That Pine Tree

"Check Out"

A woman rushed into the supermarket to pick up a few
items. She headed for the express line where the clerk
was talking on the phone with his back turned to her.

"Excuse me," she said, "I'm in a hurry. Could you check
me out, please?"

The clerk turned, stared at her for a second, looked
her up and down, smiled and said, "Not bad."

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"That Pine Tree"

A young man, an avid golfer found himself with a few
hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if he hurried
and played very fast, he could get in 9 holes before he
had to head home. Just as he was about to tee off an
old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if he
could accompany the young man as he too was golfing
alone. Not having any reason to say no, he invited the
old fellow to join him.

To his surprise the old man played fairly quickly. He
didn't hit the ball far, but moved along quite consistently
and didn't waste time.

Finally, they reached the 9th fairway and the young man
found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine
tree right in front of his ball, directly between the ball and
the green. After several minutes of debating how to hit the
shot the old man finally said, "You know, when I was your
age I played this course many, many times. Even had a lie
similar to yours. Back then, I hit the ball right over that tree."

With that challenge placed before him, the younger man
gave it his best. He took a mighty swing, hit the ball up,
and right back down. He'd hit it directly into the top of the
tree trunk and it thudded back to the ground, not more than
a foot from where it had originally been. Taking a deep
breath, he tried again. Same result. Another deep breath,
another try, same result. "Darn," he exclaimed, "How did
you ever get the ball over this freaking tree?"

The old man replied, "Well, when I was your age that pine
tree was only about 3 feet tall."
Received on Sun Jun 13 12:29:13 2004