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On the ball...

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GROAN!!!

At 02:25 PM 3/10/00 -0800, Jim wrote:

>   Where did the phrase "get on the ball" come from.
>   It seems this guy was playing golf one time when his ball landed on top
>of an ant hill.  He addressed the ball, took a swing, and missed.  Oh well,
>there goes 100 ants.  Not being a very good player he swung and missed
>again.  There goes another 100 ants.
>Finally one ant (probably Z) said to the other ants "We have got to get on
>the ball:-)
>Jim allAn zone 5 New York State
>Northeastern USA.


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