I have a feeling that the guy featured in this video clip heard, “You are a very lucky bastard” from his friends quite a few times after this incident wouldn’t you say?  He also probably hugged the tree a couple of times.

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Some of us are lucky to get an ace once in our life.  Ok, who am I kidding?  I’d be lucky just to get a birdie once or twice.  Well, don’t tell that to Barry, a 16 year old lucky-bastard-Brit, who this past week got not one, but two holes-in-one with his lucky number 7 club.  Now, it wasn’t on the same day (that would be amazing) but it was within one week which is pretty good considering the fact that he has a 24 handicap and has only been playing golf for 4 years.

I never thought I would get a hole in one in my golfing career, let alone two in such a short space of time.

Yeah, rub it in will you?

The downside to getting two holes-in-one?  According to Chris, “I had to buy a few drinks in the club-house as that is tradition, so it did cost me, but it was worth it.”  Enjoy your drinks and your two holes-in-one you lucky bastard.  It’s all downhere from here.

Meet Officer John Carpenter from Bethel, Pennsylvania.  Officer Carpenter is a lucky bastard.  John was at work on Wednesday July 23, hanging out at the firestation talking to the boys about some strong thunderstorms moving through the area.  About that time, Officer Carpenter felt a jolt,which he said was, “worse than a Taser shot.”

Good call, John.  Good call.

That jolt was a bolt of lightning that knocked him to the ground unconscious.  It also apparently fried his radio and damaged the garage door that it hit.  Well, at least he was in the right place and his friends rushed him to the hospital.  The hospital checked him outand gave him the clean bill of health.

“I feel extremely lucky,” Carpenter said. “I’m going to go play the lottery.”

You should do that John, because you my friend, are a very lucky bastard.

I don’t follow the Tour de France that much. Why not you ask? Well, because I’m not French.  But a Tour De French cyclist,  John-Lee Augustyn, is our first official lucky sports bastard.  You see during the 16th stage of the Tour De France, John Lee was really focused on the pedaling aspect of the event and forgot about the fact that he was also in charge of the steering portion.  This forgetfulness resulted in John Lee hurling himself off the road and down the side of a 164 foot “hill” (in the U.S. we call that a mountain).  In John’s words:

Just before I went over the side, I thought: ‘Shit, I’m going to break something again and it’s going to be terrible

It wasn’t terrible.  In fact, John-Lee ended up finishing only 5 minutes behind the leader and in 35th place which I guess after sailing off a mountain top isn’t so bad.  He did need a new bike though.  In his own words, “I was lucky enough to get away with no injuries.”  Your right John-Lee, which is why you are our official first lucky sports bastard.  Congratulations.

Is there a video of this?  You bet. I wouldn’t have made this post without it.  Enjoy it you lucky bastards.

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You know this bastard is lucky, because if it had been anyone else (and any less drunk) it would have turned out much differently.

*heads up, the camera guy gets pretty excited if you have any kids nearby…grab some earmuffs*

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