nostradamus , said...
I’ve got a few bucks on the Duckies, but not even Nostradamus can move the line these days. Long-term, though, football’s nothing. Golf’s the lever that moves the world.”
“What do you mean?”
“Think about it. I have a reputation for being grumpy—true?”
No argument there.
“You know why? For the simple truth is, once you learn to play golf, your life will take a very dark turn. That is a certifiable true prediction—take it to the bank. Proof? You’ve seen the proof. Not even Nostradamus is immune from the shanks, even when I can see them coming!”
It’s true—Nostra….I mean, Lee, gets a bad case of the laterals once or twice a summer.
“So when I should be thinking about when the next bubble is gonna burst or when the world’s gonna end, what am I thinking about instead? Can I hit this wedge without enduring the agony of a flair into the woods? No seer should ever pick up a golf club. Even prophets need to be in the moment.”
The New Nostradamus....Once Known as The Happiest Man on Earth.
There was a faraway look in the recycled sage’s eyes.
“And I will tell you something else that’s top secret,” he went on. “You know the Chinese are mad for golf these days, right? You think that happened by accident? All those big minds in US intelligence circles—the ones who got laid off after we won the war in Iraq— have been working on the secret golf initiative for years. Not even the Wikileakers could find this one. It’s based on a simple line of reasoning: golf and happiness are profoundly incompatible. And there is nothing else that can impede the long Chinese march toward world economic domination. Only golf can deflect them. Golf is like one of those brain parasites that changes your personality. It’s has the kind of power that makes a mouse look for a cat to play with.”
hmmmmmmmmmmmm.... i bet the MAYAN's could hit the DING tho ...:)