Sunday, 6:30pm. Undercover reporter Andy is sent on a special investigation. The mission: capture footage of a successful boomerang toss by one Christopher Ghorbani (yes, the screenplay for Mission Impossible: 3). Chris' first day of practice ended in less than stellar results, namely a broken boomerang. But today was a different story.

Undercover reporter Andy spotted trying to take a snapshot

After a hard day's work brewin' up lattes, undercover reporter Andy arranged to rendezvous with Ghorbani and Harold once again at Lake Shore Playground. Upon arriving, all seemed well. The boomerang was in one piece, and no injuries as of yet. However, Chris' technique was as absent as ever. A couple succesful throws (landing 50 feet away from the target, of course), and it was time for tragedy.

The throw...

Hopelessness...

Defeat...

With the flick of a wrist, Ghorbani had successfully launched his boomerang 30 feet up...into a tree. After taking ten minutes just to locate the object, the battle to reobtain the boomerang began. Unfortunately, it was the big white guy that was sent up the tree. Due to his lack of stupidity, however, Andy did not attempt to climb the full height of the tree, and elected to find an alternate plan.

Harold lends a sympathetic hand

All hope was nearly lost, when a kind stranger joined the effort. Self-claiming to be the "local 'rang master," Owa also attempted to climb the tree, but quickly came to the same realization as Andy. So he decided to grab some water bottles from his Ferrari, and toss them up at the boomerang. This continued for some time, all to no avail. Unfortunately Owa was running late for a top secret meeting, so he departed shortly after. Before leaving, he shared a few thoughts on boomerang throwing. He even pulled a boomerang directly out of his ass! Very impressive, indeed. And with that, he sped off to his Land Rover.

Chris wishes he had hair like Owa...or just hair in general

Hopeless, Ghorbani decided to leave also. "Fuck this. You guys suck. I'm gonna go get wasted with some real friends!" And so he too sped off to his CTA #151 bus. And so it was myself and Harold left to retrieve the boomerang. After countless tosses, Harold finally managed to jolt the boomerang free from the cold grasp of that damn oak. We tossed that slap of wood around a bit more, but wild dingos made us cut our fun short.

Harold continues to help jar the boomerang free

And so the saga ends for the moment, with Chris still unable to throw a boomerang, but with the boomerang completely intact! I know I'll be keeping my eyes open for Owa and his shiny Jaguar for a couple more pointers! Until then, I'll just have to watch Chris embarrass hismelf again and again and again......

- Wolfy