Is anybody else not even opening the thread on the y&%*s?

[Dave Falkner]

I figure even reading that thread is bad mojo


kind of like not saying the sh word that rhymes with tank

in fact I vote that we should ask Ran to remove it!

[Brent Carlson]

y*(S and s&#!*@.  Don't want to see em, discuss em, or read about em.   

[Kalen Braley]

Lol..this is funny.

I've always wondered why golfers don't even want to talk about it.  I had the shanks bad with my irons for 2-3 years when I first started playing.  Thank goodness a handful of people gave me good tips to defeat them. 

Is talking about the yips or shanks really taboo?

[Tim Martin]

y*(S and s&#!*@.  Don't want to see em, discuss em, or read about em.  

Some say you should confront your demons. Not on this one. I`m with you guys.

[Kalen Braley]

y*(S and s&#!*@.  Don't want to see em, discuss em, or read about em.  

Some say you should confront your demons. Not on this one. I`m with you guys.

So peeps would much rather play with the shanks or yips instead of trying to fix them? I'm still not following them.

Or is this some hocus pocus thing that says if you utter its names, you shall be thusly afflicted? 

[Dan Kelly]

Here's my one-line post on that other thread:

"For those of us who are particularly suggestible, this is THE MOST DANGEROUS THREAD EVER!"

You don't want to know about some of the horrors enumerated in that thread!

[Tim Martin]

y*(S and s&#!*@.  Don't want to see em, discuss em, or read about em.  

Some say you should confront your demons. Not on this one. I`m with you guys.

So peeps would much rather play with the shanks or yips instead of trying to fix them? I'm still not following them.

Or is this some hocus pocus thing that says if you utter its names, you shall be thusly afflicted? 

Kalen-I must admit to some superstition issues so out of sight may very well be requisite for out of mind.

[Peter Pallotta]

Kalen - you sly snake in the grass, you're only posting on this thread so you can keep writing those two words! You're like a Richard Pryor routine for middle aged golfers!  (Later we'll all get wasted on Advil and lemon-flavoured Neo Citran)

P

[Kalen Braley]

Tim,

Fair enough.  I'm an anti-superstitious person probably to a fault, so I guess thats why I have trouble seeing the harm in these topics.

For the peace of the forum, I won't push these topics...at least not too much!  

[Kalen Braley]

Kalen - you sly snake in the grass, you're only posting on this thread so you can keep writing those two words! You're like a Richard Pryor routine for middle aged golfers!  (Later we'll all get wasted on Advil and lemon-flavoured Neo Citran)

P

Shall I not say shank or yip?  Just wanted to make sure I got the spelling right.

Its "shank"  and then "yip"  correct?   

[Dan Kelly]

I won't push these topics

Which topics? Yips and shanks?

[Kalen Braley]

I won't push these topics

Which topics? Yips and shanks?

Affirmative....

That would indeed be yips and shanks!!

P.S.   Still no confirmation yet though on the correct spelling.

[Dan Kelly]

P.S.   Still no confirmation yet though on the correct spelling.

One thing I know better than yips and shanks: spelling.

If I spell it that way, take it to the bank!

[Tim Martin]

I won't push these topics

Which topics? Yips and shanks?

Affirmative....

That would indeed be yips and shanks!!

P.S.   Still no confirmation yet though on the correct spelling.

I have an occasional playing partner who delights in seeing any form of the hosel rocket so that he can exclaim "shank you very much".

[Dan Kelly]

I have an occasional playing partner who delights in seeing any form of the hosel rocket so that he can exclaim "shank you very much".

Dumb Golfer Joke No. ____ ?

We should put together a book called "Dumb Golfer Jokes." We'd all get the damned thing for Christmas.

[Rick Shefchik]

I thought you guys were referring to the "Creation of  NGLA" thread...

[Dan Kelly]

I thought you guys were referring to the "Creation of  NGLA" thread...

Now, THAT'S funny!

[Bill Brightly]

Haven't even opened it, and I am ticked every time it works it way to the top...

[Steve Lang]

  face it head on
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[Bill_McBride]

Is it okay if I tell a pretty funny shank story?

One time I was playing with my beloved Uncle Joe at the ancient 9-hole Newnan (Ga.) CC.  We got to #7, which used to be #1 so the members called it "Old #1.". The hole was a medium length par 4 with a round green that was an upside down saucer, with no bunkers.  Uncle Joe had been fighting a shank a bit, I suspect because his belly was pretty round at that point.  We came to #7 and he hit a nice mid iron into that convex green and the ball wound up just off the green at the bottom of the slope.  

From there he shanked the ball at least 8 times until he had circumnavigated the green.  You can visualize this because each dreaded lateral went straight right.  

At this point in a speechless rage, he picked up the ball and walked the length of Old #1, to the clubhouse where the bar awaited.  That was it for golf that day.  

[Tim Martin]

Is it okay if I tell a pretty funny shank story?

One time I was playing with my beloved Uncle Joe at the ancient 9-hole Newnan (Ga.) CC.  We got to #7, which used to be #1 so the members called it "Old #1.". The hole was a medium length par 4 with a round green that was an upside down saucer, with no bunkers.  Uncle Joe had been fighting a shank a bit, I suspect because his belly was pretty round at that point.  We came to #7 and he hit a nice mid iron into that convex green and the ball wound up just off the green at the bottom of the slope.  

From there he shanked the ball at least 8 times until he had circumnavigated the green.  You can visualize this because each dreaded lateral went straight right.  

At this point in a speechless rage, he picked up the ball and walked the length of Old #1, to the clubhouse where the bar awaited.  That was it for golf that day.  

Besides being the greatest game in existence how many other sports/activities give you the option to head to an on site watering hole to seek solace and solve the problems of the world with like minded individuals?

[A.G._Crockett]

I don't think you can get the y**s from hearing or reading about it.  I don't even think you can get them from watching somebody who has them.  You get 'em because of a weird combo of technical, neurological, and psychological traits that create a perfect storm.  If you have that stuff, you'll get 'em whether you read or not, and if you don't, you won't.

The y**s are like getting hit by a meteorite.  You know it's possible, but it really isn't something you worry about.  And if the guy next door gets hit by one, you consider him to be an unlucky b*****d who probably deserved it anyway.

I hope none of you ever get hit by the meteorite. 

[Kalen Braley]

I don't think you can get the y**s from hearing or reading about it.  I don't even think you can get them from watching somebody who has them.  You get 'em because of a weird combo of technical, neurological, and psychological traits that create a perfect storm.  If you have that stuff, you'll get 'em whether you read or not, and if you don't, you won't.

The y**s are like getting hit by a meteorite.  You know it's possible, but it really isn't something you worry about.  And if the guy next door gets hit by one, you consider him to be an unlucky b*****d who probably deserved it anyway.

I hope none of you ever get hit by the meteorite. 

Amen Brother Crockett,

I was just thinking the big man has afflicted me with more than enough challenges to "test" me for an entire lifetime.  I won't be needing any yips on top of that!!! 

[Andy Hughes]

I thought you guys were referring to the "Creation of  NGLA" thread...

Rick, I suspect you are kidding but I truly did think that!

[Bill Gayne]

I just posted the secret to it all on the other thread. You just need to take a look to find out.