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Article #241303Re: Do you remember?
From: DG
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:21
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:21
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MacSporran schreef: >>> 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. Then explain how windmills were invented in the Iran/Irak area, since they don't have the best windfarms. >>> 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). > Where does he rank on a Krankies to Connolly scale? Those are the only two Scottish comedy acts I know from the top of my head. -- Danny.
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