Mark was in the middle of a deep conversation in the men’s steam room, when he was talking about skiing with his fellow fans.
He said to them, “You know, there are a lot of nuances in skiing. Obviously, you must have the requisite athleticism, and it’s about having speed, power, and skills. But definitely, you need to have balance, and to generate the air speed necessary to create big jumps and to land them without having any considerable time loss. And with having agility, it allows you to move swiftly through the poles.”
Viggo responded,” Aye. Das good!”
Jack laughed as he said in a loud abrasive tone, “This is a merry discussion, fellas! We all know Mark Connors is a world class skier, and champion, don’t we? Me thinks he seems to know everything!”
Perry replied, “Hey, cool it Jack.”
Jack laughed again as he said heartily, “Yo didn’t wait for my punch line, sir! Because he does!”
The guys laugh in the room, as the men crack up at his joke.
Mark then says, “That’s definitely a good response, Jack. So, Bernie, Matt, Perry, Jerry, Mike, and Jesse, what’s new with you? Tell me your thoughts on skiing.”
Mike says, “Well definitely, it’s really hard to travel at light speed down the mountain as it’s hard to maintain great speed, balance, and agility to muster through the poles to finish with a great time.”
Matt said in a joking tone, “You know what would be a great time? Feeling up some mountains…at Hooters.”
His joke was met with a deadpanned response by Mark and silence by the rest of the group.
Mark responded sarcastically in a semi-peeved manner, “Thank you for that, Matt. Always a lively contributor to our intellectual discussions.”
Jerry replied, “Well, everything you guys just said, I agree on. I concur with everything you guys have just said.”
Perry responded, “I agree heartily with everything he just said.”
Viggo hastily responds abruptly, “Damn it! I need beer! I’m out of here! Good day, gentlemen!”
And all of a sudden, Viggo leaves the steam room, leaving the rest of the genetleman to discuss skiing. Jesse and Bernie had two towels, one around their shoulders to cover their ample sized breasts, and one around their waist as they sat on benches with the other men.
Jerry was a middle aged, overweight man with manboobs, as he chose to do the same to follow suit, while virtually everyone else had the one towel around their waist as they sat. Oddly enough, Mark and Jack were the only ones that was sitting on the bench naked even with Mark leading skiing discussions in the steam room, as this had left a few of the men uncomfortable in the room.
Jesse responds as he looks Mark square in the eye, “Well, definitely, skiing is a very hard sport. You must be incredibly skilled on the slopes, as you must maintain great balance on the skis, but it’s having the lateral speed, agility, and power on a downhill plane that makes all the difference.”
Bernie responds, “I concur. Definitely, skiers must be able to turn hard around the edges, swiftly in an abrupt manner. I do think Mark Connors is one of the best skiers of this generation, as he can outclass any skier right now.”
Mark laughed as he said, “Wow. That’s a great compliment, Bernie. I mean, there are a lot of great skiers out there, past and present. I guess that wraps things up.”
On the way out of the steam room, he said to them, “Alright, gentlemen. Here are my choices to enter the mancave.”
Mark replied, “My top five. Me, obviously, I’m number one. Followed by Bernie, Jack, Viggo….if he were here, and of course Jesse. But Viggo left, so his replacement will be Mike. Perry, Matt, and Jerry, it was nice to meet you.”
He then said, “Jesse, Bernie, Jack, and Mike, to the man cave we go!”
The five of them got dressed in the men’s locker room after being in the steam room, as they later proceeded to head down to the man cave at Mark’s gaudy, expensive house.