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By Tater Barley Banks | Posted Under Comment Diversions | Comments (71)



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It’s that time of year where the baseball season is winding down and the pro football and college football seasons are in full swing and hockey and pro basketball are heating up and college basketball is just around the corner and in just a couple months the Olympics will glorify and beautify and enrich Vancouver (if you live there you can probably rent out your bathroom for $2,500 a week), and if you’re anything like me, I know you will nod your head in agreement when I say:

There just isn’t enough sports on TV. We need ESPN247 (that’s doesn’t mean all-day all-week programming, that means 247 ESPN channels). There already is an ESPN360, but sadly that’s an online service, not 360 channels worth of sports.

They’d probably say there aren’t 360 ESPNs because there aren’t enough sports to fill that many time slots, but that’s where we come in. There aren’t enough sports to fill that many time slots because there haven’t been enough sports invented yet.

I’ve long carried around the dream of Australian Rules Basketball. The ball would be slightly oblong, which would make for some amusing attempts at dribbling, and for some amusingly awkward rebounds. The court would be oval as well. Every time the ball actually did go in the basket, a man in a white trench coat and hat would do that double-pistol shoot at the ground thing.

And of course, we’re talking full contact. None of that sissy foul-calling, ergo, none of that sissy whining about fouls that don’t get called.

But that’s my dream sport, and I’m sure you have yours.

Tell us what it is. Invent a new sport, such as “Olympic clusterfucking,” or modify an existing one, and explain some of your rules.

I have just one rule: Hands off Calvinball.

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Comments

Spendercorp Office Parties always have a game of "Strip Yahtzee".
It plays exactly like regular Yahtzee except that only one die is used, I'm always the one to throw it and I decide who takes off what, making up new rules as the game progresses.
First one naked yells "Yahtzee" and I award the bonus prize. (Get it? BONUS? See what I did there?)
Meh.

Posted by: Spender at October 17, 2009 4:20 PM

How about a sport in which players and coaches take on the media in verbal ass whipping battles? I'm referring to the "suck it" and "keep sucking it" that Diego Maradona flung at the Argentine media last week after the world cup qualifier against Uruguay. Fuck me, did that piece get aired in the US? I want to high five that coke head bloated party animal motherfucker Maradona, just for having the balls and swagger to tell the media que la chupen y que la siguen mamando. What a bawler.

Posted by: krza at October 17, 2009 4:49 PM

As former intramural Sport-Fucker, I could definitely see the Olympic potential of the Clusterfuck. Although, the Olympics tend to be a bit of a clusterfuck as it is. I gotta love 'em though.

Seriously though, I actually participate professionally (at a low level) in a sport that is an Olympic sport: Dressage.
I am increasingly of the opinion that judged sports, as opposed to timed or goaled ones, shouldn't be Olympic anymore. The scandals, politics, and falling standards, in the judging of many sports such as Dressage, Ice Skating, gymnastics (which I also love to watch)seem to illustrate an impurity of sport that overshadows the pursuit of excellence. The sports I know the most about (The Equestrian ones)have witnessed an almost bizarre degradation of the classical principles behind the art in the last decade. Politics, endorsements, and judging flash over accuracy are in large part to blame. "If it wins, it's right!' has become the justification for these corruptions of principles, and the ones to suffer in my sport are the horses, in other sports, the often very young athletes.

/rant

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 17, 2009 5:02 PM

Calvinball for the win.

Posted by: Bequafina at October 17, 2009 5:37 PM

I'm giving a slow clap to Lindsey. I used to compete in national gymnastics competitions when I was younger, and I ended up retiring early because I just couldn't deal with the insane judging the further up I got. It did my head in - not to mention all the crazy endorsement crap which seems to have pervaded British gymnastics in the last few years.

My dream would be to modify gymnastics slightly with the judges being forced to demonstrate exactly what they were looking for after marking a routine... and if they do it wrong they get dropped from a great height crotch-first onto a beam.
Hell I say drop them even if they do it perfectly.

Posted by: Squeeziee at October 17, 2009 5:46 PM

So ... this is going over well.

I know we tend to be not so much interested in sports, possibly because the Pajibian demographic breaks down as something like 2:1 female. Still, I thought maybe the ladiezz would have fun making up a sport that they would actually watch or play. Maybe we're all too busy fucking and getting drunk? Yeah, that's probably it ...

*Reminder to self: Write more hate-themed diversions (and the occasional really nice one).*

Lwa'e'

You know I love you, my little filly, but ... really? The horses in your sport "suffer" because the judges are stupid? "No sugar cubes and carrots for YOU, Sarah Jessica! Hey, don't whinny to ME about it, blame the judge."

