Making a living in India
A Hollywood director was making a film in India. For the film, he needed to have clear blue skies, so the weather conditions were very important to him. One evening, after filming all day he saw a very old man, sitting with his legs crossed on the ground.
"It's going to rain for three days. On the fourth day, the sun will shine again," the ancient man said wisely.
The next day it rained heavily and there was no filming that day or for three days afterwards. On the morning of the fourth day, as the old man predicted, the sun was shining down and conditions were perfect for filming.
That evening, when the director was walking past, the old man said "There's going to be a big storm tomorrow".
Sure, enough, the next day there was a big storm, just as the man said.
After a week of making perfect predictions, the director decided to use the old man's wisdom and pay him to work as a weather man for the film crew. The old man agreed to tell the director what the weather was likely to do.
This worked very well for the next few weeks of filming. Every day the old man told the director what the weather would be the next day, and the director paid him well for the valuable information.
One day, however, the old man failed to arrive on the set. The next day the director sent for him and said, "Your predictions are very important to me and to my work. I'm shooting a big scene tomorrow and I have to know what the weather is going to be like".
The old man shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry" he said "I can't help you today. My radio's broken".
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GOLF FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
-125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass.
-The longest drive ever is 515 yards. The longest putt ever is a monstrous 375 feet.
-Phil Mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually right handed. He learned to play golf by mirroring his father's golf swing, and he has used left handed golf clubs ever since.
-Tiger Woods snagged his first ace at the tender age of eight years old.
-The driver swing speed of an average lady golfer is 62mph; 96mph for an average LPGA professional; 84mph for an average male golfer; 108mph for an average PGA Tour player; 130mph for Tiger Woods; 148-152mph for a national long drive champion.
-Golf was banned in Scotland from 1457 to 1502 to ensure citizens wouldn't waste time when preparing for an English invasion.
-The term birdie comes from an American named Ab Smith. While playing 1899, he played what he described as a "bird of a shot", which became "birdie" over time.
-Don't feel bad about your high handicap. 80% of all golfers will never achieve a handicap of less than 18.
