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From: kpg (ipost_at_thereforeiam.com)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:06:29 -0500

I must defer believe in your story until I see footage or a
signed affidavit from at least three witnesses.

Not that I don't trust you.

kpg

"Ken Briscoe" <youcant@sendmespam.com> wrote in message
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> "kpg" <ipost@thereforeiam.com> wrote in message
> news:uQh2HVASEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > P.S.
> >
> > On an unrelated subject, pray for me, I just took up
> > golf for relaxation. Don't ask my handicap, not just yet.
>
> On a note related to your unrelated note, I had a hole-in-one yesterday.
Of
> course, it was at Bunsey's Par 3, but still...I was quite impressed with
my
> pure skill. And my luck. Picture this: Slight breeze blowing right at me,
> seemingly coming directly from the pin. My buddies laughing it up,
cracking
> jokes about the last hole, which I triple-bogey'd. They're behind me,
> telling me how horrible I am. I'm at the tee, taking a few practice
swings,
> nice and easy. I settle into my stance. Birds chirp, crickets play their
wav
> file. All is silent except for the sounds of nature and the tractor
trailer
> honking at the intersection on the other side of the fence. I eye the
ball,
> I tell myself to concentrate on hitting it squarely, and getting close to
> the green. Backswing, slight pause, begin swing....crack! Solid! Ball
lofts
> high from my pitching wedge. I stand there smiling, impressed with what
I've
> done. The ball reaches its peak, and I realize that it's right on course.
On
> course to land on the green, not too far from the pin. As the ball
descends,
> I hear my friend shout, "Look! he's not going to triple-bogey!" Now, full
of
> confidence, I turn and smile, chuckle a bit, and spin back towards the
green
> in time to see the ball land about a foot shy and to the left of the pin.
I
> pump my fist into the air and let out a shout of excitement. But no sooner
> had I finished the fist pump (and, perhaps, hyper-extended my elbow....)
> than the ball had rolled up to the pin and promptly disappeared. I didn't
> bother to wait for my friends to tee off - I shot up the fairway with one
of
> my buddies right behind me. As we reached the green, neither of us could
see
> the ball. My stomach was, at that point, in my throat, full of anxiety and
> nerves. I step onto the green, take a few steps towards the pin, and lean
> over, only half expecting to see the ball. But I do! I bend over and pull
> the ball gently out of the cup, turn towards my friends 100 yards away at
> the tee, and heave the ball right at them, again shouting with excitement.
> Take that! The ball lands and rolls towards them. One of them picks it up
> and puts it in his pocket. We're saving that as evidence of the most
> incredible minute in the history of Bunsey's Par 3 golf course.
>
> Thus concludes the wondrous, amazing story of my Memorial Day.
>
> Oh, wait. Then we went back, fired up the grill, and had a few beers.
There,
> that concludes the story.
>
> --
>
> KB - MCNGP "silent thug" #26
>
> first initial last name AT hotmail DOT com
>
>

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