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Post by patapin on Sept 22, 2017 8:51:51 GMT
Hello everybody, two strips I don't really understand:  Does Charlie Brown mean that, if he is not getting closer, at least, he is not growing away? Or simply that he just can't see with just one eye?  Looking at Goopgle, I found that the "break" is a kind of deviation when you putt, especially when there is water. And I guess the golf club is sophisticated because it can afford to heat the ponds, transforming them into hottubs. Or maybe I am completely wrong, what do you think? |
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Post by Dil Bert on Sept 22, 2017 13:45:48 GMT
"I'm not getting any distance" looks to be a golfing phrase. In this case it seems to mean his action is not reaching the little red-haired girl. "All the greens break toward the hot tub", based on the title of this article www.pga.com/news/golf-buzz/putts-always-break-toward-water-except-when-dont-really means that, instead of breaking toward plebeian ponds, the greens break toward a hot tub, which is kind of a luxury feature depending where in the US you are. So you were definitely on the right track. |
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Post by dancelover on Sept 22, 2017 18:58:00 GMT
What Dilbert said. In addition: 1 Charlie is sending his "wink" to her, as if it were a golf ball ... or a thrown ball, for that matter, or even a thrown hankie. But his wink is not "getting to her" (cliche' for "affecting her emotionally"), so it is not "reaching her" (similar cliche'), so therefore he is not getting "any" (or at least "sufficient') distance with his projected wink. 2 The golf club might indeed be heating the whole ponds, or a pond, but the strip suffices if the club has a single heated hot tub (which is *much* smaller than a water-hazzard pond). "Break" on a putting green means that the green is tilted, left or right, so that the putted ball will not go straight. This makes aiming the putt more difficult for the golfer, thus more competitive and interesting. But a golf club that has a hot tub within putting distance of a green (instead of in a clubhouse to help relax afterwards), is *so* sophisticated (or faux-sophisticated!) that one wonders if golf is the true purpose of this club! Dancelover Hello everybody, two strips I don't really understand: Does Charlie Brown mean that, if he is not getting closer, at least, he is not growing away? Or simply that he just can't see with just one eye? Looking at Google, I found that the "break" is a kind of deviation when you putt, especially when there is water. And I guess the golf club is sophisticated because it can afford to heat the ponds, transforming them into hottubs. Or maybe I am completely wrong, what do you think? |
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Post by patapin on Sept 23, 2017 6:58:04 GMT
Very precise and detailed answers from both of you, it's a pleasure for me to read what you write.
It's nice to discover foreign culture across a comic strip, and discussions with people from all the world.
Thank you very much.
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