Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[skib]

Where else?

Why do women have smaller feet?

So they can stand closer to the sink.

Is this an invitation?

[The Atheist]

Apologies- AMERICAN sport . . .

Rodeo's origins go back a lot further than America.



"American sport" always conjures up a game which is only played in USA, yet a "world championship" is held annually. Not a bad plan, I guess.

It would be more interesting if there were zombies (beside the players, I mean) on the golf course, or dinosaurs. Perhaps in an ideal world.

Spoken like a true 36-handicapper!

Tiger Woods, a zombie? Incredibly rich, married to one of the world's most beautiful women. I wanna be a zombie too!

What about boxing, rugby (mentioned already), full contact martial arts, and ice hockey?

I used to love rugby, but since the game's gone professional, it's died as far as I'm concerned - at the senior level anyway. I still coach the school team, but the players and administrators of the game are a bunch of things I can't adequately describe in here.

Boxing! The noble art?

Yeah, count me in there.

I consider myself privileged to have been alive long enough to vividly remember wagging (playing truant) from high school to watch Ali vs Foreman, which I watched again two days ago. Alas, a lot like rugby, boxing has had its share of troubles and is often nowadays a joke. Multiple champions across weight divisions measured in milligrams....

There are still the odd good bouts I'll watch, but I'm pretty selective.

Now, ice hockey, I do have a problem with. If you could cut the pansy fights out and play the damned game, it might actually be a good sport, but the kindergarten staged fights they have every 15 seconds or so just drives me off it.

Don't let the other members hear it, but I'm quite fond of baseball!

[skib]

Rodeo's origins go back a lot further than America.



"American sport" always conjures up a game which is only played in USA, yet a "world championship" is held annually. Not a bad plan, I guess.

Touche, my friend. You know more about my favorite sport's history than I.

[BienvenuJDC]

Are there no Canadians in here? I haven't heard one person mention Hockey!!

It's Rugby, Golf, Boxing, and Rodeo wrapped up into one...(well, maybe not the rodeo)

[skib]

Silas mentioned hockey!

Yes, bulls are a little clumsy in skates and the horses would spook every time someone tackled them. Not to mention the constant cleanup of manure off the ice. That would get out of hand, having to pause the game every twenty minutes, get out the wheelbarrows and poop forks . . .

[*Classic*Charm*]

Since there are no REAL men here (and by real, I mean Canadian), I'll throw in that Hockey is by far a better sport than all of the above.

Also, to Skib, bull and bronc riding ARE NOT SPORTS!!!!

Anndd..I'm leaving now. Though may I grab a rum and coke on my way out? The coffee thread lacks this little luxury...

[The Atheist]

Since there are no REAL men here (and by real, I mean Canadian),

Phew, if that's the qualification, I'm having a sex change if there's any chance of joining the real men club by accident.

I'll have to come oot of the closet!

Anndd..I'm leaving now. Though may I grab a rum and coke on my way out? The coffee thread lacks this little luxury...

Coke? That's that black stuff?

Not allowed to have that in the bar, unfortunately. Rots the oak barrels.

[prendrelemick]

Whoa. "Real" sport?

You mean that game where 15 blokes run around the paddock, not having a clue what's going on, or who has the ball because the rules are utterly incomprehensible and even the ref just guesses most of the time?

That game where half of all the world cup finals to date have been completed without a single try being scored?

The game where one team can put together brilliant move after brilliant move, driving possession downfield to score 5 points, then 3 minutes later, watch the opposition score three after being penalised because the tighthead prop put his hand on the ground?

The game which still bans padding in its rules, but has 100% of its international players wearing padding?

Is that the one? I've played that once or twice.

I can tell you have!

Might I suggest the members attend a game of Rugby League. Its similar to rugger, or kick 'n' Clap as its called round here, but with the silly bits taken out.

I believe games are now held as far south as The Stoop in London. The march of civilisation goes ever onwards.

[imthefoolonthehill]

I heard the onion news network is now covering soccer and other women's sports.

[optimisticnad]

Woah! This is the first time I've come across this, we had something like this before - it died a quick death, unlike the girls' thread; you men can't stick with anything for long except your boxers.

[BienvenuJDC]

unlike the girls' thread; you men can't stick with anything for long except your boxers.

This is coming from the gender that changes purses and shoes every day.
There is a closet at home that is stuffed with purses...another closet that is riddled with shoes. I stick with the same shoes everyday, brown leather...I stick with the same wallet everyday, black leather...and as far as underwear is concerned...you can get at least a week out of one pair (barring no accidents)...

[The Comedian]

Hey Blokes,

I like all this talk about sports -- and limited use of the television in our club. Though, it would be a shame if use our television for golf. Now, if someone were to put a driving lane out back behind our club, where after a few JDs, we could test our skill, I'd be up for that.

As for now, may I suggest that we pour a drink and deal:

[skib]

Since there are no REAL men here (and by real, I mean Canadian), I'll throw in that Hockey is by far a better sport than all of the above.

Also, to Skib, bull and bronc riding ARE NOT SPORTS!!!!

Anndd..I'm leaving now. Though may I grab a rum and coke on my way out? The coffee thread lacks this little luxury...

If you wish to go that direction, hockey is nothing more than a controlled fight on ice.
And go, my lady! Run away with your icky Crown!

[LostPrincess13]

*at lost with all the sports talk; remembers PE class and chuckles at the her only C grade*

*busies herself with the sweeping and the dishes while listening to Mozart on her Ipod (earphones of course)*

[prendrelemick]

Incidentally, the brutish looking fellow whose chin you used as matchbox wasn't drinking Newcastle brown ale and eating pork scratchings by any chance ?

Ahh I see You've met my loutish evil twin. Been persona non gratia since the imfamous faux pas with a young lady known as "Shazza" in the long room at Lords