Sgt. Pepper Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) So Cricket, Baseball/Softball (they are not soft), Squash, La Crosse and Flag Football are going to be Olympic sports in 2028? I've seen about a total of 15 mins of Cricket in my life. I want to learn how to be the Demon Bowler and throw a wicked googley. I rode past a Cricket Green when I was in Barbados. The shuttle driver was listening to it on the radio, and then they took a break for tea time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2023/10/16/los-angeles-olympics-squash-cricket-flag-football-lacrosse/ Edited October 18, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I'm not allowed to access that link without parting with money or my soul. I once had a discussion with an old friend whose wife had persuaded him to pee sitting down (I know we joke about this, but its true). This is to avoid random splashes outside the bowl. I said that it would spoil the daily challenge for me. It ended up with us considering it for an Olympic event. Accuracy being paramount. We ditched the idea after realising that Israel would bag Gold every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 How about this for an Olympic event: https://youtu.be/9BkwnGq2yaA?si=CTIKFTJbrct1-vso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Hopefully this one works. https://frontofficesports.com/olympics-officially-adds-new-sports-los-angeles-2028/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Hmmmm. Baseball was an Olympic sport from 1992-2008, then dropped. Go figure. I have made several serious attempts to watch Cricket, but have been unsuccessful to figure the sport out or develop any interest in it. Pretty much lost interest in the Olympic a few years back when they came close to eliminating Wrestling, one of the original Olympic sports. They came close, but reversed course and kept it. I’m like, okay, you’re going to keep sports like Synchronized Swimming, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Badminton, but eliminate Wrestling? Yeah, that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 3 hours ago, tx-ogre said: Rhythmic Gymnastics and Badminton Rhythmic Badminton Might be cool, depending on the rhythm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 6 hours ago, MissouriPicker said: I remember when they called this, "Stealing candy from a baby.". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 New Biathelons: farting and tap-dancing, or perhaps Underwater welding and oral sex. RBSinTo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 10/21/2023 at 8:44 PM, MissouriPicker said: I'm gonna start fighting 5 year old girls in cage matches. I am fairly confident I will win. Then I'm gonna go pee in the ladies room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 10/22/2023 at 1:01 PM, RBSinTo said: New Biathelons: farting and tap-dancing, or perhaps Underwater welding and oral sex. RBSinTo I just thought about Kilgore Trout. I wonder why? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, merciful-evans said: I just thought about Kilgore Trout. I wonder why? 😉 There is a used record store by my work called Kilgore Trout. I know he is a character in a novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Sgt. Pepper said: There is a used record store by my work called Kilgore Trout. I know he is a character in a novel. He's an fictional author in Kurt Vonnegut books. He wrote the story about the aliens who communicated by tap dancing & farting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, merciful-evans said: He's an fictional author in Kurt Vonnegut books. He wrote the story about the aliens who communicated by tap dancing & farting. That's fiction. I thought we have been communicating with aliens like that for decades. The NASA Alien Tap Dance And Fart Translator. %)54)_&*$%@!7npjo;lapuw64epoiu That means we are coming to take over your bodies as parasite hosts, and use you humans as food. Edited October 23, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) So you guys over in England created a game that takes 8 hours to play? I thought an NFL game was long at about 3 to 3 and a half hours from start to finish. https://www.rookieroad.com/cricket/how-long-is-cricket-match-6268851/ Edited October 23, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 but what about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, kidblast said: but what about this Where was the Cheddar or Brie? They are gonna feel that tomorrow. Edited October 23, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 How about a guitar skills competition? Fastest pentatonic scale😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Ceptorman said: How about a guitar skills competition? Fastest pentatonic scale😁 Yngwie would win hands down, but still if it’s a list about all guitarist's Jimi Hendrix is the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Haha....that's a good one😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 I think they should have a PED Olympics. All the same sports, but the athletes can take all the performance enhancing drugs they want. On a separate note: Any event that's judged is not a sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, merciful-evans said: He's an fictional author in Kurt Vonnegut books. He wrote the story about the aliens who communicated by tap dancing & farting. m-e., Years ago, after reading the book, I decided to learn the aliens' language. The farting part was easy. I was a natural, but the tap-dancing was really tough. Even today, they have trouble understanding me. They say its my accent. RBSinTo Edited October 23, 2023 by RBSinTo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 On 10/23/2023 at 6:28 PM, Sgt. Pepper said: So you guys over in England created a game that takes 8 hours to play? I thought an NFL game was long at about 3 to 3 and a half hours from start to finish. https://www.rookieroad.com/cricket/how-long-is-cricket-match-6268851/ Watching Cricket is a bit like watching paint dry. Here's the most amusing thing to happen at a Cricket match: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 25, 2023 Author Share Posted October 25, 2023 40 minutes ago, IanHenry said: Watching Cricket is a bit like watching paint dry. Here's the most amusing thing to happen at a Cricket match: Don't they take tea time too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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