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   simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago

   ?
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   capndunzzl said, 6 months ago

   …just like the paper money.
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   Ron Gee said, 6 months ago

   The “lie” refers to where the golf ball is situated on the green with regards to the slopes and undulations between the ball and the hole. George is saying that he has a hard time “reading the green” (i.e., knowing which way the ball will turn on the way to the hole), which is why he has a caddie around, so the caddie can read it for him and tell him the lie.
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   jreckard said, 6 months ago

   Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy and see well his lies.
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   Dogsniff said, 6 months ago

   You’re a little rough around the edges there, Georgie boy.
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   Ronald Davis said, 6 months ago

   @Ron Gee

   Thank you. That’s clever, but I needed your explanation.
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   Buckly34 said, 6 months ago

   Ole Ben Franklin can sure tell a lie though! It doesn’t get funnier everytime…..
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   Doodlemommie said, 6 months ago

   @Ron Gee

   Thanks. Funny once you explained what lie means to golfers.
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   rmacprivate said, 6 months ago

   @Buckly34

   History has it that old Ben had a good eye for lays.
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    StoicLion said, 6 months ago

    I know Ben Franklin was a portly but was he ancestor of Mr. Weatherbee (from the Archie comics).
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    J. Short said, 6 months ago

    Tell him you’re laying 3. He’ll be impressed.
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    Digital Frog said, 6 months ago

    So, was the real reason he chopped down the cherry tree to improve his lie?
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    jmcx4 said, 6 months ago

    @Ron Gee
    Thanks for the explaination. I though he would have the caddy lie about how many strokes he took.
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    murphyspop said, 6 months ago

    This conversation with George is what inspired Ben to start conceptualizing the stimpmeter. But he got so sidetracked kibbitzing TJ on the D of I , marketing the stove, bifocals, etc., he didn’t finish the design. Amateur golfer Eddie Stimpson picked up the ball, so to speak, in 1935 and a couple of decades later golf carts replaced caddies on most golf courses (except for televised events.)
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    Perkycat said, 6 months ago

    @Ron Gee

    I’ll add my thanks. Not being a golfer, I didn’t get it.
    I thought maybe they needed the caddy to lie about the score. NOW it’s funny.
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