The Slice

Pat, an ardent, but really bad, golfer, hits the ball off first tee and watches as it slices to the right and disappears through an open window. "Well, that's lost." he thinks, as he gets another ball out of his bag and plays on.

On the eighth hole, a police officer walks up to Pat on the course and says, "Did you hit a golf ball through a window back there?"

Pat says, "Yes I sliced one back there."

"Well," says the police officer, "it knocked a lamp over, scaring the bejeezus out of the dog, which raced out of the house onto the highway. Trying to avoid the dog, one car rammed into a brick wall! The accident sent three people to the hospital, and it's all because of you!"

"Oh my goodness," says Pat, "is there anything I can do?"

"Yes there is," says the cop. "Try keeping your head down and close up your stance a bit."