BUTTERCUPS . . . > > > >Toward the end of the golf course, Dave somehow managed to hit his ball > >into > >the woods finding it in a patch of pretty yellow buttercups. Trying to > get > >his ball back in play, he ended up thrashing just about every buttercup > in > >the patch. > > > >All of a sudden . . . POOF! In a flash and puff of smoke, a little old > >woman appeared. > > > >She said, "I'm Mother Nature! Do you know how long it took me to make > >those buttercups? Just for that, you won't have any butter for your > >popcorn the rest of your life; better still; you won't have any butter > >for your toast for the rest of your life ... as a matter of fact, you > >won't have any butter for anything the rest of your life!" > > > >THEN POOF! ... she was gone. > > > >After Dave got a hold of himself, he hollered for his friend Fred. > >"Fred, > >where are you?" > > > >Fred yells back, "I'm over here, in the Pussywillows." > > > >Dave yells back...... > > > > > >"DON'T SWING FRED!!! For God's sake, DON'T SWING > >