ARE YOU A HORSESHOE GIVER OR A HORSESHOE TAKER
Do you volunteer to keep
score? If so, you are
a horseshoe giver; if not, a horseshoe taker who expects everyone to jump up
and keep score for you.
Do you help around the
courts? If so, you are
a horseshoe giver; if not, a horseshoe taker.
Do you play for just your own
benefit? If so, your’re a horseshoe taker; if not, a horseshoe giver.
Do you win a tournament and
make sure everyone knows about it, and when you lose, tells nobody? If so, you are a horseshoe taker. A horseshoe giver tells all results of a
tournament. A horseshoe giver is a
promoter of horseshoe pitching.
Do you show up at a
tournament an hour before you play?
After the tournament do you leave immediately? If so, you are a horseshoe taker. If you arrive at a big tournament, such as
the World or
They say a horseshoe giver is
a nice person. One day someone said to
me, “You know, nice people don’t win!” I
disagree. When someone comes up to a nice
person, gives them a big smile, ahearty hand shake, a
pat on the back and wishes them well, that NICE person has just won!
Submitted by Boyd Stonerock, Lucky Shoe Pro Shop