Ambidextrous Golfer
Four lawyers in a law firm lived and died for their Saturday morning round
of golf. It was their favorite moment of the week. Then one of the lawyers
was transferred to an office in another city. It wasn't quite the same
without him.
A new woman lawyer joined their law firm. One day she overheard the
remaining three talking about their golf round at the coffee table.
Curious, she spoke up, "You know, I used to play on my golf team in
college and I was pretty good. Would you mind if I joined you next week?"
The three lawyers looked at each other. They were hesitant. Not one of
them wanted to say 'yes', but she had them on the spot. Finally one man
said it would be okay, but they would be starting pretty early at 6:30 am.
He figured the early Tee-Time would discourage her immediately. The woman
said this might be a problem and asked if she could possibly be up to 15
minutes late. They rolled their eyes but said this would be okay. She
smiled and said, "Good, then I'll be there either at 6:30 or 6:45."
She showed up right at 6:30 and wound up beating all three of them with an
eye-opening 2-under par round. She was a fun and pleasant person the
entire round. The guys were impressed! Back in the clubhouse they
congratulated her and happily invited her back the next week. She smiled
and said "Sure, I'll be here at 6:30 or 6:45."
The next week she again showed up at 6:30 Saturday morning. Only this
time, she played left-handed. The three lawyers were incredulous as she
still managed to beat them with an even par round despite playing with her
off-hand.
By now the guys were totally amazed, but wondered if she was
just trying to make them look bad by beating them left-handed. They
couldn't figure her out. She was again very pleasant and didn't seem to be
showing them up, but each man began to harbor a burning desire to beat
her!
In the third week they all had their game faces on. But this week she
was 15 minutes late! This had the guys irritable because each was
determined to play the best round of golf of his life to beat her. As they
waited for her, they figured her late arrival was some petty gamesmanship
on her part.
Finally she showed up. This week the lady lawyer played right-handed which
was a good thing since she narrowly beat all three of them. However she
was so gracious and so complimentary of their strong play, it was hard to
keep a grudge against her. This woman was a riddle no one could figure
out!
Back in the clubhouse she had all three guys shaking their heads at her
ability. They had a couple beers after their round which helped the
conversation loosen up.
Finally one of the men could contain his curiosity no longer. He asked her
point blank, "How do you decide if you're going to golf right-handed or
left-handed?"
The lady blushed and grinned. She said, "That's easy. When my dad taught
me to play golf, I learned I was ambidextrous. I have always had fun
switching back and forth. Then when I met my husband in college and got
married, I discovered he always sleeps in the nude.
From then on I developed a silly habit. Right before I left in the morning
for golf practice, I would pull the covers off him. If his you-know-what
was pointing to the right, I golfed right-handed; if it was pointed to the
left, I golfed left-handed" Astonished at this bizarre information, one of
the guys shot back, "But what if it's pointed straight up in the air?"
She said, "Then I'm fifteen minutes late."
