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SSA Steve Lingenmouse, having taken his family to Disneyland and enjoyed several days of vacation in Carlsbad, CA, returned in preparation for his big racing gig at Traxx Racing in Mukilteo this Friday morning. To refresh memories, the gauntlet was thrown down at a previous meeting when Sergeant At Arms-to-be Rourke O’Brien
challenged Lingenbrake to a duel at O’Brien’s new Traxx Racing facility. In addition to a $200 bet, there was another clause in the contract that either the winner or loser would take another spin at the Sergeant At Arms job. The fine print is rather loose … we should get a lawyer to look at this.
Investigator Steve Luplow,
bag in hand, appeared with the goods on O’Brien. Seems there was some kind of Fed action – a shakedown with RICO implications – and Luplow was able to display tools of Rourke’s trade: two model race cars, a laptop computer with instructions on how O’Brien was going to win the race, a remote control which would disable Lingenthrottle’s car, and even a grease gun to make things slick for the current holder of the office.
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Stefano Bolla, the racer, with Sergeant At Arms Lingenbrink.
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Next on the horizon came Stefano Bollo, imported from Italy for his 15-minutes of fame. Posing as a Rotary exchange student, Bollo instead instructed Lingenspeed on how the
Italians win over their adversaries. There was something about wine, women, and song, with a rendition of “O Solo Mio” following. Stefano’s instructions needed some translating, so John DeWater
was called to help out. “In the mouth of the wolf” was translated to mean “good luck,” and the shtick was over. Lingentrack proudly showed the Club his helmet, with trademark Devil’s horns. About
all we can do is urge you to attend Friday’s meeting and find out how this ends.
Other tomfoolery included a beautiful yellow rose being delivered to Lingenrose to pay off an earlier debt incurred by Janet DeWater, president of Lawrence the Florist.
Her firm was rated tops on the Eastside, but nowhere in the article was a certain John DeWater mentioned. “I can’t fine our president, so I went for his president.” The
payoff came with five, $1.00 bills attached to the arrangement.
Chris Ballard escaped without conviction when he pointed out that the notoriety he’d acquired on some Redmond Chamber activity was actually
performed before he became a Rotarian. After a minute of reflection, Lingenbrink gave up.
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