Morris had been playing golf for years and he had the finest golfing equipment, but his technique never improved a bit.

As his friend watched, he teed up at the first hole and promptly drove a brand-new ball into the woods. On the second hole, he drove another new ball into a lake. On the third, he lost a new ball in another part of the woods.

“Why don’t you use an old ball?” his friend Sam asked.

“I’ve never had an old ball,” Morris said.

- hat tip to Friend of the GolfBlogger D.F.C.

A hilarious video:

and the “Making of”

Here’s the latest from Ben Crane, about his lost love—gymnasics. There’s also a charity element here: For every 100,000 views, Farmers will donate $1000 to charity on behalf of Ben Crane up to $5000.

Thanks to reader Martin for the tip.

2012 has arrived. Here’s hoping the Mayans were wrong. I haven’t been to Scotland yet.

Google Maps can give you directions from anywhere to anywhere. If you type The Shire as your starting location and Mordor as the end, this is what you get:

Interestingly, The Shire seems to be a golf course in the north of England:

And Mordor turns out to be a bar called The Intrepid Fox in the heart of London.

This extra large golf ball (billiard ball sized) unscrews to produce an emergency raincoat. Another gift from Santa.

Santa brought me a pair of these. St. Nick took the blame because no one else in the room was willing to admit to buying them.