Tight Lines.

[Dave3498]

Fishermen wish good luck to eachother by sayin 'tight lines,' thespians say 'break a leg,' is there a saying for golfers?

Any suggestions?

 

[madandra]

Break a 'dog' leg ???

 

[MVP]

Tight Lies

 

[stevelockie]

Break a tee

 

[MVP]

Hurry up cos the women are catching us up!

 

[Gasp]

May the wind be always behind your balls

 

[birdieman]

I had a pal at school whose advice before every shot was simply 'Slog the bitch'!
Would that do?

 

[Parmo]

I can imagine 70 odd year old men on the course saying to each other before teeing off "smack your b**ch up" lol

 

[John_Findlay]

"Have a good game" is the standard line

......but if you're using a bit of sportsmanship and trying to guarantee your opponent missing the fairway then I always find that the words

"Come on now, give this one a good skelp!"

invariably has the desired effect.

 

[Ulsterman1930]

On the 1st. Tee: PLAY WELL
Final Green: THANKS FOR THE GAME.

 

[madandra]

..... 'Slog the bitch'

Birdieman, is that not a proposal of marriage up the in Dundee-shire.

 

[madandra]

A guy said to me on the 1st tee


'I hope you come in second'

I was nae where ... but neither was he.

 

[USER1999]

'Have a good game' works for me.

 

[Toad]

Have a good one watch it's out of bounds on the left. This is what my so called friend says every week.

 

[Dave3498]

Well, we haven't come up with anything as good as the anglers or the actors. I favour Ulsterman's standard lines, but add the words 'be lucky', luck being just as valuable as skill. Or is it? There's another deep philosophical question.

 

[shanker]

Fishermen wish good luck to eachother by sayin 'tight lines,' thespians say 'break a leg,' is there a saying for golfers?

Any suggestions?

I used to hate it when I was lining up an eight-foot putt and a partner (South African) would say, ''Get it close, mate.''.
BTW. Why do the thespians say, ''break a leg''?

 

[Dave3498]

BTW. Why do the thespians say, ''break a leg''?

I've no idea, but I'll bet AliB does.

 

[viscount17]

break a leg - Theatrical types are well-known for their belief in superstitions, or at least for their willingness to make a show of pretending to believe them. The term 'break a leg' appears to come from the belief that one ought not to utter the words 'good luck' to an actor. By wishing someone bad luck, it is supposed that the opposite will occur. Other superstitions are that it is bad luck to whistle in a theatre, to say the final line of a play during dress rehearsal, or to say the name of 'the Scottish Play' in a theatre's green room.
for more info http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/break-a-leg.html

 

[Dave3498]

Thanks for that Viscount17.

 

[shanker]

break a leg - Theatrical types are well-known for their belief in superstitions, or at least for their willingness to make a show of pretending to believe them. The term 'break a leg' appears to come from the belief that one ought not to utter the words 'good luck' to an actor. By wishing someone bad luck, it is supposed that the opposite will occur. Other superstitions are that it is bad luck to whistle in a theatre, to say the final line of a play during dress rehearsal, or to say the name of 'the Scottish Play' in a theatre's green room.
for more info http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/break-a-leg.html

I like the ''Scottish Play'' tradition. The famous victim shares my surname.