Sports

[dr_mabeuse]

I must be the only male in the western world who doesn't give a shit for sports.

Every time I watch someone running or catching a ball I think about how much better a machine could do what they're doing.


---dr.M.

 

[reohoko]

nah don't feel bad, my hubby doesn't know a thing about sports...

of course, I do suppose, if I would quit stripping while he was watching tv he might

hehehe wow, me sleepy

 

[wildsweetone]

I must be the only male in the western world who doesn't give a shit for sports.

Every time I watch someone running or catching a ball I think about how much better a machine could do what they're doing.


---dr.M.

i feel the same way about the laundry.

 

[Guest]

I must be the only male in the western world who doesn't give a shit for sports.

Every time I watch someone running or catching a ball I think about how much better a machine could do what they're doing.


---dr.M.

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*Raising hand...*

That's two, and after the spirited discussion at work today about baseball season starting and the need for the average family to take out a small loan to take their family to see a game (let alone a second mortgage on a house for season tickets), I would imagine there are many, many more that feel the same way, Doc.

I'd rather enjoy watching a dog catch a ball.

 

[wildsweetone]

Re: Re: Sports

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*Raising hand...*

ahh finally it all falls into place.

i have wondered for a long time where the other hand was Manxy

 

[wildsweetone]

i think i need my laundry thread back again *sigh*

 

[jfinn]

I once had a spare ticket to the Superbowl and had a helluva time giving it away. None of my male freinds gave a damn about going. Of course my sixteen year old brother was part of the bargain because the ticket was really a fancy way to babysit him, but still you'd have thought the Superbowl would have been something interesting to one of these guys.

I finally had to go back and dig up an old high school buddy and have him take the kid. Worked out well since they were about the same age emotionally.

Jayne

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Re: Sports

ahh finally it all falls into place.

i have wondered for a long time where the other hand was Manxy

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It was just temporary, WSO. Get's the blood flowing all around, again.








Time's up. Back to work!

 

[English Lady]

My husband didn't have a clue about football (i mean the proper english kind! ) when we firs met, however he's grown to quite like and understand the game, though he still insists on supporting Everton(how sad) I have always been a big football fan, but anyother sport really does bore me!*L* I mean golf..why? and ditto for darts *yawn* and snooker *zzzzzzzzz*

 

[Octavian]

Sport, a force for the good?

Doc M
You don’t know what you’re missing. Having an interest in sport can be a life enhancing experience. I am a supporter of the English soccer team, Arsenal.
There are amazing highs such as last season when we won both the Championship and the Cup, a feat referred to as the ‘Double’. We may yet do the ‘Double’ again this season. It is neck and neck between Arsenal and Manchester United (our great rivals) for the Championship yet again.
But being a supporter has its downside too. A couple of years ago my weekend was utterly ruined when Manchester United thrashed Arsenal, 6-1.

Soccer is a great unifier! Arsenal supporters hate their local rivals Spurs and vice versa. Everton and Liverpool supporters hate each other, as do those of Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United. The supporters of Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesboro’ all have the same mutual enmity. But these supporters are not always at each other’s throats. There are times when minor differences between neighbouring soccer clubs are seen for what they are and when all share a common ideal. All supporters can unite in their hatred of Manchester United!

So Doc M, as you can see, sport provides a balance and a welcome relief from the stress and strains of everyday life.

Octavian

 

[sack_lunches]

I have a deep and enduring hatred of, specifically, American professional and collegiate sports. This stems from the time (eons ago) when I was a collegiate athlete, and the emphasis was on things like performance-enhancing drugs and enjoying being a mini-star rather than school. I had other interests, but that didn't go well with the team. In short, I became injured, and I was forgotten, probably for the best... *bitter grumble*

From what I gather, things haven't changed much in the big-time collegiate sports arena, and these problems are filtering down to lower levels, even high school.

