Flight Simulator and other chat
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Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:52 pmPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:38 pmPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:10 am
)Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:22 amPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:57 amNo need to be exacting... it's just a rule of thumb.I have no idea if this is myth or true...
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:02 amAre you sure it wasn't an old Scottish rendering of goof? The wife of an old golfer said the acronym was for "Game of Looney Fools."The word golf was first mentioned in writing in 1457 on a Scottish statute on forbidden games as gouf... There is a persistent urban legend claiming that the term derives from an acronym "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden."
At least you got a handle on it.I love Google.
No need to be exacting... it's just a rule of thumb.I have no idea if this is myth or true...
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:11 amNo need to be exacting... it's just a rule of thumb.I have no idea if this is myth or true...8-)
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:27 amPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:42 amI doubt even Fozzer remembers how golf got its name.
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:47 amI doubt even Fozzer remembers how golf got its name.
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... ...!...!Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:00 pmOur equivelent is, "If the shoe fits, wear it!" We've already acknowledged that they've nothing upon which to place the cap....another popular English saying, in combination with the above: "If the Cap fits; wear it!"
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:19 pm
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:50 pmWet your whistle:
"Centuries ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice."