Blackmoor wrote:What about Poker? The sports channels can't get enough of it! Bunch of wankers playing cards and look out of nowhere a rookie won it all . JOKE JOKE JOKE!!!!
Kingofpain89 wrote:Badmike wrote:Yeh, but it's all about the heavy drinking....but I agree with you. I'd rather watch a dog take a dump than one minute of auto racing. I will never be able to forget one horrific afternoon having to wait for a friend to drive me home from a trip to Memphis, we were stuck at his grandparents house and had to watch the ENTIRE Indy 500 with them and other hillbilly relatives, which btw included no women under 50 years old. I actually left during the race and walked to a nearby Subway sandwhich shop about a mile away, ate lunch, finished reading the only book I had on me, and walked back, and the MOTHEREFFING race was still going on. From there I formulated one of my famous RULES OF LIFE, to wit: "Always take your own car anywhere you go"Mike B. Great story Mike. I am with you there....I have never been into auto racing. Being a "southerner" I have been stereotyped numerous times. People just assume people from the South love NASCAR. Not that it isnt difficult mind you. Driving around a track with 40 other nuts going over 200 mph without killing yourself is serious talent. But to me it is just boring as hell. And that comment coming from someone who loves to watch baseball.
Badmike wrote:Yeh, but it's all about the heavy drinking....but I agree with you. I'd rather watch a dog take a dump than one minute of auto racing. I will never be able to forget one horrific afternoon having to wait for a friend to drive me home from a trip to Memphis, we were stuck at his grandparents house and had to watch the ENTIRE Indy 500 with them and other hillbilly relatives, which btw included no women under 50 years old. I actually left during the race and walked to a nearby Subway sandwhich shop about a mile away, ate lunch, finished reading the only book I had on me, and walked back, and the MOTHEREFFING race was still going on. From there I formulated one of my famous RULES OF LIFE, to wit: "Always take your own car anywhere you go"Mike B.
Xaxaxe wrote:Blackmoor wrote:What about Poker? The sports channels can't get enough of it! Bunch of wankers playing cards and look out of nowhere a rookie won it all . JOKE JOKE JOKE!!!!Poker is in its 14th minute, if you take my meaning.
obiter wrote:Killjoy was less than enthusiatic about F1 other than a famous Belgian GP (??? did Damon Hill win that one ??), I sort of remember that one through an alcoholic haze at my cousin's. (who, recalling BadMike's family experince, isn't a hill billy ... but if my social history serves me right there were a fair few lads "Billy Boys" from here (followers of King Billy) who emigrated to the states and got little further than the mountains of virginia) ...Apologies for picking up some older quotes but, as BadMike said ..."Yeh, but it's all about the heavy drinking..."Anyway, that got me to thinking (bad habit) what about the great spectator sport of .... test cricket. Don't knock it, the west Indies & billion Indians can't be wrong. I used to fairly loathe this game until I got the opportunity to see it played at a reasonable standard first hand while at university in England. It was a road to Damscus moment ... everyone of the 2000-3000 spectators were completely plastered. There were bars all round the ground. The whole thing was an excuse for a five day booze up.
killjoy32 wrote:Xaxaxe wrote:Auto racing is an acquired taste, for sure. I would never willingly watch a minute of a NASCAR race, but I'll occasionally check out the Formula One highlights on the Speed Channel. And the start of an F-1 race is, hands down, the best 30 seconds in all of sports. It's pure adrenaline.F1 racing bores the crap outta me i have to say, as does most car racing events. its one of them to each their own kinda things if you ask me. my ex-wife watches it with a passion. she loves all things italy and is a ferrari fanatic - i think its all very lame myself but there ya go.only time i ever watched it with interest, was the belgium grand prix some years back (SPA its called) and it was raining quite hard and on the start, there was a massive car pile-up! it was great fun to watch and the race then turned out to be tremendous - interesting stuff. but bar for that - yawn.watching cars go round and round and round just doesnt do it for me i am afraid.now going onto our footballer antics...sheesh i tell you, there just aint many sportsmen around anymore. my dad always rants on about one thing "they need to make football shirts with no arms in them, so players cant grab hold of each other" he also hates them spitting and they just seem to save it til the camera is on them in zoom and the public get a nice view of someone doing it and not only that, the poor abuse the referee's get. man i would love for one ref to just stand there and go "you said what? get off the pitch (red card)" and just keep doing that til someone gets the point that you are meant to treat officials with at least a little respect. rugby doesnt have that - its 10 times tougher and the refs are treated with great respect.*sigh* anywayAl
Xaxaxe wrote:Auto racing is an acquired taste, for sure. I would never willingly watch a minute of a NASCAR race, but I'll occasionally check out the Formula One highlights on the Speed Channel. And the start of an F-1 race is, hands down, the best 30 seconds in all of sports. It's pure adrenaline.
