Misplaced Patriotism

07/04/02 | stylin19a

[stylin19a]

If this is in the wrong place, please adios it.

I just got off the golf course with my son & bro-in-law.
Scores didn't matter. Being with these fine people was enough.
The golf course, in the spirit of Independence Day, had U.S.A. flags on all 18 flagsticks.
Seems ok on the surface.
When you pull the flagstick to putt, you normally put it on the ground, out of the way.
Not today. Not by us three.
However, not all golfers today had that awareness. I told the guy in the clubhouse my concern, and he looked at me like I had two heads. Is the 4th of July just another day off from work?

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Are you saying that people were putting the flags on the ground? How sad!

[JZoback]

Do you actually think people even know it's against the flag protocol to lay it on the ground?

I mean media whores like Britany Spears, Madonna and a host of other entertainment sleaze bags wear it as clothing.

Can you blame the golf course to actually think about flag protocol. Nobody else does.

BTW, I think it was in poor taste for the golf course in the first place to put flags on the flagsticks

[jdege]

I always thought it was a sign of poor etiquette to lay the pin on the ground, whether or not it had a flag on it.