Golf
I'm puzzled about this.Many people play it,even there are championships for this.So basically you have to get a a small ball into a hole,so what makes it so special?
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The game of golf is obviously special to some people. As you say, "Many people play it, even there are championships for this." [eye roll]
You have the internet at your disposal. If you are truly interested in this subject, do a bit of research. You may learn that the game of golf involves a bit more than getting "a small ball into a hole".
Tomorrow we'll investigate "pictures".
Why do people like looking at them? They're basically just images.
And when we color, we're going to try real hard to stay inside the lines.
shareOh no! I don't know if I can handle anything that DEEP!
There are so many areas this can go!
Are we talking snapshots? Portraits? Posters? Selfies?
db mentioned something about those sort of pictures we color! That's a whole other area!
I must start doing some serious research now!
Thanks, Dazed! As if I don't have enough to ponder!
I feel sure that if we solve the smaller mysteries,like for instance why people who like golf like golf,we can then move on to more perplexing puzzles.
Let us consider just that question for now.
We don't want to tie ourselves in knots!
I'm off to google it.
While you google, you may just run into a few pictures of.... say, Arnold Palmer......
Tiger Woods????
Concentrate on the golf! We will deal with the PICTURES later!
Played one time, not for me. Disc Golf, on the other hand...
shareMe too
I was awful...tried 3 times and was humiliated...screw Golf!!
If by 'disc' golf you mean 'frisbee' golf then im all in
Im a beast at frisbee golf!
No, by disc golf I mean disc golf. Frisbee golf is not a thing. ;) You gonna catch one of those things?!
shareWell now im just confused Kazak
Im heading to Google...the fountain of answers
In the meantime please remind me why i like you so much!
Finished my research on 'the google'
Weve been talking about the same thing...there is no difference between Frisbee Golf and Disc Golf
You are a huge pest and a pain in my ass Kazak...
Glad to meet you:)
Like anything, people enjoy the challenge and the activity. It’s a fairly undemanding sport, physically, so people can continue to play very late into life. Golf courses are typically very beautiful and it’s enjoyable even just walking the course.
That's one of the things I enjoy about it. It relaxes me, and yet, there's a challenge.
Hopefully, now that I am officially retired, I can get out there with the rest of the ladies in my group and play more often.
Just thinking about it makes this sub zero weather bearable. I have something new to look forward to!
No clue really. My late Uncle was a Pro Golfer (teaching, not tour) but I never did get the hang of it, so after a few futile attempts, I gave it up. Saved myself a lot of frustration there. I do enjoy miniature golf, however. But there are a LOT of people who love it passionately, both playing and watching.
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I stopped playing about five years ago - golf is almost mandatory for my profession but I don't care about networking anymore.
shareI have no interest in golf, neither in watching or playing it. Perhaps midget golf when I'm drunk.
share"Perhaps midget golf when I'm drunk"
It's not very PC now is it?
It's not just for drunks you know.
LOL! You always make me laugh!
shareBoy, do I miss you!
shareEnjoy me while you can! You'll really miss me when I'm out there golfing with my friends.
I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this..... I'm 5 ft. in stockings.
I welcome you to the Lollipop Guild!
LOL!
I'm now picturing Shirley MacLaine, in stockings, on the golf course, carrying a giant lollipop.
I LOVE IT!!!!
Shirley ditches the stockings while golfing.....
She putts best with that lollipop!
I should have known that.
I'm sure you're a scratch golfer.
I also know you replace all your divots.
After you win the beer hole I know you become part of the Lullaby League.
Dancing all over the 9th hole.
Please don't ruin my vision.
It brings me peace.
Dewey, being "drunk" and being "A drunk" are not necessarily the same thing. Golf is important for schmoozing and making big deals to many high-powered businesspeople, as I am sure that you know. They are sober when on the links; but they can still be alcoholics, and they still have the option of knocking back cocktail after cocktail with their prospect, I mean, golf buddy in the clubhouse apres golf.
And then there is the case of Tiger Woods. . . .
Absolutely.
They usually save their drunken behavior for the "meetings" that take place at
adult orientated establishments.
Which brings us back to Tiger Woods.
I prefer the term cognizantly distorted.
So it turns out it's not even called midget golf in English. Then why the hell do we call it that?!
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It's apparently one of the great mysteries of the cosmos, like "jumbo shrimp".
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That's a great question.
One I'm sure you'll be able to answer when you turn in your 2 page essay to me.
Entitled "Why the Dutchies do what they do"
OK, midget golf, is it dwarfs playing golf, _or_ golf being played with dwarfs (like, you need to get a dwarf into a hole)? I NEED TO KNOW!
shareI'm not sure, the last time I played it I was way too drunk!
shareIn that case, I imagine a dwarf got into a hole, golf related or not.
shareGuys,guys!
This is all very interesting and all that but we've important questions to answer.
What is Golf?
How is Golf?
Why is Golf?
Where is Golf?
What is the very essence of Golf?
Is Golf?
By the way it's miniature golf where I come from.
'Mini Golf' here too
Also 'Putt Putt' or sometimes 'Put Put'
Its really fun with beers
No, Dazed, I've already moved on to deciphering the mysteries of midget golf. I can't go back!
But! How much golf could a golf golf, if golf could golf golf?
Now that you mention miniature golf, it make more sense. I genuinely though it was golf with dwarfs. Just put it in the "fun with foreigners" category. A MISUNDERSTANDING if you will...
Damn this English...No offense.
Midget golf sounds fun too,as long as the people of verticallly challenged nature are ok with it.
Why is In Bruges popping into my head?
But, like, really, damn this English for real this time.
I sure hope they aren't being exploited. I sutter to think what he lady dwarf golfers are made to do for 20 bucks.
Now that you mention it, I feel a strange sense of familiarity with In Bruges and dwarfs, but I also don't remember any of it. Were there dwarfs in it?
I really can't let this go.
There is no exploitation.
Ladies of short stature who are golfers are not "made" to do anything.
If they're getting paid 20 bucks they're not getting "made" are they?
The ones who aren't "too old" make a bit more than that.
In america we love the LP.
We have LP tossing. Some for distance and some, with the help of Velcro, to see how
high on a wall they can be tossed.
We also have LP bowling.
This often involves oil, water or some sort of lubrication.
Those nasty burns you know.
With all this, reality shows, and movies like Under the Rainbow and In Bruges
we have created a safe environment for people of short stature.
america wins once again!!!! (fuck yeah)
I think you have a fundamental ununderstanding (this is actually a word lol) of what exploitation is, Dewey. Which doesn't surprise me. I'm sure there are plenty of implications with this as well.
OK, now seriously for a moment. Are all these things actually real? You throw little people against walls using velcro?
Um, isn't In Bruges a UK film...? Fuck yeah America, indeed! *rolls eyes*
I still looked it up. It really is a word. lol
I'm well aware of what an implication of exploitation is.
Or is it an exploitation of the implication?
That's the real question here.
Yes, it's a real thing.
Little Mina, It was shown in theaters over here.
Therefore it is now ours. You already know the rules regarding this.
You also need to slow down on the "eye rolls" or your eyes will stay like that.
For all I know they may be like that already.
That would help explain the hat being pulled down.
There are many questions here. About golf, about implications, about the nature of the fabric of reality itself.
Many would remain unanswered, such is life. Midget tossing though got resolved, much to the humiliation of humanity itself.
I guess Star Wars is then the most successful Bulgarian saga of all time. Everybody loves Princessa Leika, Khan Samov, Luka Nebehodov and the two tin cans, Tze Tre Puh O and Ruh Dveh Deh Dveh. And then there's Knyaz Zlobil Chernoshlemov (Darth Vader really doesn't mean _anything_ does it). It's great to have such legacy in modern cinematic history. I only wish less people masturbated over it.
I think I see how this works.
I can claim [insert movie/person] on behalf of my country,as long as they have been here?
Presumably it works in reverse?
In that case Jamie Oliver is now American.
Nigel Farage is now American.
Emma Watson is now American....I like this game!
