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Do you believe in jinxing? It seems like every time a golf announcer says what a great putter a golfer is, he misses a four footer.

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Posted - September 1, 2020
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  • 53509


      Whenever I see people selling avocados, Vegemite, or mayonnaise, I like merrily wishing them a great day of sales.  I know, I'm evil, but it's well worth it.
    ~
      September 1, 2020 7:30 PM MDT
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  • 16779
    Have a great day selling PB, Randy.

    (Heh, heh, heh.)
      September 2, 2020 5:50 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    You actually watch golf? That's like watching paint dry.
      September 1, 2020 7:54 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      (four footer four-footer)

      September 1, 2020 8:21 PM MDT
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  • 11108
    No I don't think there is any real power in the word jinx but if someone believes that there is then it can be used to mess with their game or day. Cheers!
      September 1, 2020 8:28 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I don't REALLY believe it, but I frequently say or think "knock wood", just in case. 
      September 1, 2020 8:37 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Jinxing,  yeah maybe so because it often happened for me that when I had an idea to try out something new it  worked well the first time but never worked again after that.
      September 1, 2020 11:59 PM MDT
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  • 16779
    Some sports commentators do seem to have the gift of the mock, or jinx, or stink eye, or the kiss of death, call it what you will. My blood runs cold whenever Eddie McGuire tips the Crows.
      September 2, 2020 2:47 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    Golf is probably the only "sport" as boring to watch as curling.  
      September 2, 2020 6:31 AM MDT
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  • 16779
    Curling is one hell of a lot more interesting than lawn bowls. Particularly when a sweeper slips on the ice and goes arse over teakettle.
      September 2, 2020 4:41 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Much too slow to keep my attention as I'm not at all what anyone would call a sports fan.  
      September 2, 2020 8:39 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    I noticed that you and Stu were the only ones with negative comments about golf. Maybe it's a Jewish New Yorker thing.
      September 2, 2020 5:14 PM MDT
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  • 16779
    Silliest way of going for a walk that was ever invented. I'm quoting Sam Clemens, he was from Missouri and not Jewish. This Aussie agrees with him.
      September 2, 2020 5:41 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    I played for decades until my body said I no longer could. I grew up playing it.
      September 2, 2020 5:44 PM MDT
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  • 16779
    My grandfather tried to get me interested. Failed. Bro number 2 plays, as a result he inherited a family heirloom - my great-grandfather's hickory-shafted clubs, worth a fortune. He (obviously) doesn't use them.
      September 2, 2020 5:47 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I'm not a sports fan.  The only thing I watch are the Yankees when they're in the World Series and even then I don't tune in until the 7th inning.  
      September 2, 2020 8:38 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    Well, at least you are a Yankees fan. I have been one for almost 60 years.
      September 2, 2020 9:55 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    That I am. :)
      September 3, 2020 7:02 AM MDT
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  • Yes...this happens in sports all the time.  Another good example is football. I love when announcers start talking about how perfect a field goal kicker has been because usually that is followed by the kicker making an epic disaster of a kick. Happens with quarterbacks too.  "He has not thrown an interception in his last 2,467 attemp...and that pass has just been intercepted!"
      September 2, 2020 8:15 AM MDT
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  • 44608
    Yep.
      September 2, 2020 8:42 AM MDT
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