From: nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.humor.d
Subject: RE: Green Golf Ball Joke (GGBJ)
Date: 23 Nov 92 18:40:09 GMT
Organization: Memphis State University

john@makesys.com (John Turman) writes:

> I just posted this a couple of months back but with all of you
> beseeching someone to repost it I just couldn't ignore you.
> 
> I don't know why you want to read it it's not that good IMO.
> 
> Oh well here goes:
> 
> Two golfers were playing an early morning round at the nearby
> country club. As they were approaching the thirteenth tee, a
> lovely little par three of 185 yards, a fog started to enshroud
> them. The first golfers tee shot had barely left his club when
> the fog completely obscured the green. The second golfer decided
> "what the hell" and took his shot in the general direction of the
> green as well.
> 
> When the twosome arrived on the green they found one ball just 6
> inches from the lip of the cup. The other ball was not visible.
> After a minute of looking around the fringe of the green for the
> other ball one golfer decided to look inside the cup. Lo and
> behold there was the second ball in the bottom of the cup. The
> other golfer asked "is that a Titleist 1"? the first golfer said
> "yes, but I'm also playing a Titleist 1". Which ball was which?
> 
> Along about this time the club pro happened by so the two asked him
> if he could settle their dispute. They told him what had
> happened and asked what the ruling should be. So the pro went up
> on the green and looked the situation over, scratched his head and
> said "OK which one of you was playing the green ball"?
> 
> See, I told you it wasn't worth it.
> 
> John T.

He has told the truth on both counts - this is the REAL GGBJ and it 
really is a bad joke. Why is so much time and space given to such a
thing? Read the postings on the Radio Joke and you may understand.

The joke about the vicar and the prostitute purporting to be the
GGBJ is an adaptation of a gross joke told many years ago.
WARNING - it is gross! But funny!

OBJ:
Chester goes into the Long Branch Saloon and tells Miss Kitty, "I'm
tired of the same old thing; I want something different!" Miss Kitty
says "You're in luck. I just hired a new girl. Go upstairs to the
third door on the right - she'll give you something different." So
he goes in and says, "I'm tired of the same old thing - I want something
different!" She reaches up and removes her glass eye. Chester says,
"Well, that certainly looks different!" So he pays his money and she
winks him off. As he buttons up he says, "That was alright. I may be
back to see you again." And she replies, "I'll keep an eye out for you."

BTW, since this joke predates Monty Python, it makes me wonder about the
source of their "Now for Something Different". Hmmm.

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