Just hoping that we can keep Trumperdoo from setting foot on our shores. Sadly we have plenty of orange hued racist,sexist,homophobes of our own.
Farage really is a tit, isn't he? A smug one at that. I really hope it doesn't work in reverse-reverse, we don't need another one of him over here either. To America with him it is!
You know what, I really want to see a Trumperdoo visit to the UK, just for him trying to pull his aggressive handshake nonsense on the Queen. Can you imagine that?
I'm happy to say that there's quite a bit of opposition to his visit,even Teresa May condemned him for sharing Britain First video in his tweets.It shows how thick he is that he even thought about doing it,two seconds on google would have told him what they stand for.
I forgot he's a smart genius!
I think him meeting the Queen would be a huge headache for lots of people! Liz ain't fussy though,she shook hands with Martin McGuiness.
So you have a lunatic fringe in Bulgaria too?
Do you think he's ever done a millisecond of research in his life? Even if he doesn't, he should have a team which's job it is to vet such things, as to avoid international scandals. Good on Teresa May for condeming him. The silver lining is, that even with Brexit we are still a united Europe when it comes to Trump and his nonsense. Even our PM has commented how ridiculous it is that Trump doesn't acknowledge Climate Change as a real thing. And he's an idiot, who finds the members of his Cabinet on steet corners.
As for Liz, yeah, she doesn't seem all too picky, but I'm sure even she draws the line at being pushed and pulled by an apeman.
Is it a fringe if they managed to get into Parliament? But yes, they are lunatics, some actual ones like Volen Siderov. He once broke into the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts, with his cohort, and threatened a bunch of students, for reasons... In the ensuing confusion as they were escorting him out, a man managed to punch him in the face. 'Twas very good. In short, Bulgarian politics is very strange.
An idiot with a Twitter account! I mean there are millions of them out there but he's the POTUS.
I expect those tweets are out of his head and out into the web before anyone's had time to say "No Donald!"
I cannot imagine him being the sort who takes advice anyway.I'll bet his advisors are growing cobwebs,either that or he has them chained up in a cellar somewhere along with Melania's dignity.
Your Parliament sounds,well almost exciting! A good punch up is always fun especially if it's the bad guy getting punched.
See reply to Mina.
Short answer is no it doesn't work in reverse silly rabbit.
We might be able to put all of our undesirables in a hat
and draw names to see who gets who.
These seems fair to me because I'm sure we have many more than you.
So once again it's another win for america.
So many wins I can't keep track anymore.
At least we gave you baseball.You should be thankfull for that.
shareThe old baseball debate.
I can't confirm or deny this.
It's very possible this may be true.
america at least made it great.
Just like we do for everything.
Congratulations with the victory in vietnam,then."Great"job as usual.
shareWhat The hell's the matter with you?! Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We've been kickin' ass for 200 years! We're 10 and 1.
shareDid you know that the great America was made by the imigrants,i bet you didn't😉
shareWe are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts!
But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt.
I had to google it.Congratulations,i wonder : if somebody else would called you "mutt"you would've been very upset,right? How strange humans are😂😂
share"Congratulations with the victory in vietnam,then."Great"job as usual."
And just what the hell is that suppose to mean?????
I have read some pretty dumb ass stuff on these message boards and just when I think I have heard it all, here comes another cherry to add on top!
Read your history. The situation in Vietnam held no victories, and as an American, I, like most of us can only look back on it with sadness.
Talk about things you know about.... your games?
Ok but please consider that we already had Madonna here when she was married to posh boy turned Cockney Wanker Guy Ritchie.She didn't assimilate well so we turfed her back to you lot,so that's non negotiable.
Also no Paltrow or Weinstein,thanks.I mean don't even put their names into the hat.I feel America deserves Tom Cruise too,in fact you can have Scientology and The church of the latter day Saints back too if you want?
So in return I offer you,Michael McIntyre, Tony Blair and his vile wife and Adele.
Agreed on Madonna. We had our chance and it back fired.
I agree on Weinstein and that whole lot.
We created them we should have to suffer it out.
I'll also concede to keeping Cruise just because I could never do that
to anybody. EVER.
