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Non-Fiction
Monkey's Kiss
By Talisker
26 April 2007
Just a little rant.  To get it off one's chesticles.


Golf.  A fine game played by bum-holes. 


You heard right – bum-holes. 

Dressed in clown attire, with Millennium Dome sizes egos, driving around like the bloody banana-splits in their little clown cars.  They think they own the whole of Christendom and beyond, on which to whack their little white balls.  They think that nothing, and I mean nothing, zilch, nada…matters more than their golf handicaps – not even the social and mental handicaps which seem to plague this peculiar sect.

Today I was walking my rat-catchers on the public psychopath which runs along the side of my local outdoor bagatelle meadow when I had the temerity, nay audacity, to…wait for it dear reader…to call my dog! 

Well!  I happened to catch the gaze of this elderly buffoon on the seventh tee, driver raised ominously, frozen in time, like one of those illustrations in a gowf manual about “how not to do it”, and though his wicked body was twisted grotesquely in order to scowl at me in mid swing, it was his non-tellurian visogue which left the lasting and disturbing impression.

To say that his face resembled a bulldog chewing a piss-dipped wasp in lime juice, would elicit complaints from lovers of that breed of canine.  To say that he resembled a ruddy-faced, grey-haired, painfully-constipated gargoyle, would be doing a disservice to those cute, gothic embellishments.  I mumbled an apology (WHY???) like the motor reflex response to a whacked knee.  He “humphed”, he snorted, he relined his stance and aim, he whacked the mini-missile… way over the out-of –bounds fence!

Dear reader.  I laughed – and the laugh took root.  I guffawed – and the guffaw flowered into a massive display of colourful, uncontrollable mirth. 

I’m sure I actually saw steam spurt from his ears and nostrils as he left the tee, having played his third, a vicious slice into the heavy rough.  I went on with a song in my heart and a smile on my angelic countenance.

“Monkey’s kiss”, I whispered, through a chuckle, under my breath, “makes you miss”.


Oli 26/04/07

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Written by Witzl (1585 comments posted) 26th April 2007
For some reason, as I read this I could hear it being spoken in a rather posh Southern accent -- Virginian, perhaps. It is written in such an ornate, deliberately over-the-top style, it really reminds me of a tall tale, but a very astutely done one. Your description of the golfer's expression made me laugh. I apologize for things that aren't my fault too, almost instinctively; God knows why.  
 
Funny rant. I don't have much time for golfers myself...it's too much of a rich man's sport requiring fine clothes, expensive equipment and an exclusive attitude.

Written by Phil (6851 comments posted) 26th April 2007
Never understood the attraction, although I have to confess I have an automatic dislike of any sport that's played by Telegraph/Daily Mail reading men who want to bring back the birch, think the BNP aren't a racist bunch and name a poor score after a nasal nugget. You should train your dog to snaffle their balls. 
 
Good for you. 
 
Phil.

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3457 comments posted) 26th April 2007
I think Phil meant their golf balls, Oli but don't let that stop you if you're determined.  
Mind I wouldn't be surprised if when your'e a famous poet you'll be there playing a round with Heaney or Motion in your Pringle sweater....No? OK. 
cheers 
Jane

Written by Lizzy (824 comments posted) 26th April 2007
Lots of nice phrases here, particularly like 
Dear reader. I laughed – and the laugh took root. I guffawed – and the guffaw flowered into a massive display of colourful, uncontrollable mirth.  
 
You managed in quite a short piece to lampoon very effectively these 'bastions of the ruling class'. 
Good one. 
Lizzy

Written by Janie (265 comments posted) 28th April 2007
great stuff!! :grin really made me laugh...especially this.. 
 
To say that his face resembled a bulldog chewing a piss-dipped wasp in lime juice 
 
and this 
 
I went on with a song in my heart and a smile on my angelic countenance. 
 
very dry!

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