TEN MINUTES LATE

 

In a brand-new job and in a brand-new town

       A young man named George started working

A group of his fellow employees always met

       For a round of golf every Saturday morning

After finding out that George was a golfer

       He was asked if he could make the golf date

George replied that he would love to play

       But that he might well be ten minutes late

On Saturday morning he was there at ten

       He played right-handed and won the play

Next week George says that he will be there

       But he may be ten minutes late on the day

He shows up right on time and proceeded

       To play golf left-handed, and win the round

This continues for a fair number of weeks

       He may be ten minutes late on the ground

But without fail always turns up on time

       And then wins playing with either hand

The other players are getting fed up with this

       And an explanation for this they all demand

“George, every Saturday you say you may be

       Ten minutes late, but are never late to begin

“Then you play either right or left-handed”

       “And despite this” they said, “you always win?”

 “I’m superstitious so every Saturday I wake up

       I look over at my wife in the first morning light

If she sleeps on her left side, I play left-handed

       If she’s sleeping on her right side, I play right”

They absorbed this information with disbelief

      “Well,” one of the men said “tell us straight”

“What happens if she is laying on her back?”

      George replies, “Then I’m ten minutes late.”