated by the Arndt's. I am really surprised that none if the boys have gotten married.

[salex]

OK, I hadn't been to the Ardnt site in ages. The picture of Mark holding a word document and his dad saying "Mark was instrumental in creating the Classic fliers." is just odd. Mark's a grown man. The document he is holding appears to be in Word. The documents mom has pinned on the wall also look like I could have created them in Word.

What is the big deal that a grown man is able to do this?

I believe, but am not sure, that they have pulled some of the age info from the "meet the family" part, possibly because everyone is getting so old. Are there 3 boys younger than the daughter, who someone said will be 18 in the next few months? 8 or 9 adults, no mates? Maybe even they decided it was weird.

Love the comments from the locals whomever sent that link.

[So Many Lies]

That's what I thought.

I agree. And he sounded kind of mad.

[So Many Lies]

OK, I hadn't been to the Ardnt site in ages. The picture of Mark holding a word document and his dad saying "Mark was instrumental in creating the Classic fliers." is just odd. Mark's a grown man. The document he is holding appears to be in Word. The documents mom has pinned on the wall also look like I could have created them in Word.

What is the big deal that a grown man is able to do this?

I believe, but am not sure, that they have pulled some of the age info from the "meet the family" part, possibly because everyone is getting so old. Are there 3 boys younger than the daughter, who someone said will be 18 in the next few months? 8 or 9 adults, no mates? Maybe even they decided it was weird.

Love the comments from the locals whomever sent that link.

the comments were great.

Who'd want to marry them?

[JenniferJuniper]

Wally is pretty damn creepy; showing up year after year on Topix of all places. Must be one of the manboys, if not Daddy himself.

Wonder what he thought of this post: "A friend told me he saw one of the boys walking around a party with a stuffed penguin sticking out of the fly of his pants telling people that his little anarctic buddy needs a girlfriend to warm him up -- very, very odd."

Mary turns 18 in January. She'll be the 11th adult child living at home. Not a single rebel amongst them. Even Peter Pan would have by now taken an accounting job and moved into a St. Louis condo to escape the mind-numbing dullness of that perpetual childhood. Legos and penguins and ducks, oh my!