Saturday, October 08, 2005

Golf Opposition

I do not wish to like golf. Golf is expensive, time-consuming, and fussy. It’s a tool of the insider’s old-boy network and it has been co-opted by the rest of the world so that they can feel like they’re in on the joke. Or, at least, to enable them to get an angle on the deal.

It’s popular because it’s a business skill used in lieu of physical combat. I would much rather engage in some old-fashioned wrestling match than dress up, spend all that money, and swing a stick at a ball. At least then you could justify the competitive tempers that have to be suppressed for the civility of the golf course.

But I did have a good time. Still, if it’s all the same to anyone, I’d rather not like golf on principle alone.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh, poo.

Golf is fun. It can be relaxing.

By your logic, one should also oppose martinis!

and that SIMPLY won't do. ;)

Pastry Chef said...

OMG, martinis are consumed in lieu of physical combat!? I thought they were a prelude!