Sep 30 2007

Pony Party: Obscure Sport Edition

The whole world is full of sport, competition, and bored people who can turn any kind of competition into a sport.

It does seem as we become less physically active as a society, we put more energy in cherishing our our passive past times of watching other people who are in shape do fascinating things.

I am married to a huge minority in the south: a man who watches neither football nor NASCAR. And yes, that was somewhat deliberate on my part. He introduced me to Formula One racing and I dropped hockey on his lap.
I also learned how to shoot a compound bow mainly out of curiosity.

There really is a sport for every type of person, you just have to look for it and be imaginative.

Ever hear of extreme ironing?

I am extremely not interested in ironing for any occasion so I don’t think this would be the sport for me.

Did you know there was a professional putt putt association?

I wonder if there might be a pro marshmallow toss competition out there somewhere?

Dunno…. Put this cartoon in for no reason at all…

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  1. my dad, is a HUGE F1 fan (actually everything but NASCAR) and always calls me to quiz me on the races so I have to watch.

    • MTmofo on September 30, 2007 at 00:28
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    Maybe this year I’ll get that fucking pony.

    (He said, knowing fully well what to expect.)

    • Pluto on September 30, 2007 at 00:41
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    My very favorite obscure sport:

    Iranian lawmakers on Saturday labelled the US army and CIA — as terrorist groups. The parliament said… the US army has a record of terrorist operations mentioning bombardment of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs and CIA has been involved in establishment of terror networks and training terrorists worldwide.

    “Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic weapons and throwing depleted uranium bombs in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, waging war on Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, and supporting Israel in its crackdown on Palestinian and Lebanese people are the record of the US army and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),” the statement said.

    The statement added that both organizations supported Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, and terrorist groups including Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO), Al Qaeda and Taliban, and established secret prisons in Europe. CIA has also record of degrading treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Abu Ghraib in Iraq, it read.

    The MPs added that practices of the US army and CIA are tantamount to terrorist acts in contravention of the international norms and conventions. “We, the representatives of great Iranian great nation condemn the aggressions by the US army, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, and call on the United Nations to intervene in the global problem of US prisons in Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and secret jails in other countries.”

    Let the games begin!

    • KrisC on September 30, 2007 at 00:54
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    NOT to laugh…..

    Before we had kids, my husband and I used to hold the “stoner olympics” 

    There were many different sports to stoner olympics…..

    Who could sit the longest without getting up to go pee, who could reach the farthest (without having to get up) for the remote, who could hold their hit the longest, who could make the most ridiculous snack combinations, hitting the trash can without missing, who could roll the best joint, pack the best bowl, who has the better weed?  Plus many others that I probably shouldn’t remember.

    We had points for everything and kept track so at the end of the day, one of us would win the “Big Daddy-O” bong hit from the “big daddy-o” bong! 

    Now you can see why I can barely put two words together…heh!
    All of our friends were always in on it too!

    • fatdave on September 30, 2007 at 04:03
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    http://www.leodis.ne…

    is the most obscure I can think of.

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