After a particularly poor game of golf, a
popular club member skipped the clubhouse and started to go home. As he was walking to the
parking lot to get his car, a policeman stopped him and asked, "Did you tee off on
the sixteenth hole about twenty minutes ago?"
"Yes," the golfer responded.
"Did you happen to hook your ball so
that it went over the trees and off the course?"
"Yes, I did. How did you know?"
he asked.
"Well," said the policeman very
seriously, "Your ball flew out onto the highway and crashed through a driver's
windshield. The car went out of control, crashing into five other cars and a fire truck.
The fire truck couldn't make it to the fire, and the building burned down. So, what are
you going to do about it?"
The golfer thought it over carefully and
responded, "I think I'll close my stance a little bit, tighten my grip and lower my
right thumb."
