KINGPIN-Ishmael Boorg

If you've never seen the movie Kingpin with Bill Murray, Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid, you need to add this to your "bucket" list....LOL....that's a bowling term...."bucket"....I won't ruin the movie for you, but it isn't for kids. HILARIOUS! One of the funniest movies I have ever seen! Anyways, the 3 bowling pins are the 3 characters of Roy Munson, Ishmael Boorg and Claudia. They are trying to beat the bowling ball who is the character of Ernie McCracken to the very first bowling alley in the United States: THE HOLLER HOUSE. Please help at least one of the pins beat the ball to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the very 1st bowling alley! Please take a photo of the pin in front of the bowling alley sign!

THE HOLLER HOUSE: The recent trend in the bowling industry has been to develop alleys that look more like nightclubs, where drinks are served in martini glasses instead of pitchers, and stilettos pass as bowling shoes. The nation's oldest bowling alley, the Holler House in Milwaukee, somehow missed the memo "“ and the one in 1936 announcing the invention of the automatic pinsetter. That's right "“ the Holler House, which celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2008, still uses human pinsetters. Pin boys, as the locals call them, work for $30 per day, plus tips, reloading pins after each throw on the alley's two lanes.

There have been two perfect games in the history of the Holler House and the last one was rolled in 1934. That probably has something to do with the fact that the planks for the lanes are made of real wood and are oiled with a spray can. "I've seen a lot of 200 bowlers on their hands and knees here," bowler Tom Haefke recently told the Chicago Reader. "It's real "“ nothing sterile. The other day, the pin boy had to wipe up water because the roof was leaking." Obama might not break 20 at this place. There's no arcade or snack bar at the Holler House, but there is a small bar filled with bowling memorabilia above the lanes that Esquire rated one of the best bars in America. Just don't expect to be able to order a martini.

This is one of 3 bowling pins and a bowling ball. REAL bowling pins. A REAL bowling ball. In case you weren't aware, a bowling pin is JUST ABOUT AS HEAVY as a bowling ball. They won't fit in most caches, so please use discretion when placing these, as you will have to place them next to a cache, and we don't want a cache muggled because someone spotted one of these huge travel bugs.