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Hole In One
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 3:53 pm
by Lightning Rod
One of my guilty pleasures is watching golf on TV
I know, it's about as exciting as watching grass grow or paint dry
that's what I like about it.
I'm watching the Buick Open this weekend.
My uncle never won this tournament, but in the sixties (when gas was 35 cents a gallon) he made a hole in one in the tournament and won 50 grand and a new Buick. For six seconds of work. That means that he was making 18 million dollars an hour. But only for six seconds. Call the Union.
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 6:36 am
by bennie2
golf
get a fucking life, LR!
I've been watching the tennis on bbc. i find it to be very dull but then... some of those female players...
they can really...um... grunt.

Posted: June 29th, 2008, 9:07 am
by mtmynd
Weren't the Scots the first golfers?
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 9:12 am
by bennie2
yes. i think "we" invented it.
only a drunken scotsman could come up with that idea. let's make wee balls. each player gets a wee ball each. and a stick. each player gets a ball and a couple of sticks with different shape, weight and length ends. and you have to whack the ball towards a wee hole, which we will dig a few hundred yards away....
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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 10:17 am
by Artguy
I like what Mark Twain had to say on the subject og golf - "waste of a good walk."
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 10:29 am
by mtmynd
fucking funny video! thx for that bennie...
"waste of a good walk..." more like a forced relocation -
"i like it here at the seventh hole... the view... beautiful! maybe put the hammock over there between those two trees. perfect place to relax."
"
move on! move on! tee off, fucker! we don't have all day..."
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 10:57 am
by Lightning Rod
I have an idea that could revolutionize the game
Mark Twain would even like it
I call it 'Air Golf'
I think it was actually invented by Johnny Carson, but I'm stealing it
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 12:32 pm
by mtmynd
good idea. but how do you steal air much less invent it..?
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 12:51 pm
by Lightning Rod
I play the air flute, you make the music with actual air
no wait,
isn't that a contradiction of a contradiction in terms?
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 1:14 pm
by mnaz
Wasn't gas more like 20-25 cents (or less) a gallon in the '60s, and early '70s? I remember Dad used to curse when gas got over 30 cents/gal. He'd drive halfway across town for the 22 or 23-cent stuff...
I realize this has nothing to do with golf.
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 1:38 pm
by Lightning Rod
yeah, I remember 19 cent a gallon gas
which was wonderful if you were driving a '55 Buick
that didn't get miles-per-gallon, it got gallons-per-mile
(but it had a back seat like a queen-sized bed....ah memories)
two-tone, yellow over white
it looked like a golf shoe
now do you see what this had to do with golf?
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 1:50 pm
by mtmynd
eLRod : "... driving a '55 Buick... "
my friend back in the late 50's would borrow his dad's 52 Mercury. talk about a back seat! same with the dashboard - you could take a nap on it it was so big. would get three in the trunk goin to the drive in. what memories.
golf? who said anything about golf? wasn't that a VW model?
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 2:00 pm
by Lightning Rod
it's even worse than that, cec
not only did I drive a Buick
I was the chairman of the Taylor County (Abilene) Young Republicans
now I don't drive and I don't vote
we live and learn
think I'll trade my Buick in for a Mercury
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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 3:55 pm
by Dave The Dov
The cars keep getting bigger
The gas prices keep going up
Everybody complains
But nothing gets done about it
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Posted: July 4th, 2008, 4:16 pm
by Lightning Rod
ok, since this is a nonsense thread, I will add to it
I'm watching Wimbelton today, bennie
I must admit that it's ever so much more boring than golf
and I'm watching the men's finals
tomorrow it will be more exciting
sister act
but golf is boring in a more interesting way than tennis
I don't know what 'love' means
maybe that's my problem
I know what a birdie or a bogie or an ace or a par means
but I don't know what love means
I'm told it's a verb
but I can't find it in my dictionary