paizo.com Recent Posts in Why Golf?paizo.com Recent Posts in Why Golf?2012-11-15T22:53:56Z2012-11-15T22:53:56ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Wolfthulhuhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#172010-10-18T14:53:35Z2010-10-18T14:53:35Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Xabulba wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Golf is the one of greatest ecological disasters ever perpetrated by mankind.</p>
<p>Golf courses in deserts waste millions of gallons of water and deplete aquifers.
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Florida has drained over 10,000 acres of swamp land just so a privileged few can play a round of golf.
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In countries like Jamaica, South Africa and Mexico have displaced thousands of families so they can build golf course the people displaced will never be able to use.</p>
<p>And that is just a few examples of the harm that golf causes.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Just a couple of links for those that demand them.</span>
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<a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-playing-field/200805/18-holes-ecological-disaster" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Psychology Today</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/golf042604.cfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Organic Consumers Association</a>
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</blockquote><p>Ha. This thread has taken an interesting turn.Xabulba wrote:Golf is the one of greatest ecological disasters ever perpetrated by mankind.
Golf courses in deserts waste millions of gallons of water and deplete aquifers.
Florida has drained over 10,000 acres of swamp land just so a privileged few can play a round of golf.
In countries like Jamaica, South Africa and Mexico have displaced thousands of families so they can build golf course the people displaced will never be able to use.
And that is just a few examples of the harm that golf...Wolfthulhu2010-10-18T14:53:35ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Aberzombiehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#162010-10-18T14:48:05Z2010-10-18T14:48:05Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">BluePigeon wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Aberzombie wrote:</div><blockquote> Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary? </blockquote>Hmmmm, interesting. We're not talking miniture golf here are we? </blockquote><p>No. I only play miniature golf after midnight and through multi building apartment complexes.BluePigeon wrote:Aberzombie wrote: Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary?
Hmmmm, interesting. We're not talking miniture golf here are we? No. I only play miniature golf after midnight and through multi building apartment complexes.Aberzombie2010-10-18T14:48:05ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?BluePigeonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#152010-10-18T14:07:02Z2010-10-18T14:07:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Aberzombie wrote:</div><blockquote> Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary? </blockquote><p>Hmmmm, interesting. We're not talking miniture golf here are we?Aberzombie wrote:Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary?
Hmmmm, interesting. We're not talking miniture golf here are we?BluePigeon2010-10-18T14:07:02ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen (alias of BluePigeon)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#142010-10-18T14:04:18Z2010-10-18T14:04:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Crimson Jester, Rogue Lord wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I thought much the same until Happy Gilmore. Then I found out that you can pretend that Golf is really Hockey. Then I realized it could in fact be a contact sport. </p>
<p>The rest is history.</p>
<p>Oh and I am banned from Miniature golf in five states. </blockquote><p>Five states? Dang, I'm proud of you.The Crimson Jester, Rogue Lord wrote:I thought much the same until Happy Gilmore. Then I found out that you can pretend that Golf is really Hockey. Then I realized it could in fact be a contact sport.
The rest is history.
Oh and I am banned from Miniature golf in five states.
Five states? Dang, I'm proud of you.Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen (alias of BluePigeon)2010-10-18T14:04:18ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Kajehasehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#132010-10-18T12:47:58Z2010-10-18T12:47:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Aberzombie wrote:</div><blockquote> Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary? </blockquote><p>According to some golfers in my orbit, that's what they've done with some of the sand-bunkers at St.Andrews.
<p>And the list of countries where golf is wreaking havoc on the ecology should include Spain as well.</p>Aberzombie wrote:Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary?
According to some golfers in my orbit, that's what they've done with some of the sand-bunkers at St.Andrews. And the list of countries where golf is wreaking havoc on the ecology should include Spain as well.Kajehase2010-10-18T12:47:58ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Aberzombiehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#122010-10-18T11:26:42Z2010-10-18T11:26:42Z<p>Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary?</p>Why not combine the golf course and the cemetary?Aberzombie2010-10-18T11:26:42ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?The 8th Dwarf (alias of Bradley Holland)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#112010-10-18T08:52:43Z2010-10-18T08:52:43Z<p>Golf is the one thing I fault my Scottish ancestors for. I would understand if it was played with the severed heads of the English but smacking a small white ball around a paddock is about as much fun as watching paint dry.</p>Golf is the one thing I fault my Scottish ancestors for. I would understand if it was played with the severed heads of the English but smacking a small white ball around a paddock is about as much fun as watching paint dry.The 8th Dwarf (alias of Bradley Holland)2010-10-18T08:52:43ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Xabulbahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#102010-10-18T06:47:54Z2010-10-18T06:47:54Z<p>Golf is the one of greatest ecological disasters ever perpetrated by mankind.</p>
<p>Golf courses in deserts waste millions of gallons of water and deplete aquifers.
<br />
Florida has drained over 10,000 acres of swamp land just so a privileged few can play a round of golf.
<br />
In countries like Jamaica, South Africa and Mexico have displaced thousands of families so they can build golf course the people displaced will never be able to use.</p>
<p>And that is just a few examples of the harm that golf causes.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Just a couple of links for those that demand them.</span>
<br />
<a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-playing-field/200805/18-holes-ecological-disaster" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Psychology Today</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/golf042604.cfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Organic Consumers Association</a></p>Golf is the one of greatest ecological disasters ever perpetrated by mankind.
