Kreyling Korner – Week #11 – 7-03-14

THE LIPSMACKER MATCH OF THE WEEK

Tomorrow we honor the United States of America’s declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776. On that date our forefathers “held these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Tomorrow we honor our forefathers and celebrate our freedom as a nation. Tonight we honor the forefathers of this league as only we know how….with a MOW.

Allen “Cletus” Bloomhuff takes on Mike “Big Donkey” Harris. I’m not exactly sure how long each of these men has been associated with the GCCGL, but I do know it’s been a long time. Championships, controversies, beer consumption – each page of the GCCGL history books has the finger prints of the Cletus and the Donkey. Tonight we salute you two! Have fun…and make us proud.

THE KREYLING KORNER

I had a revelation last week. I’ll leave names out of this story to protect the innocent – but I was stopped in the hallway and walked to the office of a new employee for an introduction. I was under the assumption that I was being introduced to this nice man because we would be working together. However, after we exchanged names he said, “I understand you are a co-commissioner of the golf league. I heard it takes like 10 years to get into the golf league.”

My revelation was two-fold: 1.) I’m better known around General Cable as co-commissioner of the golf league than for my ACTUAL job and 2.) the GCCGL is like a secret society. Seriously – 10 years to get in the league? I’m sure 10 years was a stretch, but this man was told the GCCGL was hard to get into.

You know what other club was hard to get into…fight club. And they had rules. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the rules of the GCCGL.

1^st Rule: You do not talk about the GCCGL.

2^nd Rule: You do not talk about the GC….ahhhh who am I kidding, that’s all we talk about.

3^rd Rule: Ed Petryk cannot sub for you. Despite his attendance percentage, he is a full-time member.

4^th Rule: George Remington is better than you…just ask him.

5^th Rule: do not touch the limited edition, authentic, Harry Potter replica wand in Nick Duer’s golf bag…he thinks it brings him luck.

6^th Rule: despite what the spreadsheets say, Chris Meyer really is a 2 handicap.

7^th Rule: If you hear someone yell “FOUR” – hide behind George Almeida.

8^th Rule: No matter how well you play, or how bad you play, your handicap will not change.