A man goes to the confessional and says, "Forgive me Father for I have sinned"

"What is your sin, my child?" the priest asks back.

"Well," the man starts, "I used some horrible language this week and I feel
absolutely terrible."

"When did you use this awful language?" said the priest.

"I was golfing and hit an incredible drive that looked like it was going to
go over 250 yards, but it struck a phone line hanging over the fairway and
fell straight down to the ground after going only about 100 yards."

"Is that when you swore?"

"No, Father," said the man. "After that, a squirrel ran out of the bushes
and grabbed the ball in his mouth and began to run away."

"Is that when you swore?" asked the Father again.

"Well, no," said the man, "You see, as the squirrel was running, an eagle
came down out of the sky, grabbed the squirrel in his talons and flew away!"

"Is THAT When you swore?" asked the amazed priest.

"No, not yet." the man replied. "As the eagle carried the squirrel away in
his claws, it flew towards the green. As it passed over a bit of forest
near the green, the squirrel dropped my ball."

"Did you swear THEN?" asked the now impatient priest.

"No, because as the ball fell it struck a tree, bounced through some
bushes, careened off a big rock, rolled through a sand trap onto the green
and stopped within six inches of the hole."

Sighing and nodding his head the priest said, "You missed the damm putt....
didn't you?"