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   Ironduke
   

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   ...just asking

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   vertical
   

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   hit a man when he's down eh?

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   charlies_hat
   

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   I can't understand the fuss - A two horse race run every 24 months ? No big deal. or maybe it's just that I don't like golf.

   Now, the Ashes? - can't wait....

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   rikkor
   

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   No, as to golfing a lot.

   I read a really interesting article this past week about how the Ryder Cup started.

   I find that most guys golf as an excuse to be away from the wife and kiddies for long stretches. And, to bet money , of course. As I don't have anyone I need to avoid, paging through a magazine while sipping a cocktail is my favorites sport. As for betting, I do bet with myself over how many I can have before I need to go to the liquor cabinet on all fours.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   Ironduke
   

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   @vertical - yes. I find kicking them when they're down to be a magnificent strategy, particularly if I can get a toe poke in sneakily from round the back of a bigger boy and then run away just in case.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   waylandsmithy
   

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   The Ashes? Are they going to burn one of the smaller golfers, and use them as a prize?

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   nickb
   

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   Golf is the one like cross country snooker but in special trousers, isn't it?

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   Ironduke
   

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   stars for nickb! 'cross country snooker'

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   charlies_hat
   

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   I will be referring to it as Cross Country Snooker for the rest of my days - perfect.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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    Oxbridge
    

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    I hear Rikkor applied for golf club membership but was turned down for being too right-wing.

    Posted 7 months ago #
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    rikkor
    

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    I'm sure that there are a lot of country clubs for Democrats. Augusta National (the Masters tournament)just invited two women to become members. The world is going to hell in a handbasket.

    Although I am not that old (really, I'm not), I distinctly remember old men at the country club we belonged to in Virginia calling black men who worked there "boy". Vy. embarrassing, as we were originally from up North, where people were and are more subtle about race prejudice.

    Oh, and some years later, at a club in Des Moines, Iowa, some deluded person invited a family of black people to swim with them at the club pool. One black person in the water, everyone else out of the water. I guess they had not yet truly overcome. I avoided the hubbub, as I was sunning myself, and not exactly in the pool at the time.

    Those are only a couple of racist country club events I remember from my childhood, but, I'm sure I can think of more if pressed.

    You are welcome.

    Posted 7 months ago #
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    Quaz
    

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    I once found myself at The Belfry on a stag do. They took one look at us on the first tee, mashing holes in the green, and sent us to the other course. Pitch and put was always my forte, that and crazy golf.

    Posted 7 months ago #
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    Ironduke
    

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    still chuckling at 'cross-country snooker'.

    Brilliant line.

    Posted 7 months ago #

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