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failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only ... Ladies Forbidden"... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

is that true???
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  • Jerome TurnerJerome Turner Posts: 123
    ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm no.
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Apparently not: :eek: (I don't know why I'm putting an 'eek' face. I never even thought about it. I care so little about golf). :)

    http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_golfword.htm
  • roarroar Posts: 1,116
    http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.asp
  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    no. mary queen of scots was a huge early proponent of golf.
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Partly...............it is an old Scottish saying as years ago golf clubs did not allow women players.They were all men only clubs.There are still some clubs that are men only and the women that are in the mixed clubs have to have their request for membership agreed by the golf club commitee,made up of men.
    The acronym is just lucky I guess that it fits with the elitist sport.
    Not a golfer :D,worked with a woman who was.She was refused entry to her local club so set up her own womens only club.
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    ah, the good old days when there were places men could go to get away from the nonstop chatter of the female gender without getting sued...
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    soulsinging wrote:
    ah, the good old days when there were places men could go to get away from the nonstop chatter of the female gender without getting sued...


    All men want the chance to wear diamond pattern socks,plus fours,tartan bunnets and drink pims without the women folk pissing themselves laughing at them.:D
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    stargirl69 wrote:
    All men want the chance to wear diamond pattern socks,plus fours,tartan bunnets and drink pims without the women folk pissing themselves laughing at them.:D

    you're close. all honkies want the chance to dress like black pimps and feel cool without having anyone around to remind them how ridiculous they look ;)
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    soulsinging wrote:
    you're close. all honkies want the chance to dress like black pimps and feel cool without having anyone around to remind them how ridiculous they look ;)



    Touche :D
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  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    nevermind
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I saw a men only pub in Glasgow last year... That surely has to be illegal right? Then again, it wasn't in the kind of place that anyone would argue about equality and certainly not the kind of place a woman should go :D Not unless they like barfights and old firm match stabbings.
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I saw a men only pub in Glasgow last year... That surely has to be illegal right? Then again, it wasn't in the kind of place that anyone would argue about equality and certainly not the kind of place a woman should go :D Not unless they like barfights and old firm match stabbings.

    I think it's prolly more about status and common interests nowadays. Like you said, I think it's probably illegal now. :)
  • Medicated-GeniusMedicated-Genius Posts: 359
    failedpersephone wrote:
    years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only ... Ladies Forbidden"... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

    is that true???



    Some call it whackfuck over here. You whack the ball, watch where it goes, and shout fuck!
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I saw a men only pub in Glasgow last year... That surely has to be illegal right? Then again, it wasn't in the kind of place that anyone would argue about equality and certainly not the kind of place a woman should go :D Not unless they like barfights and old firm match stabbings.
    I went into one in Wales a few years ago... went to the bar and asked for whatever and he pointed to the sign :eek: It's just too pathetic a thing to actually get annoyed about... for a few minutes I kinda stood there in shock like 'what the fuck' and 'is that even legal?' and shit like that but they were just looking at me like 'do you not think we see this several times a day? Now just leave' I really couldn't believe it, never seen anything like it in my life... it was just full of old men though.
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  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Wh have working mens clubs over here but they are no longer exclusive to men, anyone is welcome as long as they are a member or signed in by a member.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I saw a men only pub in Glasgow last year... That surely has to be illegal right? Then again, it wasn't in the kind of place that anyone would argue about equality and certainly not the kind of place a woman should go :D Not unless they like barfights and old firm match stabbings.


    women have shops that sell handbags and we have pubs... :)

    i was banned from entering a breastfeeding group... surely thats illegal? also i cant ever become a nun? the church promotes inequality!!!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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