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28 Feb 06 - 04:31 PM (#1681543) Subject: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: Rapparee Sorry, Scotland.... |
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28 Feb 06 - 11:00 PM (#1681872) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: GUEST,leeneia Don't worry, Rapaire. Those alleged early golfers were actually trying to play pool before the pool table had been invented. |
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01 Mar 06 - 05:22 PM (#1682616) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: TheBigPinkLad Golfimbul was a chieftain of the Orcs of Mount Gram, who led his band in an invasion of the Shire. He was defeated at the Battle of Greenfields by a force led by Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took; the battle was only the first of two which were ever fought within the borders of the Shire (the second was the Battle of Bywater, the last battle of the War of the Ring, where his descendant Pippin fought). Bullroarer knocked off Golfimbul's head with a club and it soared into the air, finally falling into a rabbit hole. According to Hobbit folklore, this inspired the game of golf, which takes its name from the Orc. Golfimbul's name was probably specifically constructed for this pun. |
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01 Mar 06 - 08:25 PM (#1682763) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: Rapparee My backyard opens onto a golf course, and I think some of the players are either Orcs or Republicans. (Or maybe Democrats. Or Whigs. Or Tories. Especially Tories.) Even in these times. |
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01 Mar 06 - 08:26 PM (#1682764) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: Don(Wyziwyg)T IMHO, only the Scots would be stubborn enough to play a game closely akin to outdoor billiards on a surface usually closer to vertical than horizontal, and further, to handicap themselves by using a tool singularly badly designed for the purpose. It must be a manifestation of the masochism engendered by the climate of the country. As to whether they were daft enough to actually invent it.....Who knows?. I do wonder tho', how they managed to involve the usually sane English. Don T. |
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01 Mar 06 - 09:47 PM (#1682832) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: Peace "I do wonder tho', how they managed to involve the usually sane English." That's where the idea of the 19th hole came from. |
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01 Mar 06 - 10:17 PM (#1682863) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: Rapparee I usta shoot golf, but when ya get 'em skinned and cleaned there ain't hardly nothin' left and even THAT tastes all rubbery and nasty. So I give it up. |
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02 Mar 06 - 07:29 PM (#1683699) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: kendall I read somewhere that Diogenes gave up looking for the honest man when the Scots invented golf. |
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02 Mar 06 - 07:47 PM (#1683711) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: Peace But the jokes are good. |
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02 Mar 06 - 07:47 PM (#1683712) Subject: RE: BS: So much for Scotland and Golf!! From: autolycus Oh,it's the Chinese now. I remember the time when it was the Soviets who appeared to have invented everything, including jazz. Well at least the Chinese is an old civilization. So they probably did. |