this is for you merlin and doug:

a golfer and his caddie were on the tee of the par 4, 345 yard, 18th hole, with water in front of the green. the golfer said to his caddie, "looks like i`ll need one long drive and a putt here." the caddie handed the golfer his driver. the golfer teed it up, gave it a mighty swing, and shanked it dead right. the ball hit a tree and bounced back 1 inch in front of the golfer. the caddie then handed the golfer his putter and said, "and now it`s time for one hell of a putt!"

Good one, Player. Thank you.

see, i AM 26 years old, am i?

Here's the deal, Player. If you were, say, age 10-15...somewhere in there, I'd think you were a cool kid for coming on to this site and shooting the fat with a bunch of old timers.

But if you are indeed 26, soon to turn 27...and you'll have to forgive me here because I usually don't resort to ad hominem....but if you are indeed 26, then you're kind of a dork.

Jus' sayin'

Is chewing the bull the same thing as shooting the fat? Mixed metafors aside, I'd never call anyone names here, ad hominem or not. I just tease player about his claim to be 26 when his writing style of using "i" instead of the capital "I" and beginning a sentence with lower case letters just looks juvenile. Besides he said himself that he was 11 years old, and that he uses junior clubs. Who cares anyway, it's just something to do. Keep it up player, and happy 27th now that you know how to spell February.

Player, say what you will, but we all know your approximate age, like it or not. Don't get so hung up on it. We still like you. Really, we do. Teasing you is our sign of affection. Now more of those crazy jokes please.

merlin3driver wrote:

Is chewing the bull the same thing as shooting the fat? Mixed metafors aside, I'd never call anyone names here, ad hominem or not. I just tease player about his claim to be 26 when his writing style of using "i" instead of the capital "I" and beginning a sentence with lower case letters just looks juvenile. Besides he said himself that he was 11 years old, and that he uses junior clubs. Who cares anyway, it's just something to do. Keep it up player, and happy 27th now that you know how to spell February.

Bah...so I call someone a name, all in good fun, and I get called on it. Now you know why I try not to engage in ad hominems!

Bryan Kautzman wrote:

merlin3driver wrote: Is chewing the bull the same thing as shooting the fat? Mixed metafors aside, I'd never call anyone names here, ad hominem or not. I just tease player about his claim to be 26 when his writing style of using "i" instead of the capital "I" and beginning a sentence with lower case letters just looks juvenile. Besides he said himself that he was 11 years old, and that he uses junior clubs. Who cares anyway, it's just something to do. Keep it up player, and happy 27th now that you know how to spell February. Bah...so I call someone a name, all in good fun, and I get called on it. Now you know why I try not to engage in ad hominems!

Actually Bryan, you didn't call any REAL person a name. In fact, you implied that the real Player seemed like a cool kid. It was the theoretical 27-year old figment of "someone's" imagination that you called "kind of a dork." In my book, you can't be faulted for that.

I admit I had to look up ad hominem, I thought you were talking about hominy grits.

i FAKED all of that child crap to get popular, i REALLY am 27 in a week!

Doo dee doo doo, doo dee doo doo (Twilight Zone theme music playing) So what do you do for a living?

teacher

Teacher? Now that's funny.

Cool...I always wanted to be a teacher. Really only for three reasons.... June, July, and August.

So what do you teach?

history and math