Comments on: Golf Widows (Feb, 1946)

By: Charlene

Charlene — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:58:08 +0000

Quite true, Eamonn. This was more of an early pager than an early cellphone, and I suspect there are doctors (especially surgeons) who would have paid a caddy to haul this around.

By: Eamonn

Eamonn — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:20:27 +0000

I don’t know about wives but I could see this being useful for certain professions, like doctors, cops, and high-ranking military who can go play golf but need to stay in contact.

By: MrG

MrG — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:28:36 +0000

Some folks call a cellphone an “electronic ball & chain”. In some contexts it ends up being a voluntary equivalent of a wireless ankle bracelet. MrG http://www.vectorsite.net/gblog.html

By: John M. Hanna

John M. Hanna — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:03:22 +0000

For the wife who wants a totalitarian marriage.

By: fred

fred — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:28:06 +0000

his wife is probably calling him home so she can wash his balls

By: Eliyahu

Eliyahu — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:36:23 +0000

Just what every golfer wants… another distraction on the course. There are few things more frustrating in the game than to have someone’s cell phone erupt right in the middle of a swing. Anyone who can’t survive being out of immediate contact for a whole four hours needs to find himself something else to do.

By: x

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:15:36 +0000

Widow
Informal. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.

By: docca

docca — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:09:56 +0000

Golf Widows???

Is the radio able to talk to the dead?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:39:47 +0000

Thundercat, my thoughts exactly.

By: Thundercat

Thundercat — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:35:43 +0000

Didn’t anyone think that the reason they golf is to get away from the wives?

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:54:19 +0000

Why are they golfing in the dark?

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:13:35 +0000

They need a separate caddy for the radio…