Crap sports

[Boing!]

Read this on another forum..

"Curling? That's just housework on Ice!"

[Dangerman]

tennis, soccer, golf (watching golf is boring) just to name a few.

[bitch one]

speedwalking

treacle swimming

horse wrestling

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

cricket

[Level]

Sailing

[sik80]

Originally posted by Level
Sailing

Beat me to it.

[nikrem]

leech stalking

[trippingadget]

Formula 1. Nuff said.

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

Originally posted by trippingadget
Formula 1. Nuff said.

best example yet - I see people driving past me everyday, I don't want to watch it for fun.

[Orang Utan]

Bog snorkelling
Tractor pulling
Association Football

[bitch one]

gurning

darts

bowls

[stinkfinger]

tiddly winks

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

equestrian

[JonnySpeed]

football
darts
snooker
golf

[bitch one]

3 card brag

[content]

i like golf

[Level]

badger baiting (can get a bit boring)

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

what about the badgers' owners?

[thembuzz]

they're all crap

[JE:5]

It's all bollocks.

[scott confusion]

how can anyone say that football is a crap sport.. its the best sport around..

[bitch one]

not if you're a speedwalker

[Yer_Maw]

all extreme sports, skateboarding, bmxing etc. but only when they try and call them sports, with points and everything, instead of the reality that they are a 12 year old stoner activity gone to seed.

[gunjack]

badminton

[gunjack]

horseshoes and croquet are close runners up though

[terminal viscosity]

soggy biscuit

[drop]

nhl hockey
since they're in a lockout and no one cares

cricket
baseball- the red sox world series is an exception

track and field in general- who really cares who can run the fastest or jump the highest, except of course when there a bit of roughness involved- football, rugby :-)

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Yer_Maw
all extreme sports, skateboarding, bmxing etc. but only when they try and call them sports, with points and everything, instead of the reality that they are a 12 year old stoner activity gone to seed.

12 year old stoner activity? have you ever been on a board or a bmx?

[Orang Utan]

I agree with yer maw - skating's for kids

[grobelaar]

Baseball!

I'm sorry you Americans often compare American Football and Soccer (I'll use this term, simply for the purpose of clarity in this instance). How Soccer is boring, the scores are low, there's no convenient points for advert breaks, the plays can't be broken down into easy to understand chunks etc etc.

And you guys have fucking Baseball! On the surface it seems like it must be quite fast paced and high scoring, but when you actually sit down and watch a match live - holy shit it goes on and on and on. Nine innings a piece, and often only a couple of rounders (ahem I mean runs) if you're lucky - and then the series goes on for days...

I mean at least in Cricket the scores number in the hundreds, and there's some wickets to hit... sheesh!

[Yer_Maw]

Originally posted by nik-nak


12 year old stoner activity? have you ever been on a board or a bmx?

yep, and i can still do a mean ollie. i only have a problem when people call it a sport, not just a faffing about activity done outside modern art galleries.

[Paddy]

fair enough, i agree, cos calling it a sport gave rise to fucking shite like the xgames. total wank.

[Mui]

baseball is terrible.
tennis is worse.
golf is worser...er

cricket is great!!

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by nik-nak
fair enough, i agree, cos calling it a sport gave rise to fucking shite like the xgames. total wank.

Aye. Me and Laz did a bit of skating last year. I hadn't skated for about 7 years, for Laz it was more like 15.. and the fucker pulled a kickflip after like 3 hours. I'm so fucking unfit, mini ramps still blow my mind though.. I just get dizzy far too quick. Theres still nothing in the world like a long simple 50-50 on a mini.

[bitch one]

Originally posted by grobelaar
Baseball!
And you guys have fucking Baseball! On the surface it seems like it must be quite fast paced and high scoring, but when you actually sit down and watch a match live - holy shit it goes on and on and on. Nine innings a piece, and often only a couple of rounders (ahem I mean runs) if you're lucky - and then the series goes on for days...


much like cricket, tho, it makes a lot more sense when you actually go to a game. people come and serve you, in your seat, multiple beers, totally delicious hot dogs, sugary drinks called frosty malts. it's a very relaxing and pleasant experience, but with occasional moments of excitement. also when i was at baseball games i felt i was really experiencing american culture, more than any other thing i did while i was there. same goes for cricket and englishness.

going to football is good but it's a bit full-on, loads of adrenalin etc. if that's what you want from watching sport fair enough. you may like banging techno - some people like to listen to classic fm.

also the low scoring crit of baseball - i think that's exactly why americans say they don't like football? ie silly.

[sik80]

Originally posted by bitch one
gurning

darts

bowls

Darts! Crap? You must be kidding. What other sport do you get a 25 stone, mulletd, alcoholic known as "The Viking" as world champion? - fuck ellen macarthur, if thats not inspiring entertainment i don't know what is.