Pickleball vs. Peace: The Awe-inspiring Debate of The Hottest Trend of the Season! – Sandy and Polly #6
This is a fictional debate show featuring colorful characters from Informer.Digital. Any resemblance to real media figures, pickleball players, or cracked pickles is purely intentional and slightly brined.
POLLY: Sandy! You are going to love this. Picture it: sunny skies, pastel visors, fresh lemon-scented body spray, and you in a breezy lilac pickleball skort. It’s athletic chic—Pickleball is the moment!
SANDY: Honey, I do love a good skort. But at my age, I’d rather wear the outfit as I exercise my manual dexterity, while seated comfortably at a table with one of Dana and Max’s new DIY card games. You know, something that challenges the mind and lets me sip iced tea without the risk of spraining my dignity.
POLLY: But Sandy, pickleball is everywhere! Celebrities play it, influencers love it, it’s loads of fun and there’s talk of a tournament being hosted at Informer.Digital—if we still exist by summer.
SANDY: Exactly my dear friend. Considering there’s still a mystery buyer trying to pick up this media company for less than a broken racket and a cracked pickleball—or maybe just a dried-up pickle from the office fridge.
I think my time is better spent sharpening my strategy instead of chasing neon balls.
POLLY: Okay Sandy, but think about this: you could be the grand dame of pickleball fashion. High socks, collared tops, coordinating paddle grip—Pinterest would be at your feet.
SANDY: Polly, I’ve spent decades learning how to live well on a budget.
And right now, DIY card games are more fun and affordable than any trendy new sport being adopted by retired tennis players with sore knees and sponsorship deals.
You already know I’m not afraid to buck the trend. I don’t need to sweat to prove I’m relevant.
POLLY: You mean to tell me you’re going to choose a deck of cards over a chance to serve up sass and style in motion?
SANDY: Yes My Dear Polly I am. Because let me tell you—playing “Hostile Takeover” with a smug intern and watching their face when I use two Jokers to derail their fake PR memo? That, my dear, is cardio for the soul.
POLLY: Fine. But don’t be surprised if I show up to your next game night in my cutest pickleball outfit. Just so everyone knows who really sets the trends around here.
SANDY: Deal. And I’ll have Dana teach you the new game where Clubs equal sabotage. Sounds like your style.
POLLY: I am sabotage with a side of shimmer, thank you. And who knows? Maybe I’ll invent the world’s first DIY pickleball card game—fashion penalties, drama challenges, and all.
SANDY: Don’t forget to design the perfect fashion to wear while playing your new DIY card game. Also make sure it’s playable from a lounge chair with decent lumbar support.
POLLY (big smile): I love it! Polly’s DIY Pickleball Card Game Collection featuring a lightweight robe covered in abstract paddle and pickle prints and a pleated skort with hidden card pockets.
SANDY (laughing with her): That’s not a wardrobe—it’s a sitcom waiting for a theme song.
POLLY: Sandy that idea is brilliant! When did you get so wise?
SANDY: Around the time I realized peace, shade, and a well-timed Ace are more thrilling than any paddle swing.
POLLY: One day, Sandy, you’ll be the face of senior pickleball apparel. I can see the billboard now: “She Doesn’t Serve—She Sips.”
SANDY: Put that on a mug and pass me the deck.
Mike worked in the radio industry for 35 years which means sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, satirical, trash talking characters to remind you laughter is good for the soul! Let’s have some fun with entertainment, movies and TV, sports, budget food and games, lifestyle and we’ll get ridiculous.
