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Sports/Olympics (pg. 3)
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| Moongoose |
I watched football, handball, volleyball and gymnastics. Athletics doesn't interest me much so i barely watched it.
Obviously you have never played handball :D |
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| Lilith |
| If you're still playing sports after school on any kind of serious level and not being paid a whack load of cash for it, you should probably just get a job |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
Obviously you have never played handball :D |
haha. throwing and catching a hand-sized ball. forgive me if im missing something but that skillset isn't particularly elite from where im sitting. |
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| Moongoose |
One might argue that for most sports :) I mean how hard is it to play football anyway. You kick the ball around a bit, run to the goal, maybe pass the ball once and score. in essence very simple, but we all know it takes much more than that :)
Perhaps you just need to be from Europe to get what the big deal is? |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
in essence very simple, but we all know it takes much more than that :) |
but handball doesn't take much more than that, which is my point. its like a bastardised version of basketball and soccer, without the skill of either. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
I think the bird's nest is awesome. |
the chinese architect, ai wei-wei, who worked with the swiss firm herzog and demeuron to design that building, publicly disowned it after it became a propaganda tool of the government lol
http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2...-pretend-smile/ |
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
If you're still playing sports after school on any kind of serious level and not being paid a whack load of cash for it, you should probably just get a job |
I disagree. :( |
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| gehzumteufel |
I have watched a total of MAYBE 30mins of olympics coverage. I watched the US v Guatemala football (soccer) game today though. Them ing dirty guats!!!!!!!
Oh and I am not religious about any sport, but football is the sport I watch. It is my fav. I hope Russia goes far this World Cup. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
am i the only one who doesn't follow the olympics relgiously like everyone else seems to?
i don't know why but i'm just not into it. i'm not an athletic person aside from just going to the gym to keep in shape and look good. i mean i played tennis in high school and that's it. i'm not very competative and i feel that's what sports/olympics are all about. i know the olympics are cool but they are still just competative sports to me so i don't go out of my way to watch them.
i was watching womens' volleyball though yesterday and i was just staring at their asses and bodies the whole time like 'damn' lol |
The Olympics are practically the only sports I watch. It's only every 2 years. And its sports that you never really see outside of normal sports programming. All we ever see is football, baseball, hockey, and basketball. |
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| mndeg |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
the chinese architect, ai wei-wei, who worked with the swiss firm herzog and demeuron to design that building, publicly disowned it after it became a propaganda tool of the government lol
http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2...-pretend-smile/ |
He seems a bit naive, it looks like he thinks democracy solves all problems. Which is really far from the truth. |
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| Moongoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
but handball doesn't take much more than that, which is my point. its like a bastardised version of basketball and soccer, without the skill of either. |
If it didn't take that much skill to play it, i would be driving around today with a brand new bmw 6 series like a friend of mine that used to play with me, but was much, much better at it than i was so he went pro :D
Seriously though, neither kicking or throwing a ball take much skill but breaking trough a well formed opponents defence and scoring a goal with three people covering you isn't something a person without skill can accomplish. Be it football or handball or hockey or anything basically. |
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| Ian |
| Most of it is filler but there is some good stuff, such as hockey which my family has played for 3 generations to a decent level & many more. As much of a fan of football as I am, it doesn't work at olympic level to the same extent. Too many competitions as it is and restricting it to under 23 but then allowing 3 'overage' players doesn't really work. like horse riding annoys me too, and shooting, they can be sports but olympic ones? meh. it's worth watching at times when there's nowt else on and to pass time whilst studying though, and then a few events are worth watching for the hype alone. |
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