If we're keeping cheetoh boy then your keeping Blair.
I will not consider Paltrow off the table. She's fair game.
Thank Chris Martin for that.
McIntyre is a big deal so I think it's fair to do a 2 for one swap.
We'll take him and give you Carlos Mencia or Dane Cook and Carrot Top.
As for Adele I think a straight up trade for Kanye West is not unheard of.
What have you got for Bieber or any Kardashian ?
I have no idea who Carlos Mencia is nor Dane Cook.I've heard of Carrot Top...I've heard he's not funny.
Ok I'm not accepting Bieber and apparently he isn't yours to exchange. I appreciate you're trying to do the world a favour but not at our expense maybe Holland or Japan want him?
I could probably exchange a Kardashian for the whole cast of The only Way is Essex.They are orange with big white teeth,fake boobs and are immeasurably stupid...should fit right in?
You have no idea who they are. Exactly
Even people over here have no idea who they are but they're
they're still around being annoying and not being funny.
I got a little too excited with Bieber. My apologies to hownos.
I looked up the whole Essex cast and no thank you.
Not worth it for just one Kardashian.
Yes they would fit right in. I do believe that we are at capacity
when it comes to these people.
Would love to work something out with Beyoncé though.
How about Nickelback? Kathy Griffin? Jay Leno?
Jay Leno for Piers Morgan say?
Beyonce? I could do a Cheryl Cole maybe?
Nickelback,I could take them off your hands for a Coldplay...there is a catch though.Not sure if you'll like it.
And Kathy Griffin I could easily let you have our very own Sarah Millican?
Leno while being annoying does stay out of the spotlight
for the most part so I will pass on that one.
Beyoncé for Cole -accepted
Griffin for Millican- accepted
I would accept the Coldplay exchange but a little scared about
the catch. Paltrow?
Of course Paltrow,they have two kids together Banana and Teacup.
Now here are some of yours I'd like.Jennifer Garner,she's smiley and nice and it seems that Affleck was a dick to her,so she could come here and marry someone nice.
Spongebob.
Patrick of course.
Matthew Perry.
Stevie Nicks.
Alright I see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Nickelback for Coldplay – agreed
We keep Paltrow (more to follow)
Nicks is untouchable. You already knew this.
You can have Garner and Perry
If you take the entire cast of Friends with him.
You can have Sponge Bob and Patrick
We keep Paltrow and you throw in
Stephen Merchant
Steve Coggan
Karl Pilkington
I'll even throw in Rachel Ray for free.
You can have Pilkington with a bow on top,for free.
I'll take the cast of friends except Phoebe and Ross.
Coogan he's a keeper.
Merchant he's all yours and you can have Ricky Gervais too.
We're getting somewhere!
Can I interest you in a Morrissey?
Or maybe a Gallagher or two?
I love Karl.
I’ll pass on Ricky. Thanks.
We ARE keeping Paltrow /Cold Play and Mango and breadbox.
so you need to take either Phoebe or Ross.
No on Morrissey or either of the others.
Would be interested in Emily Watson.
Maybe for a couple of Big Bang people??
You can have EMMA Watson but not Emily sorry.
So ok I'll take Phoebe,seems like the lesser of the two evils.
Any of The Big Bang Gang except for Amy,I took agin her😒
Want me to take Richard Dreyfus off your hands? I can offer you a Simon Cowell or a Jude Law? You'd be robbing me mind you,but I like the look of you,you've got an honest face.
No ma'am. I couldn't do that to you.
Taking such two cherished treasures from you.
I'd never be able to live with myself.
I would consider Dreyfus. It would be difficult
to part with him. Seeing how he was in Jaws.
Have you seen it ? A true upstanding gentlemen to boot.
He loves "showing" people his special gift.
It would be a loss but one I'm willing to take
for the well being of the world and of course you.
How bout straight up trade Dreyfus for Mirren?
Sorry to butt in again, but Nickelback are also Canadian.
That exchange is void.
May I suggest a Creed or a Staind instead.
Apparently I'm ready to ship all of the Canadian's
out.
