Posted by Spurious Response on 07/26/07 06:01

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:15:47 -0500, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com>
wrote:

>In article <pvsfa3dkikcphn5calbdvfsqn7q7qo3pnj@4ax.com>,
> Spurious Response <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:36:24 -0500, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> Golf is a fucking joke. Take ANY one shot, do it 100 times, and see
>> >> how bad your stats really are.
>> >>
>> >Take your fat ass out to the course sometime. I'll add golf to the list
>> >of things you know little about but are willing to try to impart wisdom
>> >about.
>>
>> I wasn't talking about put shots, dumbfuck. Any idiot can tap a ball
>> with a putter fairly consistently.
>>
>> You couldn't take 100 tee shots and get consistent results very easily
>> (even Tiger cannot). The game has little skill, and lots of chaos and
>> dumb luck involved.
>>
>> Billiards, however, is a precision game. I can perform three rail banks
>> to the side pocket quite consistently, and banking from an end rail to
>> the side pocket is NOT an easy shot. It is one of the hardest in the
>> game.
>
>Well, you've got the easy part of golf solved - talking about it.
>
>Sure, it looks simple enough. I mean the ball is just sitting there
>waiting for you to smack it. But something happens between the start of
>the swing and impact with the ball that causes untoward changes to occur.
>
>I'm not a good golfer, I just enjoy the 4-5 mile walk I do every day
>while playing it.


It is quite easy to put in 5 miles a day walking around a pool table,
and I do not have to deal with insects or overpriced green fees.

The game sucks cash where none is deserved. It is fucking retarded.

If I did embrace it, however, I am quite sure that I would do quite
well at it. Not my cup of tea, however.

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