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Post by donavan on Feb 20, 2015 18:55:01 GMT
I mean it is an art. And there is lots of walking involved and skill too. Lots of throwing events at the Olympics. And Archery and shooting.
I'm good at it, especially good at doubles.
I say it is a sport and I'd start a Poll if I knew how to. Although it would probably be a piss poor turnout. Didn't take long for things to tail orf, did it?
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Post by bimble on Feb 21, 2015 5:22:26 GMT
I'd suggest it's a game.
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Post by lostjockey on Feb 21, 2015 8:15:43 GMT
I can't see it as a sport as there is zero requirement for any form of athleticism but it demands a high level of skill and hand eye co-ordination. Possibly it would be more respected if, historically, it wasn't so associated with beer and blokes with tattoos and enormous bellies.
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Post by donavan on Feb 21, 2015 8:37:29 GMT
So is football and hockey.
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Post by donavan on Feb 21, 2015 8:49:32 GMT
I can't see it as a sport as there is zero requirement for any form of athleticism but it demands a high level of skill and hand eye co-ordination. Possibly it would be more respected if, historically, it wasn't so associated with beer and blokes with tattoos and enormous bellies. This is true LJ, the pub connection does hold it back. But what about the size of both men and women throwing that big cannon ball at the Olympics?
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Post by lostjockey on Feb 21, 2015 11:41:58 GMT
I can't see it as a sport as there is zero requirement for any form of athleticism but it demands a high level of skill and hand eye co-ordination. Possibly it would be more respected if, historically, it wasn't so associated with beer and blokes with tattoos and enormous bellies. This is true LJ, the pub connection does hold it back. But what about the size of both men and women throwing that big cannon ball at the Olympics?
I never saw Geoff Capes sup lager while he did that although he was, completely coincidentally, present at my brother's stag night and he drunk a lot then.
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Post by donavan on Feb 21, 2015 15:34:11 GMT
This is true LJ, the pub connection does hold it back. But what about the size of both men and women throwing that big cannon ball at the Olympics?
I never saw Geoff Capes sup lager while he did that although he was, completely coincidentally, present at my brother's stag night and he drunk a lot then.
Yes he's a lager than life character for sure. Now for a WWE thread.
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Post by bimble on Feb 21, 2015 20:29:36 GMT
This is true LJ, the pub connection does hold it back. But what about the size of both men and women throwing that big cannon ball at the Olympics?
I never saw Geoff Capes sup lager while he did that although he was, completely coincidentally, present at my brother's stag night and he drunk a lot then.
Most of that bulk on the cannonball chuckers is muscle, though, don LJ: Geoff Capes at your brother's stag night? Cool! I think my avatar looks a bit like the Capes chap: it certainly looks bugger all like me.
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Post by donavan on Feb 22, 2015 11:28:15 GMT
I never saw Geoff Capes sup lager while he did that although he was, completely coincidentally, present at my brother's stag night and he drunk a lot then.
Most of that bulk on the cannonball chuckers is muscle, though, don LJ: Geoff Capes at your brother's stag night? Cool! I think my avatar looks a bit like the Capes chap: it certainly looks bugger all like me. So if you're a fatty it isn't sport. A bit like Sumo wrestling. Plus most dart players don't fit that image anymore. And the only people drinking at TV darts are in the audience. And I bet more cannonball chuckers would test positive for illegal substances than darts chuckers.
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Post by bimble on Feb 22, 2015 13:43:36 GMT
Most of that bulk on the cannonball chuckers is muscle, though, don LJ: Geoff Capes at your brother's stag night? Cool! I think my avatar looks a bit like the Capes chap: it certainly looks bugger all like me. A bit like Sumo wrestling. Plus most dart players don't fit that image anymore. And the only people drinking at TV darts are in the audience. And I bet more cannonball chuckers would test positive for illegal substances than darts chuckers. "So if you're a fatty it isn't sport." Did I say that? Maybe, but they'd for sure as hell be fitter than a fat dartist...... A lot of darts players never did fit "that" image. Probably right about the illegal substances.
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Post by donavan on Feb 22, 2015 17:19:28 GMT
Are Sumo wrestlers sportsmen?
We need to get over this fat-ist thing.
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Post by bimble on Feb 22, 2015 18:53:26 GMT
Are Sumo wrestlers sportsmen? We need to get over this fat-ist thing. Sumo is just plain bloody odd. If you're not Japanese, I suppose
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Post by donavan on Feb 22, 2015 20:11:16 GMT
I like sumo. Pity it's not on the telly these days.
Different strokes.
Bimble, we'll have a game of round the board at the next gathering. Might change your mind. Maybe.
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Post by Mr Tein on Feb 23, 2015 12:50:17 GMT
I thought Drats were a late eighties Rockabilly revival band who hooked some success ont he back of punk.
Gruppo Sportive, around the same time, had a minor hit with a song called: I Like Sport. Which defined sport as running and jumping of the physcial sort.
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Post by donavan on Feb 23, 2015 13:29:02 GMT
I've got that record. If you read the sleeve notes, you discover the song is a tribute to Jocky Wilson.
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