I don't mind Staind even though Aaron Lewis
is a bit of a pain.
Creed would work for me.
Other than that does it look good?
I thank you for being a fair arbitrator.
The Canadians are too polite to ship out their own people, but it's still not up to you. We have to find the fabled "mean Canadian" for that job.
You seem to be doing a good job of it yourselves, when you're not trading Canadians.
But to me, a Morrissey for a Dreyfus is more than a fair deal. I'd take him myself (Morrissey that is) but one look at our diet and he'll keel over dead.
I've heard tales of a mean Canadian but
have never seen one myself.
Maybe hownos is actually one but just
playing it up for our sake.
Maybe it's Daisy. She can be a little stringent with all her hard ass unfriendly rules.
I’d still rather have Mirren.
I’m sure Dazed would just give you Morrissey.
She’s kind like that.
You're not having Mirren.She is a national treasure and so is Judi Dench so don't ask.
You have Liza Minelli she's kind of the same thing.
I know that's a typo.
I know you just didn't compare
Mirren to Minelli.
That's like comparing me to Minelli.
Wait, what?
You can have Selleck too by the way.
Tricky Dickie Dreyfuss is preferable to a Morrissey IMHO, at least you could give him egg on toast on the days when the fridge is empty.
With Mozza you'd have to go out and get some quinoa,mung beans and fashion him a plant based menu with a cup of turmeric tea on the side whilst he told you depressing tales about Manchester.
Yes, but the idea is to make Morrissey sound attractive to Dewey to take on, not like someone who should be volunteered for that no return mission to Mars.
He looks clean...?
Also, when you google Morrissey, a photo of him with a cat on his head shows up in the results... So, he's whimsical as well.
For a limited time only, an authentic, free spirited Mancunian, with a clean coat. Will delight owner with lively tales from the Rainy City*. Is good with animals and will broaden your culinary palette. Will not expose himself to strangers. Choose life, choose a Morrissey.
How does that sound?
*Google said so.
Were you ever an estate agent Mina?
With a talent like that you could sell Dewey an extra mansion to house his tv collection.
NO, NO, NO, NO!!!
It ONLY works for america.
It doesn't work if you're not the at the center of the universe.
Which obviously you are not. Bulgaria?? Really ???
Is that even a real thing?? If it is it's only because WE'VE allowed it.
You and I have had this conversation countless times.
I'm hoping eventually it will "click".
BTW you're more then welcome to have SW.
We lay on the crossroads between East and West, North and South. You wanna go anywhere, you have to come through Bulgaria. In other words, we're IN THE CENTER! More in the center than America would ever hope to be. That's why you want to put all those military bases all over the place.
The Chinese even build the Great Wall to protect themselves from ancient Bulgarian hordes, didn't you know that!?! We're so in the center, it's unreal.
That's the point nobody wants to go anywhere near Bulgaria.
We put the bases all over to keep an eye on you and your trifling ways.
Ancient Bulgarian hordes? Has anything changed ?
Just look at the alphabet and you get your answer.
A is for america.
b is for Bulgaria
Always following the leaders aren't you.
If you're going to go with alphabetical order, you forget that the official name for your country is United States of America. So:
B for Bulgaria
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Aaaand somewhere at the bottom there it's U for USA.
I rest my case.
We're not talking "official" names are we.
We call it what we want to. Because we're americans.
Whatever will suit us the best at the time.
Simon says...america fuckin rocks.
You know it's the truth mostly because we tell you and will never
let you forget it.
Thanks for playing.
Next!
There are rules, Dewey! I know that you USAians want to pretend that there aren't, but there are. Do I need to take this to the UN?
We've outlasted The Roman Empire, The Byzantine Empire, The Mongol Empire, The British Empire, The Ottoman Empire, The Russian Empire, Our Own Empire, one measly USA is a cake walk. See ya on the other side of history buddy!
The only rules are the ones from that particular day.
Tomorrow will be different. Have you seen our leader?
Please do go to the UN because that always works out so well.
Everything you mentioned is cute and all that but is
inconsequential at best.
It really doesn't matter what happened outside of our borders
unless we want it to matter or we get something out of it.
