Posted on 01/13/2018 6:49:12 PM PST by Kaslin
"Golf is a good walk spoiled," American author Mark Twain is credited as saying. Golf, a game as beautiful as it is frustrating, is played daily by thousands of men and women. Time and time again, a good golf round is ruined by slow play, a call from a spouse demanding their loved one home, or inclement weather. But for one Hawaiian man, absolutely nothing could get in the way of finishing his round, not even a potential ballistic missile strike.
Alohi Gardner of Honolulu, Hawaii tweeted a video taken by her father, right after the entire state received a mass emergency notification warning the population to seek shelter.
"If you are watching this video, that means I didn't make it. Because of the missile that's coming towards Hawaii. I just parred the last hole. And I just hit the schiznick out of my ball," the man says to his smartphone.
"So, I love you all but I'm playing golf. This is the last thing I'm going to see," he says as he pans the camera to show a gorgeous golf course in Hawaii.
My father will live and die golfing. #missile #hawaii pic.twitter.com/BT4cPvwt1O— Alohi Gardner (@GardnerAlohi) January 13, 2018
The text message her father received read, "Emergency Alert: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL." While he took it in stride, many others were understandably worried and panicked, heeding the text's advice.
But, as the legendary golfer Bobby Jones said regarding the challenges of the sport, "Of all the hazards, fear is the worst." It would appear the only fear Alohi's father had was that he would not be able to make it to his ball for his next shot before the missile hit.
For me, I would like to die during a hike in the woods with a trusted dog at my heels.
But many years from now please. I would like to still have many hikes ahead of me.
Better way to go than sitting in a closest while wetting your pants and crying.
How soon til the caddyshack pic?
Honolulu, Hawaii Golf Course Greens Fee = $85
Golfing into Eternity = PRICELESS!
You never know... that next shot could be the best you ever hit. May as well take the shot if you can.
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
At first I thought it was about Obama.
That Pious Priest gets struck by
Lighting after cursing!
LOL! Thanks for that!
Is that like a kerfuffle?
Think about it. If your town got hit by a missile, what difference would it make whether you’re hiding in a flimsy little closet or on the golf course?
This man has true grit and sized up the odds. If I lived in Hawaii and played on those idyllic greens, I’d make the same choice. What a way to go!
I want to die an honorable death in battle like a true Klingon.
Then there’s gonna be that cute coworker you’ve always had an eye on...
And 30 minutes later a really awkward apology!
Why not? It’s not as if anybody could hide. Go out swinging.
For me, it would be dying while I’m doing my wife.
It’s like a stuned beeber.
Probably not so great for her, however...
A fate “enjoyed” by Bing Crosby.
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