Thursday, December 10, 2009

10 Tips - What Timing



Golf Digest (The #1 Golf Publication, according to themselves), has just shipped its Jan. 2010 issue. The lead story and cover photo are titled "10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger". Talk about the worst timing for a lead story in the history of magazine publishing .....

There are two articles inside - tips from Tiger to Obama, and tips from Obama to Tiger. These are like a top 10 list, put together by writers and other golf related pros (Tiger and Obama had no part in the writing of the stories). Obviously, this was written before Tiger's current difficulties came to light.

Here are the very boring lists (after all, it is a golf magazine):

Tiger to Obama

1) The Quick Recovery
2) The Cold Ferocity
3) How to Step on Their Necks
4) The Trouble With Compromise
5) The Value of a Few 'Majors'
6) Controlling the Message - and Spending
7) The Swing Change
8) Clothes the Deal
9) You've Got to Deliver
10) The Danger of Looking Ridiculous


Obama to Tiger
1) Lighten Up
2) The Art of Grace
3) Crush Your Foes, Not Your Fans
4) Save Some for the Losers
5) Dial it Back a Little
6) Less Robot, More Warmth
7) At Least Look Like You're Having Fun
8) Sharing a Personal Moment
9) A Trio of Essential Moves
10) Keep Your Day Job


Now some of those titles ... I could write paragraph upon paragraph to explain what these SHOULD mean, but what the magazine prints is pretty bland.....

The current situation with Tiger, combined with this incredibly ill-timed cover, just begs for parody. I would bet that every late night comedian is going to put out their own '10' lists to capitalize on this. I would imagine that Leno's will be the best, you might want to Tevo it tonight.

I challenge my many millions of readers out there ....

Send me some entries for your top ten lists - Obama to Tiger, Tiger to Obama. I don't care how racy or ludicrous they are. I will publish the results here, and the two I deem to be the best will forever be honored in the VoodooWarrior Blog Hall of Fame.

It might even qualify you for a Nobel Peace Prize - God knows you will have done more to earn it than Obama did ....

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