TIDBITS 10/12/03

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Kolven

Holland. A frozen lake. At one end ... a pole. At the other end
.... another pole. A ball the size of a grapefruit. Weight: 2
pounds. A club. Purpose of the game ... hit the opponents pole
.... hitting the ball with the club ... using the minimum
number of strokes. The name of the club used: A Kolf. The players
would presumably be called Kolfers. Yessiree ladies and gennulmen.
This medieval Dutch pastime was the early forerunner of the game of
golf.

Of course ... there are those who would say that the origin of
golf was a Chinese game called Chiuwan dating back to roughly A.D.
943 during the Sung Dynasty. Personally ... I like the Dutch version.


By the fourteenth century ... golf had migrated to Britain where it
was first sorely disapproved of because it often interfered with
archery practice needed for civil defense. However ... it wasn't long
before it became Scotland's national sport. Which brings us to the
military before it brings us to the jeweler.

Year: Unknown. The troops are at the firing lines. The commander of
the troops yells: 'Ware Before! What this means is that the first line
troops might find it prudent to kneel in order to avoid having their
heads blown off by the second line troops. Eventually ... in the
interest of economy ... 'Ware Before was shortened to just plain
"Fore" which then ... by some mysterious route known only by the
world's intelligencia ... segued to the world of golf. Fore! ... which
means duck lest the fool behind you slices the ball and knocks your
block off.

Then there's the folklore which also comes before the jeweler. Never
clean your ball once the game is in play. Never change clubs once
you've removed the one you've chosen from the bag ... for if you do
you will muff your shot. And then there's the folklorish statement
supposedly uttered by Ulysses S. Grant who said ... and I paraphrase:
That looks like good exercise ... but what's the little ball for. A
man after me own heart ... as I tend to be more of a Tenniser than a
Golfer.

And so now that you've all learned all you ever wanted to know about
golf and maybe even more than you ever wanted to know ... I bring you
to our diamond pavé golf brooch. It's a golfer in full swing ... pavé
with diamonds and set with calibré rubies. Value is around $1200.00.
Go take a look. He almost looks alive.


For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will scroll
down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Tidbits
Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Golfer ... where
you'll see an imageof aforementioned brooch.

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

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