A round of guff

Wife: "Why is it that John doesn't call to play golf with you any more?" Husband: "Would you want to play with a whingeing, club…

Wife: "Why is it that John doesn't call to play golf with you any more?" Husband: "Would you want to play with a whingeing, club-throwing boor, who casts himself as a perennial victim of unkind bounces of the ball?" Wife: "Certainly not." Husband: "Well, neither does John."

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