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Re: Do you remember?

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From: DG
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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From: DG <dammyge...@censored.zzn.com>
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Subject: Re: Do you remember?
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:21:56 +0200
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