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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sarkie who wrote (21406)	6/27/2001 2:30:26 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

My eye should be ok in a day or two. Pebble Beach joke- A golfer who was well into his golden years had a lifelong ambition to play one particular hole at Pebble Beach, just once, the way the pros do it. The pros drive the ball out over the water onto the green that is on a spit of land that juts out off the coast. It was something he had tried hundreds of times without success. His ball always fell short, splashing into the water. Because of this he never used a new ball on this particular hole. He always picked out an old ball that had a nick or a cut. This year, he went out to Pebble Beach to try again. When he came to the fateful hole, he teed up an old cut ball and then said a silent prayer. During his backswing, however, a powerful, deep voice from above said, "WAIT... REPLACE THAT OLD BALL WITH A BRAND-NEW BALL!" He froze at first, and then complied eagerly, though with some slight trepidation, despite the fact that The Good Lord Himself seemed now to be implying that He was finally going to let him achieve his lifelong golfing ambition. As he stepped up to the tee once more, the voice thundered down again, "WAIT... STEP BACK... TAKE A PRACTICE SWING." So he stepped back and took a practice swing. The voice boomed down again, "TAKE ANOTHER PRACTICE SWING..." He did. Silence followed. Then the voice spoke out again, this time much quieter, "PUT THE OLD BALL BACK."