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Re: Do you remember?

#241302
From: MacSporran
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:39
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>> Did you know that golf was probably invented by the Dutch about 800 years
>> ago? I live about 5km, as the fish swim, from the, so-called, home of 
>> golf.
>
> Hold on! Where do these fish of yours swim? If it was invented by the
> Dutch and you live in Scotland, then they must have found a shortcut.
> Or the other possibility might be that 800 years ago the Dutch went to
> Scotland to invent golf, but why would they want to go to Scotland for
> that?

For someone who is omnipotent and I assume therefore omnifiscent, the answer 
is obvious. They invented the game here, because we have all the best golf 
courses.

>> Kasper is the man for huge Poles! Some of us wear kilts, only to 
>> distinguish
>> us from our Southern neighbours. Most of us drink whisky to disguise the
>> flavour of haggis. I've been watering the garden every day for the last 
>> two
>> weeks; did I miss something!
>
> You forgot that spot right underneath your window. We Dutch people
> need that spot for the 800th anniversary of golf. Have some more
> whisky, haggis, or better even, have both!

*Fills watering can with whisky*. Now the grass should come up half cut. 
(That joke was supplied by Chic Murray, deceased Scottish comedian, who now 
probably just uses his surname).

Mac

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