In fact I really don't care what happens outside of my own house.
Excuse me now, my maid just got here to clean my 7
room house that I can't afford When she's done she's going to wash my 5 cars and try to find my 3.5 kids who are our running around
doing god knows what. I haven't seen them in days.
I'm also a little perturbed that my local grocer is no longer
carrying my favorite caviar. I really don't know what I'll do.
Yawn!!!!! Maybe another nap is in order.
The UN will make a resolution, damn it! One of these days you're going to follow a resolution. They can even put sanctions in place! No more EE wives for Trump! No more Russian hookers! That'll hit him where it really hurts, and in turn hit the USA, bigly.
Aren't your children too fat for all that running around? I'll have the maid check between the sofa cushions, or inside a chip bag.
Gotta go feed my horse now. I need to fatten it up before the spring slaughter. If it hasn't been stolen that is.
Sent from my Pravetz-82 PC (the best PC, totally not an Apple rip-off)
Resolute away. Sanction-smanction.
Even if it does happen I won't be around to see it.
When it doesn't happen I'll die laughing.
See there, you only paid for one but I gave you two.
It's not their fault. It's GLANDULAR.
Time is ticking and spring is coming.
Do you have to gather cat's too or it's not your job?
I'm sure it's a fine PC.
Have to go now. Trying to decide which of my 8 TV's I'll
watch tonight.
I really hate these decisions. Life really is hard you know.
I'm Bulgarian, we don't pay for things, we take as we please.
It's always _something_ with you people. If it's not some syndrome, it's glandular. And if all else fails, claim gluten intolerance...
All cats are gone. The Great Famine of '94 took care of them. We've moved on to stray dogs now. Great with leather belt when made into stew.
Whole 8 TVs for an entire nation! What a waste. We've just the two, and we're doing just fine. The vertical on one of them's busted though, but half a picture is still better than no picture.
Anyway, gotta go now. Dallas is on tonight and I want to get a good seat in the Communal Television Theater. With new shows like that, it's no wonder they're calling it the Golden Age for television.
Yes, I know. Just ask the Dulo clan.
Not much as changed has it?
Stew is always a good option. Might I recommend
rolling the strays inside the belt making a kind of
burrito. Obviously double deep frying them is
the preferred choice.
Don’t be angry because our medicine is so far superior.
Over the years we have discovered that everybody has something wrong with them.
Almost all of it can be cured with a pill.
The younger you start the better chance you have.
If all else fails we always have high fructose corn syrup to fall back on.
Ahhh Dallas. Another american gift.
So glad it’s the gift that keeps giving.
I wish I could go back and find out who shot JR over again. I’m getting all goose pimply just thinking about it.
In case you over indulge in popcorn from the Communal Popcorn Bucket don’t worry, I have a pill for that.
I watch golf. It's interesting in that all the "young guns" are presently on tour. Add to this the "regular old timers" like Phil Mickelson and the return of Tiger Woods. It's exciting.
I don't play, my SO does , though. I've chipped a few balls, and I like miniature golf😊
Tiger Woods brought shame to the sport.
shareYes , I totally agree. I was sadly disappointed with all his shenanigans. Ridiculous behavior from a sports figure. But, the game love him, as does the networks when he is playing. The other players used to love when he was on tour, not sure what they think now, though.
shareTrue players value trust, sincerity and integrity. That's what good sportsmanship is all aboot.
Mr. Woods, I'm afraid, may be more playa than player.
#NotInMyClub
yes true
shareIt was nasty for him to disrespect the Woman he married and smile for the cameras.
Last year he got wasted and fell asleep behind the wheel and got arrested.
Eldrick Tont.
Please nobody act a fool like he did.
I agree - and the way he behaved on the golf course, throwing around his clubs, yelling at the caddies, definitely not cool.
shareHe basically haunted the course.
Tiger, acting like an animal, time and again. Fitting. His natural surroundings would be the Tiger exhibit at the zoo.
No amount of restitution to the associations and clubs could justify his behaviour.
He's not out of the Woods and I don't know if he'll ever be.
#GrowUpTiger