The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A GOLFER CAME HOME FROM THE LINKS AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED. HIS WIFE LOOKED AT HIM AND ASKED WHY HE WAS SO LATE. HE HAD BEEN GONE SINCE NINE THAT MORNING. HE SAID, "OH, IT WAS TERRIBLE. WE HAD JUST TEED UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN JOE HAD A TERRIBLE HEART ATTACK. HE COLLAPSED COMPLETELY RIGHT THERE ON THE GOLF COURSE." HIS WIFE AGREED THAT THAT WAS TERRIBLE ALL RIGHT, BUT WHY WAS HER HUSBAND SO EXHAUSTED? HE REPLIED, "WELL, HONEY, IT WAS PRETTY TIRING, YOU KNOW. HIT THE BALL, DRAG JOE, HIT THE BALL, DRAG JOE, HIT THE BALL, DRAG HOE."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT