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What does it mean?
Hope jokes about drugs in sports by contrasting golf rules with other sports.
In plain terms
Golf allows grass-related substances unlike other sports.
What can you take from it?
Rules vary widely across sports.

Where it applies

  • discussing sports
  • making puns

Putting it to work

  • laugh at rules
  • compare sports

Questions to consider

  • Are all sports rules fair?
  • How do you judge sports?

Another view

The joke relies on a literal interpretation of being on grass.

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  3. If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

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