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Peter Pallotta

Very OT - A TS Eliot quote
« on: September 12, 2011, 09:48:38 PM »
I used a snippet from Eliot in another post, and an on-line friend sent me one from the chorus of Eliot's pageant play "The Rock":

And the wind shall say: “Here were decent godless people:
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls.”

There's a course up in Ontario cottage country called The Rock, designed by Nick Faldo. Apparently quite tough, though I don't think you lose balls there as much as have them ricochet off the native rocks that line the narrow fairways.

Peter


Bill_McBride

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Re: Very OT - A TS Eliot quote
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2011, 09:54:24 PM »
Is this the way the world ends, with all your balls lost?
« Last Edit: September 12, 2011, 10:01:11 PM by Bill_McBride »

Peter Pallotta

Re: Very OT - A TS Eliot quote
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2011, 09:58:34 PM »
For me it might be all my marbles, Bill. 

But to answer your question: as long as The Old Course (and Old Macdonald) are around, I think we're safe!

Peter

Colin Macqueen

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Re: Very OT - A TS Eliot quote
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2011, 10:55:37 PM »
Peter,
To tie that quote from The Rock to The Rock of Nick Faldo really rocks!

I wonder if any of this quote resonates with John Kavanaugh him being deep into tarmacadam and golf!

Cheers Colin
"Golf, thou art a gentle sprite, I owe thee much"
The Hielander

John Kavanaugh

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Re: Very OT - A TS Eliot quote
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2011, 11:09:10 PM »
God gave us two hands. One to turn the page on dead poets while the other cups our balls. I prefer to drink and text while looking at the harvest moon.

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