Song Link (ha-ha): Dan Bern's "Tiger Woods"

Betsy, you raised a good point back there which went unaddressed, that most sports might be rubbish. My answer is that most sports bear a resemblance to sublimated warfare, y'know, with teams on each side. U.S. football, european football, lacrosse, hockey, basketball. Even bowling is a test of marksmanship.

What the heck is golf? Having read a vast amount of golfing history (nothing) I conclude that golf comes from Scotland. I know that land used to be important in Scotland. Maybe golf was a method of controlling land "I'm going to hit this very small ball with this very long and hard club with a knob on the end. Wherever it comes down is 'also' mine. Oh, I missed, well, My sergeant at arms Mulligan says I get another go." Maybe it was a not so subtle way of one-upsmanship, seeing who had longer sticks or bigger clubs, much as the robots of "Tripping the Rift" strap their members to their waists (Another song tie-in: King Missile: "Detachable Penis"). This might be a big issue in a country where the guys wear skirts. (More songs here).

I have another theory involving aliens....


This morning on the Yankee public radio Deepak Chopra was putting against Scott (SCOT!) Simon and stressing on the inner peace of golf.