Re: Hockey, Curling and other sports (some futuristic)
From: Flak Magnet <flakmagnet72@y...>
Date: 27 Feb 2002 08:23:36 -0500
Subject: Re: Hockey, Curling and other sports (some futuristic)
Polite, timid Scottsman? Pshaw!
Yeah right...
You won't trick me that way... I still think it's NOT the Scotts, but
Hobbits what invented golf.
Scottish hobbits... might as well have an agnostic Pope while you're at
it...
--Flak
On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 18:10, Glenn M Wilson wrote:
> Hobbits are Scottish!?!?!?!
>
> And Clams have legs (for the BC fans.)
>
> On 26 Feb 2002 12:04:40 -0500 Flak Magnet <flakmagnet72@yahoo.com>
> writes:
> >Hang on! I thought Golf was invented by the Hobbits! A Took to be
> >specific!
> >
> >According to my information, Bullroarer Took knocked Golfimbul's head
> >off with a wooden club, it sailed 100 yards and rolled down into a
> >rabbit hole... Winning a battle and inventing Golf in the same
> >stroke.
> >(I may have inverted the names...)
> >
> >You're really confusing me now!
> >
> >--Flak
> >
> >On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:50, Tony Christney wrote:
> >>
> >> On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 03:11 PM, Tomb wrote:
> >>
> >> > 1) Curling: KH thinks this is a bit odd. Karl-Heinz, it is a
> >_Scottish_
> >> > sport. Just thank the Lord it does not involve Sheep or parts
> >thereof.
> >> > These are the same people that invented the Caber Toss. And as
for
> >it
> >> > being shuffleboard, to quote a line from the upcoming Men With
> >Brooms
> >> > movie (how dreadfully Canadian), "To play this game, you need
> >really big
> >> > Stones."
> >> >
> >> You shouldn't forget golf when mentioning bizarre, frustrating, yet
> >> strangely fun sports invented by the Scots. Throw in haggis, kilts
> >> and bagpipes and you have an interesting nation indeed...
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Tony C.
> >
> >--
> >
> >--Flak Magnet
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