Ella’s great idea – A new job for Granny!

The youngsters talked to their grandparents on the webcam the other day. Granny showed them a set of new plastic golf clubs that she had waiting for them, much to their delight. Now the kids are golf enthusiasts because they get to take golf lessons every year at the EBB golf course, with a bunch of other middle class and rich kids from the area. They enjoy the comforts of a Club House (with satellite tv!), soda on occasion at the Club House bar, and people who retrieve and gather up the golf balls that the kids have knocked around.

In Ugandan English “pick” is used the same as “get” in American English. Sometimes we use Ugandan English but with an American accent. Yeah, it’s weird.

So Ella has given these poor young fellows the label of “Ball Pickers.” Nice. I can barely keep a straight face when she matter of factly discusses The Ball Pickers and I think of these, sometimes rather shiftless lot of young men, standing around, um, picking balls.
Ella started pondering (out loud of course) golfing at Grannie’s. Her and Frankie will have the golf clubs. Her and Frankie will have three golf balls. All good. But who will keep fetching those three golf balls for them? There will be no Ball Pickers at Grannies (thank God!). Shorty, Granny’s Corgi, would just run off with them, so he wouldn’t work. Hmmm. Moment of contemplation, then the “aha” moment and she states matter of factly, “Granny can get the balls for us.” Ha ha!! Case closed. Granny’s going to be a Ball Picker next summer. The thoughts of Granny running around the 3 acre front field repeatedly “picking” the three golf balls for her pampered EBB grandchildren is funny enough – but at least it’s not Grandpa!! Grandpa standing around picking balls? NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Of course, after this old picture that I found, Granny just might be game for it! She made a pretty good horse holder for our photo shoot, in her awesome umbrella hat, so why not fetching golf balls for her grandchildren? Sort of a jack-of-all-trades, our Granny ;)