FishFright
More wheels than sense
And so does the USA , although most of them don't yet realise.
Odd factoids
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And so does the USA , although most of them don't yet realise.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
The term "bandwagon" was first coined in the 19th century to describe a public transport vehicle that would travel from town to town, with a brass band on the roof, allowing people to jump on and off as the vehicle moved, having listened to the band during their trip.
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Common theory purports that shepherds herding / looking after their sheep used stones as balls - hitting them with their crooks: in what was the earliest form of anything resembling golf.
Interestingly the sheep took shelter in holes / crevices in the side of dunes (In Scotland were the origins of golf began). These were what went on to be the first natural bunkers on the earliest of golf courses…..
**I’ve never heard your theory on calcified elephant testicles in any historical golf document I’ve seen, read, heard of or museum I’ve visited.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Golf was invented to spoil a good walk
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Golf was invented to give non fishing types something equally boring to talk about.
Tribansman
Veteran
VW Golf drivers in St Andrews spend an average of 29% of their driving time driving to the driving range. On most journeys they have 3 drivers in the back (second only to the VW Caddy, who routinely carry 5). The other 71% is spent driving a fair way to The Bunker, a well known watering hole on the edge of a local village green.
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twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
The names of clubs used in Golf are quite informative. For instance the "wood" is used in forests whilst the "iron" is in the fire. The "mashie" is for use with potatoes and the "niblick" for canapes. A "putter" is usually a failing 2 stroke engine that powers the green keeper's mower. Everyday is a school day 
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
The 2 stroke engine produces the same power as 2 strokes of a rowing boat, which isn't much.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
...which is merely a coincidence, since it was named after the sound a cat makes after being stroked twice.
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
The external combustion engine was the forerunner of the internal combustion engine, but wasn't as popular, despite nobody ever surviving to complain
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
There are no cumbustion engines in existence as they have all burned to a cinder.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
On Groundhog Day, the groundhog will jump out of its burrow and give the weather forecast for the coming year in song.
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
The WRU have replaced Tom Jones' classic tune Delilah on its song list, with The Prodigy's - Smack my B*** Up
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Worse than that - the word 'tackle' is now verboten because if its links to gentlemans' paraphernalia, so we will now all be making 'interventions' on the halfway line (now known as the 'transitioning' line in the modern vernacular of course, since it has self-identified thus)
