Here's what pisses me off

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:05 pm

... and it happened to me today... twice
When I play golf... that's the only thing I really want to do at that particular time. I want to focus on the game; my next shot, distances, wind directions, club selections, etc, etc, etc. This especially holds true when my group gets to the next tee, the place where a good shot is of course very important.

You see, the general flow of the game dictates that your group holes out each of their balls. Given each hole out, a high five or two, or even some ribbing might follow and the pin is replaced... then you head to your carts, put your clubs away, get in, go to the next tee, write your scores down, and rib a bit more. Each golfer then begins the process of deciding what kind of a drive to hit taking into the myriad variables. You grab the appropriate club, tee it up, and hit the damned thing.

In a simplistic sense, that's the general flow and I HATE for there to be any impediments to it.

THIS INCLUDES NOT PIPING UP TO TELL YOUR LATEST 3 MINUTE JOKE AT THE NEXT TEE BOX

Am I the only one that hates that kind of shit? I effing HATE that. Don't break my thought process. I'm at the tee, in the right frame of mind, and want to hit my damned ball. Tell me all the terrible jokes you want at the 19th.. but not at the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 17th, etc.

One of the jokes was actually pretty good though, I must admit

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:09 pm

I had a playing partner like that last week. It was close to fucking unbearable. It's a fucking golf course, not the Improv.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:25 pm

I don't mind the jokes while you're waiting on the group in front of you or walking or riding to your next shot.

I do not like it when the jokester holds up play though. My neighbor is always telling jokes and I played golf with him a couple times. He's definitely guilty of telling a 3-4 minute joke while we are waiting for him to tee off so I know what you mean.

Speaking of my neighbor, here was his jokes yesterday...

Guy 1: Want to hear the most horrible joke known to man?
Guy 2: Sure.
Guy 1: Why don't Jews eat pussy?
Guy 2: Why?
Guy 1: Because it's too close to the gas chamber.
Guy 2: That's not the worst joke. I can top that.
Guy 1: Go ahead.
Guy 2: What's the difference between a Jew and a pizza?
Guy 1: I don't know, what?
Guy 2: Only one will scream when you throw it in the oven.

Now, I gave him a D- for that one which is usually par for the course when it comes to him telling jokes. Anyone else have "that friend" that tells jokes all the time and no one laughs more at the punchline than the joke teller? Do you know how many "courtesy laughs" I've has to shell out over the last 2 years living next to this guy?

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:51 pm

Couple of things here. First off it sounds like you are playing with the wrong group. If you want silence then find some other players like yourself. I don't mind the talking but bad jokes just suck.

[Side Note]As a side note you prolly don't want to play with me as golf is a social event. Hell, I talk thru my own backswing. I have never understood the absolute quiet that has become par for the course in golf. Let the gallery make noise and yell and scream, we should just block it out.[/Side Note]

Indy, maybe you should stop the "courtesy laughs" and he will get the picture that he isn't funny.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:59 pm

I've tried that. He usually then goes into "explaining the punchline" mode just in case you missed it...then continues to lagh while tapping your arm like "get it now? haha!"

Hey, he's actually a nice guy and my neighbor to boot. No need to piss in his Cheerios just because his jokes suck 99% of the time.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:00 pm

And like Lefty said, golf, for me, is a social event too for the most part. I don't like to hold up play though. I don't like it done to me and I don't like to do it to others.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:02 pm

Yeah, not saying be mean to him or anything, but maybe a simple "no I got it the first time, but I still am not laughing" might work. I flew with a guy like that for a few months and we finally came to an understanding that he wasn't going to tell me any more jokes. After that things went great.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:05 pm

Left Seater wrote:Yeah, not saying be mean to him or anything, but maybe a simple "no I got it the first time, but I still am not laughing" might work. I flew with a guy like that for a few months and we finally came to an understanding that he wasn't going to tell me any more jokes. After that things went great.

Well, he seems to get so much joy out of them. No need to deprive him of making himself laugh over and over.

I do put a halt though when he tries to tell me the same jokes he's already told me.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:10 pm

Left Seater wrote:Couple of things here. First off it sounds like you are playing with the wrong group. If you want silence then find some other players like yourself. I don't mind the talking but bad jokes just suck.

Hey, hey, hey... golf is the ultimate social event in my book. I'm just saying there's a time for being social... and that doesn't include any time when the general flow of a round is interrupted.

And btw, otherwise, I thoroughly enjoy the three other playing partners today. We play as a team in this same scramble every year. They hail from Denver, Asheville, and Grand Rapids.

Qbert · Post by **Qbert** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:45 am

Ken

i feel your Pain--->but;

Ken wrote: And btw, otherwise, I thoroughly enjoy the three other playing partners today. We play as a team in this same scramble every year. They hail from Denver, Asheville, and Grand Rapids.

ummm...you knew what you were "in for."

you've played with these guys "frequently."

Pick your POISON with "known" golf partners.....and "deal" with the situations that you might know that will come up?

if it were a "Blind Draw?"...FINE.

jus'sayin.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:57 pm

Qbert wrote:Ken

i feel your Pain--->but;

Ken wrote: And btw, otherwise, I thoroughly enjoy the three other playing partners today. We play as a team in this same scramble every year. They hail from Denver, Asheville, and Grand Rapids.
ummm...you knew what you were "in for."

you've played with these guys "frequently."

Pick your POISON with "known" golf partners.....and "deal" with the situations that you might know that will come up?

if it were a "Blind Draw?"...FINE.

jus'sayin.

I guess I can't refute any of that. Doesn't mean I can't get annoyed by it though. I knew it would happen at least a time or tow going in.

Hell, the one time couldn't have been worse timing if he were at a funeral. We get to the next tee. We all get our clubs ready. One guy goes up and hits. Joke guy's next. Eyes up the fairway, tees it up, then... then... then... steps away to tell a joke about some grandmother who gets pulled over for speeding.