So,
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley was playing in a golf tournament and shot
a stunning 15
under par round to win the $1.3 billion prize! But wait!
O'Malley forgot to sign his
score card, resulting in his disqualification and loss of the
money. How galling. How utter galling to come so close only
to lose on a technicality. But golf is a gentleman's game, and
relies on the honesty and integrity of participants, so the Governor
admitted that he had just learned a very expensive lesson, and
congratulated the runner-up, and new champion Irwin R. Kramer
Like hell he did.
Instead, O'Malley had his caddy Mike Miller Jr. swear that he had
mistakenly given O'Malley a pen containing invisible ink, and the
Governor had indeed complied with the rules. Miller said he
personally handed the signed score card to tournament secretary Mary
Monahan who recorded it, and even made a Xerox copy before the ink
disappeared. Monahan produced an unreadable Xerox copy of that
Xerox copy, but PGA officials suspected it was a fabrication and asked
her to see them in the office. Ms. Monahan took it on the lam,
hiding in Mexico until things blew over.
However,
runner-up Kramer, who stood to win that $1.3 billion prize, hired famous bounty hunter Dawg to track her down, which he eventually
did. Under interrogation Monahan finally explained everything.
Her aide, Colleen A. Cassidy was responsible.
"Responsible for what?" the PGA demanded.
"For everything," Monahan answered.
"Oh, why didn't you say so, in the beginning," said the PGA,
"that's a common error in 'clerk world,' and awarded Gov.
O'Malley his money.
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