Brevity by Dan Thompson for November 28, 2012

The “lie” refers to where the golf ball is situated on the green with regards to the slopes and undulations between the ball and the hole. George is saying that he has a hard time “reading the green” (i.e., knowing which way the ball will turn on the way to the hole), which is why he has a caddie around, so the caddie can read it for him and tell him the lie.

Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy and see well his lies.

Ole Ben Franklin can sure tell a lie though! It doesn’t get funnier everytime…..

I know Ben Franklin was a portly but was he ancestor of Mr. Weatherbee (from the Archie comics).

Tell him you’re laying 3. He’ll be impressed.

So, was the real reason he chopped down the cherry tree to improve his lie?

@Ron GeeThanks for the explaination. I though he would have the caddy lie about how many strokes he took.

This conversation with George is what inspired Ben to start conceptualizing the stimpmeter. But he got so sidetracked kibbitzing TJ on the D of I , marketing the stove, bifocals, etc., he didn’t finish the design. Amateur golfer Eddie Stimpson picked up the ball, so to speak, in 1935 and a couple of decades later golf carts replaced caddies on most golf courses (except for televised events.)

Odd cartooning error – their clothing isn’t nearly funny enough for a golf course.

That, and golfers are known for embellishing their “accomplishments” on the course.

Ben had 20 illegitimate children. Hence the name lightning rod This cartoon is an excellent pun on “lie.”