Shit, here I go with my pet rant. Professional athletes have a great opportunity to make enough cash in a few seasons to last them and their families several lifetimes. However, that opportunity only exists in a society which has intensely skewed values. A high school teacher, an assistant university professor, or a social worker will rake and scrape for a modest house, a car, and proper schooling for a child. They are the ones who should be making the big bucks, but it's the people who excel at children's games as adults who actually get rich quick. It's a travesty, and, before I start launching on other professions, I'll stop.

Yes, yes, this is my opinion. I don't expect anyone else to agree with it, but I still think you should. Group athletics, in their place, are tremendously useful to a person's development. When entertainment, on a whole, is the biggest business in the land to the detriment of those others who's livelihood is thinking about making the world a better place (of course, I'm not talking about politicians), there are ill tidings in store for that society.

So, I can't bring myself to watch sports, although I like to participate in less-mainstream sports: crew, fencing, ultimate frisbee... at least when my joints hold up.

Cheers.

 

[MathGirl]

A jock strap

Originally posted by Octavian I am a supporter of the English soccer team, Arsenal.

It's always comforting to have an athletic supporter around.
MG

 

[TheEarl]

Octavian, how could you? 'Soccer'? It's football! Don't bow to the Americans.

You want to watch a machine play rugby? As a flanker part of my game is judiciously applied cheating. What the ref doesn't see... Doubt a machine could beat me at that.

The Earl

 

[hiddenself]

Octavian, how could you? 'Soccer'? It's football! Don't bow to the Americans.

I never understood why American "football" is called football -- it's certainly not played with the feet. How did it get its name?

As for "soccer," the word was coined in England (I think in the late 1800s). It was spelled "socca" or "socker" and was short for "association (football)," i.e., football played according to the official rules. So, don't blame everything on the Yanks, hear?

Didn't you always want to know all this?

 

[oggbashan]

soccer

I never understood why American "football" is called football -- it's certainly not played with the feet. How did it get its name?

As for "soccer," the word was coined in England (I think in the late 1800s). It was spelled "socca" or "socker" and was short for "association (football)," i.e., football played according to the official rules. So, don't blame everything on the Yanks, hear?

Didn't you always want to know all this?

The term "soccer" was only used to distinguish football from rugby (football). We still play football. What Americans play is up to them.

Australians play football and rugby and Aussie rules. The last two are football "but not as we know it, Jim."

Then to complicate it further there is rugby league and rugby union.

Og

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I must be the only male in the western world who doesn't give a shit for sports.

Will you marry me?

 

[oggbashan]

Will you marry me?

How can you? He isn't Gryffindor. If you are, you have to be keen on at least on aerial sport.

Svenskaflicka - this is shameless posting to get to your 3000. Let the poor mutt live.

Og.

 

[MathGirl]

A gentle reminder

Will you marry me?

Ummmmm, Svenska, dear, you're already married. Remember?
Helpfully,
MG

 

[Svenskaflicka]

og, little one, I'm open-minded. I support cross-house marriages.

MG, we're not legally wed. Besides, he's crazy about basket ball.

 

[sirhugs]

I must be the only male in the western world who doesn't give a shit for sports.

Every time I watch someone running or catching a ball I think about how much better a machine could do what they're doing.


---dr.M.

I certainly don't criticize your dislike or disinterest regarding sports, but your second comment may explain why.

The essence of sport is NOT acheiving automaton like success. At its best, sports relies on the very infallabilty that makes humans different from machines. The excellence is in striving to overcome those imperfections.

 

[oggbashan]

og, little one, I'm open-minded. I support cross-house marriages.

MG, we're not legally wed. Besides, he's crazy about basket ball.

I'm not sure I like being called "little". I suppose I'm smaller than an elephant but Goliath was a runt by comparison with my family.

I'm pleased that you are "open-minded". At first I thought you had a one-track HP obsessed mind but I see from your other postings that you are as well educated and informed as ... now who should I annoy here? ... Dumbeldore.

If you are not legally wed, do you support serial monogamy or do you like parallel universes to keep partners separate?

Og.

 

[oggbashan]

Bump for Svenskaflicka

Are you still waiting for a HP who doesn't play sports?

Og