Monday, February 11, 2008

another Cloud story

Being an avid Golfer i play every chance i get. i love the game because i have 4 hours to drink as many beers as i can.

we had traveled to Earnie's for a dinner, she cooks enough to feed an army, but i regress. Sandi's husband Jack was a golfer too and said we could play on a course over there after dinner. Wanting to get on the course asap i gulped down my dinner and off we went. I had my Nicholas Air Bear Clubs, a bunch of ProV balls and an ice chest overflowing with beer.

after driving a while Jack turned off onto a dirt road and after about a 1/4 mile we were there! Now i have played bad courses before but nothing like this. That's when Jack said this used to be a cow pasture! i thought used to be, hell there's a cow over there now. Jack said try to stay right of the cows.

Well we paid our Green fees and push started the cart to the first tee.
Wasn't too bad teeing off after i hammered my tee into the ground and hit my first shot.

beleive it or not there was another group ahead of us and we had to wait on them which i didn't mind because it gave me more drinking time.

My mild mannerd friend Jack said "just go ahead and hit" and we did because i knew jack had whupped most people around there at one time or another.

so we get to the 9th hole and i asked "which way now Jack" in which he repied "back to hole one and start over again"

Did i forget to mention that i spent a lot of time looking for my ball on the fairways! yes there were white rocks the same size as a golf ball everywhere.

Well about the 16th or 17 hole, or was it the 6th or 7th hole, i can't recall now. i had hit a long shot just left of the green, although it was also left of the little wire fence they had seperating the greens. so here we are, Jack driving the cart and me "6'0" 280lb leaning out trying to reach my ball to pick it up when Jack decides to cut hard left to go around, around, around, i really don't know what he was going around. Needless to say i fell out of the cart that was traveling at a fast pace down this rock infested hill and proceded to roll. and like a train it takes a long time to stop a big guy! by the time i had stopped Jack had turned around and came back and with a sincere look on his face asked if i was ok. Oh I'm fine, i replied, not feeling much pain from the beers, i dusted myself off and pulled the rocks from my knees and got back in the cart.

now one would think this was the end of it but nooooo.

we returned to Earnie's house and as i was putting my clubs in my car Jack had went into the house and told everybody what happen.

as i walked in, i don't remember who but it was probably Sandi said "fell out of the cart uh?"

well everyone had a good laugh at ole Cloud's expense on of that one.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jack and Cloud went up a hill to drink a buttload of beer.
Jack turned around and heard a funny sound...
And Cloud came tumbling after.

;-D Love Jodi

Orrin Newton Ladd said...

great story!!!

perhaps we can get in a round while down that way for the reunion

did ya know that Michigan has more public golf courses than any other state in the Union?

and.....

the average golfer walks (yeah we dont always use carts) about 900 miles a year....

and like yaw, we drink a fair quantity of beer while golfing. The average Michigan golfer drinks 42 gallons of beer per season

the way I see it, thats about

21 1/2 miles per gallon!!!

Orrin

Sandi said...

too funny. You should hear Jack giving precise details of how Cloud looked on the ground! He laughs everytime he thinks about it. ...Orrin, I'll bet Cloud to beat the average miles per gallon! Kind of scarey stats considering these golfers DON'T walk home!!!

By the way...Aint Aud's back yard butts against one of the best golf courses around. (don't let Jack take you to one of his ol stompin' grounds!) Cloud....I can't beat Jodi's comment, so I'll leave it there! But wasn't that the same day you fell out of the swing? Or was it the Kite day? Or am I thinking of you falling out of the canoe? Or maybe I'm confused and thinking of you walking thru the plate glass window? hmmm....???

p.s. Jack said it wasn't a "tumble", it was more like a nose dive. AND the cows don't get in the fairway so as long as you're in the fairway, it's cool. AND he said he WAS concerned about Cloud....AFTER he stopped laughing!!

Orrin Newton Ladd said...

good thing he didnt nose dive into a cow pie!

Debbey said...

and he's the best I could do.

Sandi said...

Just for the record we ALL love Cloud and are really glad he is in the family. He IS the "good time man"! (plus he could be world famous for his steaks).

Cory Ladd said...

I know I like him already!

Since it seems like we may have a few drinkers....I mean golfers....howz about we get a tee time going?

How about Jim or Asa? Either of you up for 18? Girls -- any of you or your "not so much" better half's play? My wife would be happy to take part in a shopping expedition, if anyone's interested in that.

Sandi said...

Oh yeah, lots of golfers AND shoppers I’m sure that needs to be inserted to the “optional” itinerary. Debbey is a professional shopper, so if you’re not serious about it, stay here with me. (Debbey actually makes me cry when I have to shop with her).

Anonymous said...

I like to play golf too but Cloud won't let me because he says when you golf you have to talk about @!*# . Last time we played I found a cat and some baby ducks. -and I only use two clubs and it seems to work for me plus I don't have to haul all that exra metal around. And yes I am a professional shopper. That is probably why I made such a good purchasing agent.

Sarah Williamson said...

Debbey, I'll golf with you. One time I played nine holes with just one club. It was fine with me. I don't even care if we keep score. I just like spending four leisurely hours with good freinds walking a beautifully groomed golf course on a sunny day watching drunk guys fall out of carts. Yep, sounds like a good time to me.

Oh, and put me down with Lisa for some serious shopping. I train three times a week so you won't wear me down!

jim said...

Yep! Asa and I will be up for what ever, golf, poker, beer, wine , Jim Beam, bowling, whatever, except maybe a foot race! I don't feel like telling any more stories, I am still in shock that Sandi confessed to shooting turds and after 50 years, I just don't know how to top it, so I guess that's it for me!

Sandi said...

Well I'm glad I finally got to "shock" you about something! (and just in case, I DID put it in my book for "death bed confessions"), so you would have found out ONE day. Why don't you get Asa on here?

Orrin Newton Ladd said...

Budweiser for me!

Well Cloud, I think that we should invest in some liquid refreshment for the reunion... Should I bring my clubs and we can talk about retirement planning?

Retirement planning

If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.

With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1000.00.

With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.

If you had purchased $1000 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00 left.

If you had purchased United Airlines you would have nothing left.

But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminium recycling REFUND, You would have had $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. It's called the 401-Keg Plan.

Orrin

Anonymous said...

Orrin, i like the way think!
I just wish that I could get a deposit back on my Grey Goose bottle. i was going to make lamps out of the bottles and give to everyone for Christmas one year. i buy the big half gallon bottles and i thought they would make great lamps.
When i told everyone what i was going to do Vicki gave me a small grey goose bottle from a plane trip she took and wanted a night light.