Monday, February 11, 2008

X - Ambidextrous Golf Player

Lawyers in an Edson law firm lived and died for their Saturday morning
round of golf. It was their favorite moment of the week. Then one of
the lawyers was transferred to an office in another city. It wasn't
quite the same without him.

A new woman lawyer joined their law firm. One day she overheard the
remaining three talking about their golf round at the coffee table.
Curious, she spoke up, 'You know, I used to play on my golf team in
college and I was pretty good. Would you mind if I joined you next
week?'

The three lawyers looked at each other. They were hesitant. Not one
of them wanted to say 'yes', but she had them on the spot. Finally,
one man said it would be okay, but they would be starting pretty early,
at 6:30 am.

He figured the early Tee-Time would discourage her immediately. The
woman said this might be a problem, and asked if she could possibly be
up to 15 minutes late. They rolled their eyes, but said this would be
okay.

She smiled, and said, 'Good, then I'll be there either at 6:30 or
6:45.'

She showed up right at 6:30, and wound up beating all three of them
with an eye-opening 2-under par round. She was a fun and pleasant
person the entire round. The guys were impressed! Back in the
clubhouse they congratulated her and happily invited her back the next
week. She smiled, and said, 'Sure, I'll be here at 6:30 or 6:45.'

The next week she again showed up at 6:30 Saturday morning. Only this
time, she played left-handed. The three lawyers were incredulous as
she still managed to beat them with an even par round, despite playing
with her off-hand. By now the guys were totally amazed, but wondered
if she was just trying to make them look bad by beating them
left-handed.

They couldn't figure her out. She was again very pleasant and didn't
seem to be showing them up, but each man began to harbor a burning
desire to beat her!

In the third week they all had their game faces on. But this week she
was 15 minutes late! This had the guys irritable because each was
determined to play the best round of golf of his life, to beat her. As
they waited for her, they figured her late arrival was some petty
gamesmanship on her part. Finally, she showed up. This week the lady
lawyer played right-handed, which was a good thing since she narrowly
beat all three of them.

However, she was so gracious and so complimentary of their strong play,
it was hard to hold a grudge against her. This woman was a riddle no
one could figure out!

Back in the clubhouse she had all three guys shaking their heads at her
ability. They had a couple of beers after their round which helped the
conversation loosen up. Finally, one of the men could contain his
curiosity no longer. He asked her point blank, 'How do you decide if
you're going to golf right-handed or left-handed?'

The lady blushed, and grinned. She said, 'That's easy. When my Dad
taught me to play golf, I learned I was ambidextrous. I have always
had fun switching back and forth. Then when I met my husband in
college and got married, I discovered he always sleeps in the nude.
From then on, I developed a silly habit. Right before I left in the
morning for golf practice, I would pull the covers off him. If his
you-know-what was pointing to the right, I golfed right-handed; if it
was pointed to the left, I golfed left-handed.

All the guys on the team thought this was hysterical.' Astonished at
this bizarre information, one of the guys shot back, 'But what if it's
pointed straight up in the air?'

She said, 'Then, I'm fifteen minutes late.'