Comments on: Rules for golfing during the blitz http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: FriendNdeed http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091388 FriendNdeed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091388 I hereby wave the BOGUS-BS flag on this fakery. Note that the grammar, word choices, and point of view is written in flawlessly modern American-English. If you've read much of a) old newspaper articles or b) any genuinely vernacular British-English writing, you'll see that this pitch-perfect writing style is a bunch of Blarney. It is a caricature based on a modern writer's stereotype of the times. Think about it. Even in the inhumanity of wartime, telling a golfer to take a one-stroke penalty for circumstances he did not create is just not cricket. I hereby wave the BOGUS-BS flag on this fakery. Note that the grammar, word choices, and point of view is written in flawlessly modern American-English. If you’ve read much of a) old newspaper articles or b) any genuinely vernacular British-English writing, you’ll see that this pitch-perfect writing style is a bunch of Blarney. It is a caricature based on a modern writer’s stereotype of the times. Think about it. Even in the inhumanity of wartime, telling a golfer to take a one-stroke penalty for circumstances he did not create is just not cricket.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091654 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091654 Golf is some serious shit. Golf is some serious shit.

]]> By: Zoman http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091418 Zoman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091418 Apparently it's complete real. http://therichmondgolfclub.com/history.html (bottom of the page) Apparently it’s complete real.

http://therichmondgolfclub.com/history.html

(bottom of the page)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091421 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091421 Modern Rule 8 needs to govern situations wheren an undetonated cluster bomblet is mistaken for the player's ball.... Modern Rule 8 needs to govern situations wheren an undetonated cluster bomblet is mistaken for the player’s ball….

]]> By: Normandy2011 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091682 Normandy2011 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091682 Puts the TSA theater at the airport in perspective. Puts the TSA theater at the airport in perspective.

]]> By: hadlock http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1092195 hadlock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1092195 "Position's"? Really? “Position’s”? Really?

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091470 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091470 A guy beats his wife to death with a 9-iron. When the police arrive, the guy says "Yup, I did it." A cop says "I guess you did. How many times did you hit her anyway?" The guy says "I dunno; put me down for a five." A guy beats his wife to death with a 9-iron. When the police arrive, the guy says “Yup, I did it.” A cop says “I guess you did. How many times did you hit her anyway?” The guy says “I dunno; put me down for a five.”

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091234 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091234 Quite funny, obviously meant to be humorous (in that certain British way) but I wouldn't be surprised if the rules were upheld if these situations arose (I mean, what else are you supposed to do). Quite funny, obviously meant to be humorous (in that certain British way) but I wouldn’t be surprised if the rules were upheld if these situations arose (I mean, what else are you supposed to do).

]]> By: phisrow http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091237 phisrow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091237 I'm pretty sure that having an upper lip that stiff provides considerable protection from minor nuisances like shrapnel... I’m pretty sure that having an upper lip that stiff provides considerable protection from minor nuisances like shrapnel…

]]> By: Matt J http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091238 Matt J Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091238 According to research on <a href="http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=11758">this thread</a> of the Snopes message board, this list originated during the second world war. Whether or not these rules were ever used at a golf course was not established. According to research on this thread of the Snopes message board, this list originated during the second world war. Whether or not these rules were ever used at a golf course was not established.

]]> By: spagh http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091241 spagh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091241 The proportional font and right margin justification says this version is not very original. The proportional font and right margin justification says this version is not very original.

]]> By: spejic http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091251 spejic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091251 Because, as we all know, proportional fonts and kerning did not exist until the Apple Macintosh. I mean, it's so obvious that there's no need to do something like do a Google search for "1940 newspaper" to see if stuff printed back then looked like this. Because, as we all know, proportional fonts and kerning did not exist until the Apple Macintosh. I mean, it’s so obvious that there’s no need to do something like do a Google search for “1940 newspaper” to see if stuff printed back then looked like this.

]]> By: anonymous coward http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091252 anonymous coward Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091252 rule 8: shooting at passing bombers is only allowed if that does not interfere with the competition. rule 8: shooting at passing bombers is only allowed if that does not interfere with the competition.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091258 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091258 I'm not sure 'north country' is right. It's far more likely to be Richmond in London, which has a good 5+ golf clubs. I’m not sure ‘north country’ is right. It’s far more likely to be Richmond in London, which has a good 5+ golf clubs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1097424 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1097424 that is a spot, not an apostrophe, in positions. that is a spot, not an apostrophe, in positions.

]]> By: Gag Halfrunt http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091545 Gag Halfrunt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091545 The Richmond Golf Club in question is in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_London">Richmond, Surrey</a> (a south-western suburb of London), not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_North_Yorkshire">Richmond, North Yorkshire</a> (the "north-country" town referred to in the post). The Richmond Golf Club in question is in Richmond, Surrey (a south-western suburb of London), not Richmond, North Yorkshire (the “north-country” town referred to in the post).

]]> By: El Zilcho http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091290 El Zilcho Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091290 Damn this used to be a fine country. Damn this used to be a fine country.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091299 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091299 Yeah. As somebody who is just old enough to have watched a hot lead Linotype machine in operation, I can say that spacebands make right justification a pretty simple operation. Yeah. As somebody who is just old enough to have watched a hot lead Linotype machine in operation, I can say that spacebands make right justification a pretty simple operation.

]]> By: webmonkees http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091301 webmonkees Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091301 Not sure if <i>Caddyshack</i>'s finale is completely covered, but #5 seems to indicate a choice by the player if nearby explosions affect play. But I would have difficulty declaring Bill Murray an enemy. Not sure if Caddyshack‘s finale is completely covered, but #5 seems to indicate a choice by the player if nearby explosions affect play.
But I would have difficulty declaring Bill Murray an enemy.

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1091312 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1091312 This is what they meant when they said "Keep calm and carry on." This is what they meant when they said “Keep calm and carry on.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/25/rules-for-golfing-du.html#comment-1092080 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1092080 Ah yes!!!!! I remember it well!!!!!!! Ah yes!!!!! I remember it well!!!!!!!

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