As for those that go on about The World Series, it is named after a newspaper called The World, not implying the whole world takes part... still a daft game though..
Kabaddi? Horse dancing is definitely up there along with golf. Basketball is like netball on cheat mode.
No, SR is right. All those other sports, they are sports, all fine and good*. I like football, and rugby, and even American Football is ok. But basketball has been ruined by the selection of insanely tall people who are almost certain to score within 10 seconds of getting the ball back. The rules do not reflect their ability. The game doesn't allow for progression to elite levels without becoming boring. Like F1, really.
I went to a live baseball game once, it was incredibly dull, and the crowd were utterly disinterested and all you could hear around the stadium was chatting until the last innings which created one solitary small cheer as the home team won.
* except ice hockey
is named after a newspaper called The World, not implying the whole world takes part…
True, although I think you can forgive people for being confused - after all they refer to their elected leader as leader of the "free world". So, you know, there's that.
I went to a couple of Buzkashi 'games' years ago. Not sure that silly is the word - Mental, MAD, bonkers, etc would do it more justice.
Phenomenal displays of horsemanship though, which I expect is really the point of it rather than the goals / scores.
Ice Hockey.
Bunch of violent chancers that were too short to play basketball.
Except for....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra
Ice hockey, as a spectator the puck is too small to follow, you have to wait for the electronic indicator to go off before you know for sure if anyones scored, the biggest star of most games is the bloke that drives the Zamboni at half time and the players seem to forget all about the game every so often for a playground fight
Neither you nor Fasthaggis can actually ice skate. I know that much.
Football - 90 mins of pretending you are hurt. Rugby80 mins of pretending you are not hurt!
You can make any sport silly by applying reductionism.
My favourite is rugby - a sport where one of the main objectives is to kick the ball out of the field of play, and where more time is spent with the ball either invisible to spectators or no action actually happening than play occurring.
JP
I have a good friend who is a big basketball fan. My standard wind-up for him is that basketball is rubbish because it's not a game that is won, it's a game that is lost.
The whole rule set is that you score when you have the ball, and then possession is swapped to the other team who then score. The match is decided purely by the teams that don't manage to score when they have the ball. Ergo, you don't win a match, you lose it by not scoring more than the opponent.
There's nothing sillier, but I think there are some other sports that are similar (badminton?)
Car racing, it’s just driving round in circles
That’s NASCAR; a great deal involves lots of tight corners and other hindrances like chicanes, on tracks that are anything but circular. And then there’s rallying, desert racing, drag racing...
I went to a couple of Buzkashi ‘games’ years ago
I did that once, in Afghanistan. It was like watching a bunch of bears on wild horses throwing a dead goat around. No way was I suggesting it wasn't a real sport.
Wow some people I thought were alright have exposed them selves as ignorant Bell ends.
Wow some people I thought were alright have exposed them selves as ignorant Bell ends.
You might be taking this thread a bit too seriously.
You might be taking this thread a bit too seriously.
You might not get irony
I present popinjay archery. Shooting a target vertically above your head. What could go wrong?
Spectator "sports".
If the sport is any good, you should be participating, not watching it.
Otherwise it is entertainment not sport. 🙂
You might not get irony
No, and I don't count it as a sport.
If the sport is any good, you should be participating, not watching it.
So, after you've done your sport for the day, you're not allowed to watch any other sport on telly? What an odd concept.
molgrips
So, after you’ve done your sport for the day, you’re not allowed to watch any other sport on telly? What an odd concept.
Not at all. You're doing a different sport.
It's called arse-fattening. 🙂
Oh, so I'm not allowed to watch the SAME sport after doing it that day? So if I go on a ride, I can't watch say TdF highlights in the evening? Hmm, but I quite like watching that, so maybe I can't go out riding if it's on..? I'm confused...
Men's beach volleyball.
Nothing says 'Bell End' better than faux middle class ****wits who successfully demonstrate their ignorance by slagging off football.
Kabaddi?Kabaddi?Kabaddi?Kabaddi?Kabaddi?
FTFY
Kabaddi was ace, needs to be on telly again.
After a quick think, I quite like anything that doesn't involve horses.
F1 is a bit of a trial these days, but only because the cars are so ugly.
F1 is a bit of a trial these days, but only because the cars are so ugly.
Unlike these beauties from the olden days.
Golf. ****ting a little ball as far as you can up a field - then walking 20 minutes in the direction you hit it; to then **** it as far as you can again - and repeat ...
Unlike these beauties from the olden days.
What’s wrong with them, try and answer with out the help of a witty quip. They would of been cutting edge in their day.
What’s wrong with them
They're hideously ugly. (I thought that was kinda obvious, actually, but in case you're blind.)
In your opinion
Golf. ****ting a little ball as far as you can up a field – then walking 20 minutes in the direction you hit it;
20 mins?
Nice shot.
In your opinion
Ahh, you're being ironic again. Didn't get me that time.
Well go on why are they so ugly?
in the direction you hit it
Unfortunately not in my case - I'm more likely to finish up walking at a jaunty angle to the direction that the ball originally started out in. I used to think televised golf was dull until I'd actually played it. After that I appreciate the skill a bit more...
Can't believe you could do beautiful old f1 cars without the best of them all
Well go on why are they so ugly?
With this one, they obviously ran out of front wings so just bolted on an irony board they found lying around.
Oh I see what you did there, bravo you win the interweb, congratulations.
Still can’t answer the question?
Making horses jump over ridiculously high fences before putting them to their deaths?
Professional juggling.
Well go on why are they so ugly?
I've always assumed it was because it was designed by a bunch of blind people who never met and was each responsible for a different part of the car. In contrast to this, for example, which looks to have been designed by a team of people who worked on making the different parts of the car work in harmony.
I've always thought that athletics is inherently childish.
Who can run the fastest, who can jump the highest... Playground stuff innit.
The vast majoritu of rugby fans I know ain't interested at all in club rugby, only 6 nations, WC etc, which I find a bit odd.
Suggests it's all about the occasion, and not the actual game.
I've never got horseracing either, just an excuse for drinking/wearing Adidas samba.
I’ve always assumed it was because it was designed by a bunch of blind people who never met and was each responsible for a different part of the car. In contrast to this, for example, which looks to have been designed by a team of people who worked on making the different parts of the car work in harmony.
Cheers for that, that answer reinforces my initial opinion of you.
Classifieds?
The whole rule set is that you score when you have the ball, and then possession is swapped to the other team who then score. The match is decided purely by the teams that don’t manage to score when they have the ball. Ergo, you don’t win a match, you lose it by not scoring more than the opponent.
If you think that's daft don't spend too long trying to figure out who has the right to score here.
Silly America "sports" you say...
