Conversation in the huts yesterday ranged from car troubles to the amount of water it would take to die from water intoxication, but one thing stood out from the rest of the jabber: professional air hockey.
Turns out, there's a United States Air hockey Association, equipped with official rules and procedures of play -- including the ability to request spectators be quiet.
Air hockey is a popular arcade game, and many kids probably dropped their allowances into one of the tables. As a professional sport, though, air hockey is much lesser-known -- which is exactly why it was a topic of conversation in the smoke hut.
For COM Week at IPFW, "Way of the Puck," a documentary that takes a look at the sport and the often-eccentric people who play it, will be screened.
What's a better place to share lesser-known information than the smoke huts? The CDC estimates that 20.6 percent of the adult population in America smokes. So, it makes sense that the topic which concerns air hockey stars that will likely never get the publicity or fame as those of other, popular sports is brought up in the environment dedicated to an often looked down upon minority.
That seems to be the overriding theme in the huts: conversation must revolve around something either little-known, off-the-wall or unspeakable in most areas.
I am going to go see that documentary! Does there seem to be a certain type of crowd that you come across in the huts, or is it more diverse? I always feel like I come across the "Kevin Smith" kinda crowd in the smoke huts, which gets a little old.
ReplyDeleteThe smoke huts are the hipster hideaways of IPFW. Just yesterday I saw girl dressed in all black whose non-verbals were saying, "I'm cooler than you".
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