What is your favorite sport?

I think boning a mermaid might be sporty.

 

Anyway, I chose ootball. Good for the calf.

That's cool, and your hero Aaron Rodgers played ootball at CALF after he left Utte Community Ollege

 

 

You guys should really have the mods look at that for you.

What? No. Just need some luids and some est. Should be ured in no ime, right atan?

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ife ran the ucking exus into the garage door. still ucking issed.

 

x4 ot or ussies!

So that's what the kids are calling it these days.

For playing:

In my early 20's I was conflicted between basketball and tennis.  Eventually, basketball won out.  But, I wish it was tennis.  I think it's an awesome game.

 

1. Tennis

2. Basketball

 

For watching

Professional football and college basketball (mainly focusing here on March Madness) are neck and neck.  I actually think if the Packers are not in the playoffs, I prefer March Madness to any other spectator sport.

 

Somehow tennis doesn't do it for me as a spectator sport then years ago with the likes of McEnroe, Borg, Connors and some of the women players as well.

Jesus, reading these last few posts was like listening to the slowwit gimp that used live in town ...
Bit of a tongue-tied chap.

To my way of thinking there are really only three sports: baseball, basketball, and football. Everything else is either a game or an activity.

 

Hockey comes to mind. People think hockey is a sport. It's not. Hockey is three activities taking place at the same time: ice skating, fooling around with a puck, and beating the **** out of somebody. If these guys had more brains then teeth, they'd do these things one at a time. First go ice-skating, then fool around with a puck, then you go to the bar and beat the **** out of somebody. The day would last longer, and these guys would have a lot more fun. Another reason why hockey isn't a sport is that it's not played with a ball. Anything not played with a ball can't be a sport. These are my rules, I make 'em up.

 

Soccer. Soccer is not a sport because you can't use your arms. Anything where you can't use your arms can't be a sport. Tap dancing isn't a sport. I rest my case.

 

Swimming. Swimming isn't a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense. Sailing isn't a sport. Sailing is a way to get somewhere. Riding the bus isn't a sport, why the **** should sailing be a sport?

 

Bowling. Bowling isn't a sport because you have to rent shoes. Don't forget, these are my rules. I make 'em up.

 

Darts could have been a sport, because at least there's a chance to put someone's eye out. But, alas, darts will never be a sport, because the whole object of the game is to reach zero, which goes against all sports logic.

 

Gymnastics is not a sport because Romanians are good at it. It took me a long time to come up with that rule, but dammit, I did it.

 

Then you have tennis. Tennis is very trendy and very fruity, but it's not a sport. It's just a way to meet other trendy fruits. Technically, tennis is an advanced form a Ping-Pong. In fact, tennis is Ping-Pong played while standing on the table. Great concept, not a sport.

In fact, all racket games are nothing more the derivatives of Ping-Pong. Even volleyball is, technically racketless team Ping-Pong played with an inflated ball and raised net while standing on the table.

 

George Carlin. Napalm and Silly Putty

CNN or Soccer.

 

BTW, why do only male soccer players when tripped fall down raising their buttocks?  Are they coached to do that or is for endorsements?

Im thinking its a reflexive impulse ... Getting ready for post-game.

If we're talkin' watching sports, Green Bay football rules. Always has, always will.

NHRA drag racing. My Dad raced when I was quite young, and it exposed me to a lot of fun, and created some of my most fond memories.

Motorcycle road racing, especially the Isle of Mann TT races. Bullchit rules and very poor management ruined the American pro races, but club-level racing (WERA and others) is awesome! It's even better to view at the track, but TV coverage is still enjoyable.

IoM is insane! 4 laps around the island, each roughly 37 miles, balls to the wall, going from local town and villages, through rolling countryside, through the mountains and elevation changes. The best part is they're not restricted by 'liability concerns' from lawyers like us Yanks are.

Observed Trials motorcycle riding. Google it and thank me later. It's the opposite of racing; going slow and overcoming obstacles is the goal, but riders are penalized for putting a foot down. It's rarely on TV, so you watch in person at the course, but it's worth going.

NHL hockey. Go Rangers!

Boxing can be fun to watch.

Nascar, on the road courses, short tracks, and super speedways is cool. Cookie cutter tracks suck.

Most Olympic and track and field events are killer, just to watch pure athleticism. The bobsled, luge, and skeleton racing is best, followed closely by downhill skiing. The downside is it's only every couple of years. Figure skating is very ghey. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Esox, I thought I was a hotshot fisherman at one time.

Dad and I fished for largemouth bass as much as possible growing up, and in my late teens into early 20s, I thought being a pro fisherman was my calling in life. I even fished in the local Bassmasters tournaments for a year, but was smoked by the real pros. Sadly, once I married and moved, I couldn't find the time to resume it. Haven't fished for close to 30 years now, as I chose other hobbies to pursue, but should make the time to do it.

I will not, however, walk a shoreline, with or without you!

Tell me you don't get a little hot and bothered when they do that. Right? Right!

I think he gets more hot and bothered by Mario Balotelli. 

Curious Chilli's thoughts on badminton and golf. 

 

I'm guessing knee jerk would be "no," but lets assume neither are being done sober

More interested in George Carlin's thoughts than in Chillis.

Full disclosure. In between my stints as hanging dry wall and framing custom houses in CA and college I was a Golf instructor. My first job was at a golf course when I was 12. Golf course right across the street from my house and I did maintenance for cash and free golf. To this day I'll still put up a legit 76 at any course. I'm a bad man at golf. I taught golf for 7 years. My brother stayed in the biz and is a teaching PGA Pro. 

 

Badminton is the greatest sport ever invented. Haven't played it since 1983 but those were legendary fights that took place hours after school was over for the day. The guys we played were from Malaysia. Epic fun. 

 You know Timmy! what really sucked about that freakin snakebite is that I should have known better.  At that time, I was an Environmental Scientist at a NASA site located in the high desert and as part of my job  I used to capture rattlesnakes that were found within buildings, other structures and worksites and then release them far away out in the desert - very fun and sporty btw.  Needless to say, I sure got a lot of sht from everyone when I showed up to work with a swollen leg after that snakebite.  

My greatest round of golf ever was at the Bayonet couse at Fort Ord in 1989. 75 in fog and wind on the most brutal golf course that the USGA never wanted to play a U.S. Open. To this day I couldn't possibly play a better round.  

I spraypaint a badminton court in my lawn every summer.  The oak tree gets in the way a little, but house rules are if it lands inside the line it is good.  Lawn is slightly sloped, better smashes on one side, better back side of the court on the other.  

 

Not really a sport, but a hell of of a lot of fun.  

Carl, is  that you? Did you see any gophers?

I said Golfers. Not Gophers.  I'll slack you off fuzzy little foreigner. 

 

Badminton is more fun than fun Invented. 

First, do you get a permit to spray paint the lawn?

 

Second, better back side sounds like a soccer field.

Or a Lions fan's mantra.

Try a little croquet in the summer.  When we play, it gets pretty heated.  None of the ol' 'between the legs, pendulum" taps either.  Hit another player's ball and send 'em flying plus an addition hit!

I wonder if I can make croquet into an extreme sport?

That shouldn't be hard given that it involves hitting balls. 

I know this is a little slow but Beach Volleyball is entertaining.

As in Women's Beach Volleyball.     BTW I will be playing in some pickup games at Hermosa and Manahatten Beaches next month.  Great scenery!