A priest, a doctor, and a lawyer were waiting one morning on the golf course, for a particularly slow group of golfers. The lawyer fumed, "What's with those guys? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!"
The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such inept golf!"
The priest said, "Here comes the green-keeper. Let's have a word with him."
He said, "Hello George, what's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?"
The green-keeper replied, "Oh, yes. That's a group of blind firemen. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime."
The group fell silent for a moment.
The priest said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight."
The doctor said, "Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything he can do for them."
The lawyer said, "Why can't they play at night?"
What’s so funny about this? This joke is on the long side so I won’t say too much about it. It contains no puns, no idioms and only a little bit off golf-specific vocabulary. I also want to qualify myself a bit by saying that I do not play golf, nor am I a big fan of the game. It just doesn’t suit my nature. Nevertheless I’m familiar enough with it to explain the basics. Toward the beginning of the joke the players meet the “green-keeper.” As you know, golf is supposed to be played on pristine green grass, cut to a very specific length. It’s the job of the green keeper to keep the grass cut and watered, even if it means using water meant for drinking, or washing or for crops. In Arizona where there’s a major drought going on, everything is dusty and brown except for the golf course. The title of the joke is “FORE!” which is golf terminology for LOOK OUT! - a ball could be flying your way. Note the professions of the players involved - a priest, a doctor and a lawyer. There are plenty of jokes about all three. In the original version of the joke the third player was an engineer rather than a lawyer. But I used my poetic license to change his job. I happen to think lawyers are funnier than engineers, probably meaner too. And THAT’s what’s so funny!
This joke was sent to me by Bob Wiener. The Cartoon was inspired by George Carlin
