Ham Club Steamed After Name Snafu

By WBØRUR, on the scene

ROCKFORD FALLS, Minn. — Tempers flared and fists flew at the most recent meeting of the Rockford Falls Ham Radio Club.

Club members put the blame on Paul Stankhausen, seen here cooling off outside the Golden Corral.

Several of the fourteen ham radio operators attending the club’s monthly lunch meeting at the Golden Corral were visibly shaken after an unexpected announcement by the club president.

“As a newly formed club, we applied for the name ‘The BOLD Ones,’ like the old television series,” says President Johnson Nesmith. “Rough, ready and trustworthy!”

Unfortunately, due to a typographical error on the application form by club secretary Paul Stankhausen, the group was granted the name “The BALD Ones.”

“I told them I couldn’t type very well when they elected me,” says Stankhausen.

Upon announcing the club’s official name, cat-calls and hisses were heard from the four members seated near the salad bar – the only four sporting full heads of hair.

“Initially, I thought Freon in the salad bar cooling system was leaking,” says Nesmith. “Then I realized they were upset.”

In a matter of moments, heated exchanges began between club members.

Top insults overheard include:

– Your mother didn’t need an auto tuner last night when I worked her; and

– Your dipole sags more than your sloper

After several minutes of arguing that ended with the accidental toppling of the famed “chocolate fountain,” the group was escorted out of the restaurant and encouraged to work out their differences down the road at the Sizzler.

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