Golf courses in deserts waste millions of gallons of water and deplete aquifers.
Florida has drained over 10,000 acres of swamp land just so a privileged few can play a round of golf.
In countries like Jamaica, South Africa and Mexico have displaced thousands of families so they can build golf course the people displaced will never be able to use.
And that is just a few examples of the harm that golf causes.
Just...Xabulba2010-10-18T06:47:54ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Kajehasehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#92010-10-18T05:51:44Z2010-10-18T05:51:44Z<p>Because there's no better way to destroy a nice walk.</p>
<p>Fun fact about golf (which may in fact be complete and utter drivel): The sand in the bunkers at Dubai's most prestigious golf course is imported.</p>Because there's no better way to destroy a nice walk.
Fun fact about golf (which may in fact be complete and utter drivel): The sand in the bunkers at Dubai's most prestigious golf course is imported.Kajehase2010-10-18T05:51:44ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Jeremy Mac Donaldhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#82010-10-18T05:45:19Z2010-10-18T05:45:19Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Crimson Jester, Rogue Lord wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I thought much the same until Happy Gilmore. Then I found out that you can pretend that Golf is really Hockey. Then I realized it could in fact be a contact sport. </p>
<p>The rest is history.</p>
<p>Oh and I am banned from Miniature golf in five states. </blockquote><p>Kudo's, that's pretty funny.The Crimson Jester, Rogue Lord wrote:I thought much the same until Happy Gilmore. Then I found out that you can pretend that Golf is really Hockey. Then I realized it could in fact be a contact sport.
The rest is history.
Oh and I am banned from Miniature golf in five states.
Kudo's, that's pretty funny.Jeremy Mac Donald2010-10-18T05:45:19ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Adam Daigle (Director of Game Development)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#72010-10-18T05:36:47Z2010-10-18T05:36:47Z<p>I've been golfing with the guys at work once.
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I got to drive the cart and drink beers out a little cooler strapped to the back of it.
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I had a great time!</p>I've been golfing with the guys at work once.
I got to drive the cart and drink beers out a little cooler strapped to the back of it.
I had a great time!Adam Daigle (Director of Game Development)2010-10-18T05:36:47ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Wolfthulhuhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#62010-10-18T05:02:27Z2010-10-18T05:02:27Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Wolfthulhu wrote:</div><blockquote> Why indeed. </blockquote>Stress therapy, and I swing like a Sith Lord too. </blockquote><p>I've had friends who play golf, and I've seen the kind of money they constantly lay down to improve their set of clubs.
<p>Pass. I'll stick to the Harley, hitting the open road for a couple hours is a cheaper therapy.</p>Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen wrote:Wolfthulhu wrote: Why indeed.
Stress therapy, and I swing like a Sith Lord too. I've had friends who play golf, and I've seen the kind of money they constantly lay down to improve their set of clubs. Pass. I'll stick to the Harley, hitting the open road for a couple hours is a cheaper therapy.Wolfthulhu2010-10-18T05:02:27ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Betatrackhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#52010-10-18T03:28:31Z2010-10-18T03:28:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen wrote:</div><blockquote> It's both an outdoor sport and aggravated battery. Get your <b>seven</b> irons kiddies and let the games begin... </blockquote><p>Fixed. Seven iron is vastly superior.Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen wrote:It's both an outdoor sport and aggravated battery. Get your seven irons kiddies and let the games begin...
Fixed. Seven iron is vastly superior.Betatrack2010-10-18T03:28:31ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?The Crimson Jester, Rogue Lord (alias of Crimson Jester)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#42010-10-18T03:24:23Z2010-10-18T03:24:23Z<p>I thought much the same until Happy Gilmore. Then I found out that you can pretend that Golf is really Hockey. Then I realized it could in fact be a contact sport. </p>
<p>The rest is history.</p>
<p>Oh and I am banned from Miniature golf in five states.</p>I thought much the same until Happy Gilmore. Then I found out that you can pretend that Golf is really Hockey. Then I realized it could in fact be a contact sport.
The rest is history.
Oh and I am banned from Miniature golf in five states.The Crimson Jester, Rogue Lord (alias of Crimson Jester)2010-10-18T03:24:23ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen (alias of BluePigeon)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#32010-10-18T02:27:00Z2010-10-18T02:27:00Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Wolfthulhu wrote:</div><blockquote> Why indeed. </blockquote><p>Stress therapy, and I swing like a Sith Lord too.Wolfthulhu wrote:Why indeed.
Stress therapy, and I swing like a Sith Lord too.Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen (alias of BluePigeon)2010-10-18T02:27:00ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Wolfthulhuhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#22012-11-15T22:53:56Z2010-10-18T02:19:26Z<p>Why indeed.</p>Why indeed.Wolfthulhu2010-10-18T02:19:26ZForums: Off-Topic Discussions: Why Golf?Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen (alias of BluePigeon)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2leg0?Why-Golf#12012-11-15T22:53:56Z2010-10-18T01:34:34Z<p>It's both an outdoor sport and aggravated battery. Get your nine irons kiddies and let the games begin...</p>It's both an outdoor sport and aggravated battery. Get your nine irons kiddies and let the games begin...Snot'zt Phlegm'Spewen (alias of BluePigeon)2010-10-18T01:34:34Z