When is a sport not a sport?
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When it's a bunch of girls prancing around with a ball or a hoop. Best rhythmic gymnastics outfits of the London 2012 Olympics[^] This is not a sport, at best it's a hobby.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
You could say any time the cheerleaders are missing, its not a sport :)
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Dont get me wrong, I actually like your definition. :) There is just so many "sports" that we should perhaps set several bars: 1. sport 2. sportfully 3. sportylike 4. Fooling around
Recreational?
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Whoa, there. Now you take it too far. Golf is very definitely a sport since the outcome is purely objective and entirely dependant upon the skill of the individual. And, no, it is not a good walk spoilt.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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When is a sport not a sport?
If there is no blood.
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Try fighting a NASCAR around a track for 500 miles / 3 hours in the scorching heat or try finessing an F1 car around a road course. I think you'd change your mind.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
Try fighting a NASCAR around a track
I'd like to.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
or try finessing an F1 car
No thanks. If the Hamster can't, I can't. :-D
Mike Mullikin wrote:
I think you'd change your mind.
I wouldn't.
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Recreational?
I personally think that recreational starts at sleeping, but Im open for different arguments :)
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
the jumper must take a .22
In the same sense as taking an arrow to the knee?
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When it's a bunch of girls prancing around with a ball or a hoop. Best rhythmic gymnastics outfits of the London 2012 Olympics[^] This is not a sport, at best it's a hobby.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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I had just thought you were instead aiming for the beginning of human civilization (i.e. when humans started participating in this race), though apparently the dates I was thinking of were only around 10,000 years ago...so never mind me, I have no idea what's going on (as usual).
lewax00 wrote:
the beginning of human civilization
That sounds like a grand idea. When's it due to start?
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Whoa, there. Now you take it too far. Golf is very definitely a sport since the outcome is purely objective and entirely dependant upon the skill of the individual. And, no, it is not a good walk spoilt.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Anything where you can wear plaid, tartan or a Pringle jumper to compete is most definitely not a sport. At best it's a sad admission that your marriage is over and you'd rather spend a day wandering around in the long grass looking for a little ball than at home with the family. Come on. Bring it on.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
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Hmm... I see. Is there any sport that you could not enhanced by shooting? :laugh: Soccer perhaps?
Yes. Cue Skeet Surfin'[^]...
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Anything where you can wear plaid, tartan or a Pringle jumper to compete is most definitely not a sport. At best it's a sad admission that your marriage is over and you'd rather spend a day wandering around in the long grass looking for a little ball than at home with the family. Come on. Bring it on.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
Ahem... Caber_toss[^]
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A seahorse isn't a horse either.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
Nor is a hippopotamus!
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Hmm... I see. Is there any sport that you could not enhanced by shooting? :laugh: Soccer perhaps?
I think people in Afghanistan would disagree. Everything there is enhanced by shooting!
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Motorsports are also not sports.
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thrakazog wrote:
For my money sports have defense.
Football, Soccer, Basketball, etc.
Without defense you just have yourself an activity.You've obviously never been at a racetrack? ;) In racing you have to have defense as well, it's not just about driving a quick lap or knowing how to pass another car. You have to equally good at driving defensively to make it as hard as possible for someone else to overtake you.
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Ahem... Caber_toss[^]
How many caber tossers look married to you?
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Ski jumping is good as long as it's completely judged on distance jumped (and whether or not you fall when you land) without regard to "style". Style sports have no place in the Olympics. To make ski jumping more interesting, we could add a target-shooting element, where the jumper must take a .22 down the slope, and after leaving the ramp, he must shoot three targets (one shot each). Alternative version - ski jump jousting (or "ski jousting") - two jumpers ski down opposing ramps equipped with a pike and a shield, and must knock the other out of the air as they pass in mid-flight.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997How about combining ski jumping with trap shooting? When the shooter shouts "pull", the ski-jumper starts - if he avoids the pellets, he wins, if he doesn't, the shooter wins!
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I think they need a new kind of marathon. The event starts on the first day of the Olympics, and ends on the last day. The person that runs the farthest the fastest wins the gold. The runners are allowed to stop and rest for as long as they want, and as frequently as they want. If they want shelter when they sleep, they have to have been running with it (a backpack with a tent in it, for example). To make it more interesting, they also have to pack their own water/food, and can only replenish food/water every two days, and only after they've consumed all previous food/water. Alternatively, they could bring a non-firearm weapon with which to hunt for their food during the event, but they must still bring their own water. Anyone that dies within three days of the completion of the event forfeits their medal (if they won one).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
