Bad day at the golf course  

      After a particularly poor game of golf, a popular
      club member skipped the clubhouse and started
      to go home. As he was walking to the parking lot
      to get his car, a policeman stopped him and
      asked, "Did you tee off on the sixteenth hole
      about twenty minutes ago?"

      "Yes," the golfer responded.

      "Did you happen to hook your ball so that it went
      over the trees and off the course?"

      "Yes, I did. How did you know?" he asked.

      "Well," said the policeman very seriously, "Your
      ball flew out onto the highway and crashed
      through a driver's windshield. The car went out
      of control, crashing into five other cars and a fire
      truck. The fire truck couldn't make it to the fire,
      and the building burned down. So, what are you
      going to do about it?"

      The golfer thought it over carefully and responded...

      "I think I'll close my stance a little bit, tighten my
      grip and lower my right thumb."