THE GOLF BALL MISSILE
I read about Mathieu Boya, who was practicing his golf swing in a pasture adjacent to the Benin Air Base (Benin, Africa). He accidentally destroyed his country’s entire air force! With one swing of the golf club, Boya set off an unbelievable series of events. The shot, “a glorious slice” it was called, hit a bird, which in turn dropped onto the windshield of a trainer jet whose pilot was taxiing into position for takeoff. The pilot lost control of his plane and plowed into four shiny Mirage Jets, totally demolishing the entire air force of Benin. Boya was jailed immediately for “hooliganism,” and his attorney says he has no chance of winning a trial. Meanwhile, the country has no money in its treasury and wants Boya to pay $40 million to replace the jets out of his pocket. Boya makes $275 per year and figures it will take 145,000 years to pay off his debt to society. Few golfers…
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