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Badmike wrote:Xaxaxe wrote:Poker is in its 14th minute, if you take my meaning.Please let that be true. And I thought golf was boring to watch on TV. Mike B.
Xaxaxe wrote:Poker is in its 14th minute, if you take my meaning.
Badmike wrote:killjoy32 wrote:F1 racing bores the crap outta me i have to say, as does most car racing events. its one of them to each their own kinda things if you ask me. my ex-wife watches it with a passion. she loves all things italy and is a ferrari fanatic - i think its all very lame myself but there ya go.only time i ever watched it with interest, was the belgium grand prix some years back (SPA its called) and it was raining quite hard and on the start, there was a massive car pile-up! it was great fun to watch and the race then turned out to be tremendous - interesting stuff. but bar for that - yawn.watching cars go round and round and round just doesnt do it for me i am afraid.now going onto our footballer antics...sheesh i tell you, there just aint many sportsmen around anymore. my dad always rants on about one thing "they need to make football shirts with no arms in them, so players cant grab hold of each other" he also hates them spitting and they just seem to save it til the camera is on them in zoom and the public get a nice view of someone doing it and not only that, the poor abuse the referee's get. man i would love for one ref to just stand there and go "you said what? get off the pitch (red card)" and just keep doing that til someone gets the point that you are meant to treat officials with at least a little respect. rugby doesnt have that - its 10 times tougher and the refs are treated with great respect.*sigh* anywayAlIt's the sad state of sports nowadays that most of the time you end up cheering for the uniform and not the players. Most high paid athletes are only hired guns year to year, no loyalty. I'm going to have to get stinking drunk every Sunday this fall to be able to root for that piece of trash Terrell Owens when he makes his Dallas Cowboys debut this fall....sheesh Can't wait for the "antics" of this so called professional athlete to further tarnish the Cowboy image. I've always said that refs should be paid at least half what the athletes get. How can today's millionaire athletes respect a guy who they know makes less than a 100th of what they do yet gets none of the acclaim or benefits?Mike B.
killjoy32 wrote:F1 racing bores the crap outta me i have to say, as does most car racing events. its one of them to each their own kinda things if you ask me. my ex-wife watches it with a passion. she loves all things italy and is a ferrari fanatic - i think its all very lame myself but there ya go.only time i ever watched it with interest, was the belgium grand prix some years back (SPA its called) and it was raining quite hard and on the start, there was a massive car pile-up! it was great fun to watch and the race then turned out to be tremendous - interesting stuff. but bar for that - yawn.watching cars go round and round and round just doesnt do it for me i am afraid.now going onto our footballer antics...sheesh i tell you, there just aint many sportsmen around anymore. my dad always rants on about one thing "they need to make football shirts with no arms in them, so players cant grab hold of each other" he also hates them spitting and they just seem to save it til the camera is on them in zoom and the public get a nice view of someone doing it and not only that, the poor abuse the referee's get. man i would love for one ref to just stand there and go "you said what? get off the pitch (red card)" and just keep doing that til someone gets the point that you are meant to treat officials with at least a little respect. rugby doesnt have that - its 10 times tougher and the refs are treated with great respect.*sigh* anywayAl
MShipley88 wrote:Total agreement here about Terrel Owens....As a lifelong Cowboy fan...born in the shadow of Texas Stadium, with a silver star on my heart....I have this to say about Terrel Owens:HE WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY I HATE THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.He belonged there. Why didn't he stay?Mark
Plaag wrote:So what do people think of this newer Demon Web? http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mapof ... gh30r2.jpgShaneG.
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Disjected wrote:So what do people think of this newer Demon Web? The page cannot be found _ppi_gh30r2.jpg Looks like it could be some interesting points in the web ..... however, I always thought the best part of the demonweb was figuring out the web of passages. The way the innerwove themselves was just cool in my mind.