'Whoopee cushion' stops play at Masters (and what is 'sport'?)

[8ball]

How about DJing? That definitely takes real and challenging physical skills and dexterity, and there's often logos plastered around. And it can be competitive too.

If DJing counts I think there's a solid case for extreme ironing.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If there were a world Jenga championships (with logos!), I could see that becoming a sport.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Maybe some objective way of measuring who is best is needed. (There'll be objections about ice dance, I guess.)

 

[ska invita]

How about DJing? That definitely takes real and challenging physical skills and dexterity, and there's often logos plastered around. And it can be competitive too.

An art.

I guess another of these category grey areas is arts and crafts

 

[Serge Forward]

Hide and seek? Tiggy it? British Bulldog? Stiggy staggy?

 

[ska invita]

Kabadi!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Hide and seek? Tiggy it? British Bulldog? Stiggy staggy?

Stiggy Staggy?

 

[editor]

If there were a world Jenga championships (with logos!), I could see that becoming a sport.

Can't beat a sport you can play just by leaning forward from your sofa, perhaps while taking a break from a nap.

 

[Serge Forward]

Stiggy Staggy?

I remember it being similar to British Bulldog... just a bit more violent though.

 

[JimW]

Isn't there some famous aristo quote to the effect, "The only sports are hunting, shooting and fishing; the rest are merely games and pastimes."

 

[Marty1]

The most interesting the 'sport' has ever been for me:


Video here [ 'Whoopee cushion' stops play at Masters

AKA a ‘fart box’.

Great fun, one of my brothers brought one round to my parents house when we all convene for Sunday roast to hilarious effect as my mum kept blaming my dad.

 

[pogofish]

If there were a world Jenga championships (with logos!), I could see that becoming a sport.

London is getting its first ever Jenga championship this weekend

Grab your bestie and tests those nerves

www.mylondon.news

 

[Sasaferrato]

You can play any sport with a ciggy and a beer if you really want. Youd lose though - as you would in modern snooker

footballers smoked fags at half time back in the day - probably had a brandy before the start too

I can recall footballers smoking in the dugout. Indeed, I can recall my GP smoking during the consultation.

 

[stavros]

And snooker's worth it for the commentary alone - can't think of commentators for any other game who give such in-depth and perceptive narratives.

There's also John Virgo.

Whoever had the whoopee cushion should get a lifetime ban from both the Masters and ranking events. I suspect they weren't a fan and just wanted to win a bet or something, because it happened fairly early on in the session.

I was sat near the new "Centurion's Club" at Ally Pally on Tuesday, and despite the thick glass they were making too much noise whilst the players were at the table. I saw a member of staff telling them to shush up. It appeared to be another of Barry Hearn's money-making initiatives, like his rip-off ear-pieces and proposing taking the game to Saudi Arabia.

 

[Dogsauce]

I went in to some high street ‘sportswear’ shop a few years back to get my dad some running shorts for his birthday. They didn’t have any, seemed to have not much other than trainers and jumpers with words on. Maybe there is some sport involving sloganed jumpers nowadays?

 

[Idaho]

I went in to some high street ‘sportswear’ shop a few years back to get my dad some running shorts for his birthday. They didn’t have any, seemed to have not much other than trainers and jumpers with words on. Maybe there is some sport involving sloganed jumpers nowadays?

The sport of computer games requires branded polyester sportswear.

 

[krtek a houby]

Fucking funny

Dunno. The "full troll retard" sign off on the video didn't raise a smile for me.

 

[xenon]

Golf is for cunts.

Snooker is good and definitely a sport.

Thus ends today's erudition.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Personally, I don't watch snooker on the telly and certainly wouldn't pay to go and watch it.

If this had been a game with mates down the local, then yes it would have been funny.

To disrupt a match that people have paid decent money to go and watch, and that's being played for serious prize money, just for the lols*, seems a bit of a cunt's trick...

* while accepting there can be circumstances where there's some justification for disrupting sports events - e.g. against apartheid south africa, or in extreme circumstances where can play their part in protests against a football club owner who's seriously buggering a club up

 

[Marty1]

Tbf the audience were all laughing.

Perhaps this sort of thing should be encouraged despite the players and officials being all po-faced and miserable.

 

[SpineyNorman]

For fucks sake close this thread. Its made me agree with marty about something and now I feel all dirty.

I think synchronised farting would be the greatest sport of them all.

 

[felixthecat]

It's a game unless you have to change into special shoes to play it, then it's a sport

 

[dessiato]

Golf is for cunts.

Snooker is good and definitely a sport.

Thus ends today's erudition.

I used to like playing golf. Not in the oft times stupid attire some wear, and never to watch. I can't play now due to a back and shoulder injury restricting my swing.

Snooker is a game by all sensible definitions. A very good game, and one I've enjoyed playing. But it is a game. And why do professionals often wear such odd clothing?

 

[kabbes]

It's a game unless you have to change into special shoes to play it, then it's a sport

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[andysays]

I can recall footballers smoking in the dugout. Indeed, I can recall my GP smoking during the consultation.

You'll be telling us next you can recall Raleigh bringing tobacco back from the Americas...

...and we'll believe you

 

[dessiato]

You'll be telling us next you can recall Raleigh bringing tobacco back from the Americas...

...and we'll believe you

I remember my GP smoking in the surgery. He also advised my mother to smoke because it would be good for her. In my lifetime it was very common.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Luge?
Polo?
100m butterfly?
Hockey?
Slalom?

I think a drink and a cigarette might be needed after each luge.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The clue might be in the name.

"esport"

 

[Lord Camomile]

There's also John Virgo.

Have to admit, he was the first person I thought of after that comment too, and not for good reasons

 

[fishfinger]

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