| Author | Message | ||
     Danger_dave |
Play of the day on Sportcenter is a barehanded catch in the outfield - dude dropped his glove then caught a high fly ball. Have you ever seen a game of Cricket? You don't need no steenken glove. Next you'll need helmets to play football. Spurs in five. ;-P (Message edited by danger_dave on June 08, 2007) | ||
| Slaughter |
I think Dave has captured American baseball and football pretty well. Sunny defined football in America pretty well: "A bunch of men in tights, bending over for each other every few minutes... and people pay WHAT to watch it??" (Message edited by slaughter on June 08, 2007) | ||
| Danger_dave |
Oh, not fair - I do enjoy them a lot. I was just takin' the mickey. FWIW - the number of quite sickening head clashes in the rugby league this season has been pretty bad. | ||
| Ceejay |
Slaughter-Don't you chase (or get chased by) a bunch of little men around a closed course in tight leathers?  Basketball sux! Watch hockey... | ||
| Spiderman |
Amen CeeeJaaay! Baseball, cricket are wuss sports! Play a real sport like hockey or rugby! | ||
| Slaughter |
Slaughter-Don't you chase (or get chased by) a bunch of little men around a closed course in tight leathers? (ouch! - kinda defenseless on that one) Though you've never raced against Brienne Thompson or Jane Schwartzkopf. (Message edited by slaughter on June 08, 2007) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Soccer, Hockey, Football, or Rugby. All else is lame. I guess riders wearing helmets are wussies as well.  | ||
| Spiderman |
Football (American) NFL overpaid wusses who take too many breaks inbetween plays. College good casue they are doing it cause they love to. Soccer is only fun if you are there in England with the real hooligans cause more violence is going on in the stands than all of Northern Ireland | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>I guess riders wearing helmets are wussies as well. << I be soft then. I added an Arai Tour X to the range today. Boy am I liking it.  'I can justify every one of them, dear.' | ||
| Slaughter |
I have a bunch of helmets. Problem is the only one that is wearable is the newest one. I keep replacing them every time I crash. In football, people get tackled by 250 pound men at a running speed. In racing, you get tackled by 400 pound machines at over 100 MPH - and are doing it just for fun! Football?? Paaah! | ||
| Danger_dave |
The only one of those I have crashed in is the X900 - far end - parked a Street Rod test bike in a ditch wearing it. Did a Bar Fly into a sandstone wall. Funny as. Rider and career unscathed if not mildly bruised. Exhausts a bit shabby. | ||
| Barker |
Rugby is for real men who like wearing short shorts. My wife would say, "Do you want me to wash your daisy dukes for rugby practice? Support your local Hooker, Play Rugby! This is me posing before I get muddy and bloody.  | ||
| M2statz |
Give me a sport where you can legally carry a stick, hit other people carrying sticks, and shoot a frozen piece of rubber at a guy who can't skate because he is wearing too much padding!! Hockey... the only sport where skinny guys have a chance!! | ||
| Blake |
I played rugby once. Scored a touch and drank lots of ... HEY! Just a darn minute here! Someone insulting Basketball on BadWeB?!  Go Spurs! If "Cricket" were called "Whackaball" or "SmackStick" something more on those lines, it might have become more popular here. Do Cricket players chew tobacco? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Yes Blake. Basketball sucks. March is the darkest period of every year for sports. Why do you think March Badness is so well attended? | ||
| Ceejay |
I was working in SLC when the Jazz were still in the playoffs, I couldn't find a bar anywhere that would put the Wings on. Almost got in a fight with one bartender, seems he don't like being called a lorent candya-- bball fan...course he called me Canadian Slaughter-a football scholarship put me through school, thus the reason I make fun of your football jokes...While you may be wrestling with a 400 pound bike at 100 mph it was mostly transverse forces, take two folks cracking heads, both weighing in excess of 200lbs running at 20 mph each-I'm terrible at math but I'm a thinking running into a brick wall at 40 mph would hurt more than sliding across the kitty litter at 100, course I've only done one, and after seeing some of your post accident photos of your bike, I'd prefer to keep it that way. No offense intended. Hockey IMO by far requires the most skill and talent of any sport, and it seems odd that the pros are getting paid the least... Back to the title at hand, baseball sux too as they are some overpaid wussies... | ||
| Old_man |
Hurling, now that's a brave man's sport.--A bunch of Irishmen swinging sticks at head level. | ||
| Spiderman |
It's Scottish men/women and they are telephone poles, not sticks, thank you very much | ||
| Old_man |
Spiderman, that is not Hurling where they throw the poles in Scotlant - That's called Tossing the caber. | ||
| Spiderman |
ohhh yeah, My bad | ||
| Sooner |
Yeah Spidy, come on... hurling is when you crouch down in the bathroom,hang on to the john, and call "Europe" about a dozen times while expelling the contents of your stomach. I used to love that sport.  | ||
| Oldog |
Spiderman, that is not Hurling where they throw the poles in Scotlant - That's called Tossing the caber. yeah but the guys are running around in pladd miniskirts, playing strange wind instruments?  I dug MX as a kid,} dirty and violent. sorta like soccer / rugby / hocky. | ||
| Spiderman |
hurling is when you crouch down in the bathroom,hang on to the john, and call "Europe" about a dozen times while expelling the contents of your stomach. No it's what I do when I hear yet another Loud pipes suck thread | ||
| Greenlantern |
No it's what I do when I hear yet another Loud pipes suck thread  | ||
| Davegess |
Hurling and Irish football (sorta like Australian football without the rough edges taken off) those are real sports | ||
| Elf |
IMO, Lacrosse should get a mention here. Gets pretty rough. Lots of dislocated joints, cuts, blood, etc...Similar to Hockey, really. Historically, if someone lost the ball during play, they continued the game using the person who lost it's severed head !! And the one game where you DON'T want to get hit by the ball: Jai-Alai. Saw a game when I was in Florida. That damned ball MOVES!  I have no idea how the players can even see it! Hey Dave! You an All Blacks fan? (dumb question?) I love the Haka! Intimidating as hell!! (Message edited by elf on June 08, 2007) | ||
| Etennuly |
Them ball and stick sports are for sick individuals. Ya have to hurt yourself preparing your body just to find out if you are good enough to play. The cramps, strains, sprains, bruises and concussions. And that is just in practice! Give me motorsports, where I can lounge around and "think" about what needs to be done and how to do it. No pain, well maybe a little from turning wrenches and such. The only physical pain is from body parts that couldn't stand the strain of the wreck. No big deal, you lay around and heal like the ball and stick guys. Not that I'm lazy, it's just that with a vehicle of whatever type you have more real resources to adjust your speed and handling abilities without spending years in the making. Oh crap. You guys are talking about just watching sports. I'd rather watch paint dry, at least I make money doing that. | ||
| Essthreetee |
Things I'd rather do than watch MLB/NFL/NBA.: Watch Paint Dry Watch Water Evaporate Watch Grass Grow Watch a spider build a web You get the idea...All (MOST) are overpaid whiners...bad examples of what to do with athletic ability...NBA used to be fun to watch before Michael Jordan turned it into the one man game...then everyone had to be like Mike... | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
...but you never see soccer guys taking dives and flopping around like fish out of water. | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>Hey Dave! You an All Blacks fan? (dumb question?) I love the Haka! Intimidating as hell!! << Nah mate - I'm an Aussie - I just live in NZ. But I do enjoy a good haka - this one gives me goose bumps. NZ v Tonga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJuoP_4Ubp8 |