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at October 17, 2009 5:50 PM

"the Pajibian demographic breaks down as something like 2:1 female. .."

BULLSHIT!

Most of the commenters here "are" Skitz, the remainder is Skitz posing as a female.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 17, 2009 6:09 PM

Slim invents the sport of Skitz baiting. Well done, sir! I said WELL DONE!

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at October 17, 2009 6:10 PM

SPORTS ARE LAME!!!!

OMGZ, there's always, like, SWEATING and stuff. And dirt! And throwing things is really hard, I mean, why is that basket so high? Seriously.

/teenfont

I don't think this isn't getting hits because Pajibians are mostly female, I think it's because making up a sport is really fucking hard.

Posted by: Lauren at October 17, 2009 6:12 PM

Full contact Boggle. There's also a bit of Balderdash thrown in, because if you can convincingly justify the existence of a word, you should be able to use it.
And if someone tries to say a word doesn't exist and it DOES, you have every right to open a giant dictionary, point it out to them, and use their head as a bookmark.

Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at October 17, 2009 6:13 PM

^^^
Not THAT hard.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at October 17, 2009 6:37 PM

I, on occasion, make up hilarious to retarded sports in my dreams. My most recent and well conceived sport was Underwater Basketball.
This consists of a swimming pool with all the usual court markings in neon lights, naturally, and a giant floating keyboard at each end where a tune has to be played, using the ball, in order to score points. Points are awarded for tone, melody and complexity of said tune.
As for my other dream sports the other one that sticks out most clearly in my mind is Power Finger. Hopefully I don't have to explain the logistics of that.

Posted by: Born To Hula at October 17, 2009 6:39 PM

"because if you can convincingly justify the existence of a word."


OOH OOH:

doucherousness.

As in:

Your daily existence is defined by doucherousness.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 17, 2009 6:40 PM

Sorry, forgot the most important rule. If someone says you can't count a word and its plural as two separate words, you have to arm wrestle. This is a little bit fixed, since the pro-plurals player will have stronger arm muscles from writing all those extra words. And I will . . . uh, I mean that player will own your ass.

Plurals count, bitch.

Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at October 17, 2009 6:42 PM

Yeah, see, I'm not so good at the creativity in this area. Not really a sports girl, per se. If the pseudo-Mr. were a Pajiboy, he'd totally be all over this diversion, tho. He's very inventive. He invented a dice game years ago, for which I sadly have forgotten the rules, but I do remember the name: Old Scummy Anus. I also recall it being the type of game where the object is to COMPLETELY screw other people. He and his buddies still play it, once in a while, when they're bored with cards and killing Nazi Zombies or gunning down and/or running over people. So, again, not so much with the sports, but competitive games, sure. There may have been a tackle version of Old Scummy.

Also, I have a million homework to do, so I been kinda busy this weekend thus far...Sorry, ,(buc)!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at October 17, 2009 6:49 PM

No Slim, you need more than a sentence. For example:

Doucherousness [DOOSH-er-uhs-nis]
noun
1. The quality or state of being a douche
2. Doucherous conduct or practices
3. A doucherous act or thing

Related terms: Doucherous (adjective); douche (noun); Barbado Slim (proper noun, within limited context)

Antonyms: Awesometasticness (noun); MyySharona (proper noun)

Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at October 17, 2009 6:51 PM

P.S. Myysharona wins. At life. And everything else.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at October 17, 2009 6:51 PM

Noobs.

For the real dirt, and I do mean real, you gotta go to gardeners for hardcore competitiveness.

Bulb racing.

Plant a selection of spring-blooming bulbs, in the fall. (planting season has recently closed, at least to everyone north of the Mason-Dixon line.)

Wait till spring. First one to get a flower wins.

My mother and I used to do this. For real. After the first couple years I won, consistently. (She'd go with crocus, that were bright enough to see from inside. But I had snowdrops - had to get out there and look for them, camouflaged in the snow - but by Godtopus, I had first bloom.)

Beat that.

Posted by: bjs1109 at October 17, 2009 6:52 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I see what you did there!


Hey, wait ...

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 17, 2009 6:56 PM

this thread adik kasi.

i said, ADIK KASI.

Posted by: gp at October 17, 2009 6:57 PM

Now give me a sloppy kiss, I still love you.

Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at October 17, 2009 6:58 PM

College Competitive Cooking. I know we've got Iron Chef for true competitive cooking, but I want there to be a college division where there's no secret ingredient. Just the fridge and pantry of some random college student (grad or undergrad, both are either broke or of such poor taste in food to make it interesting). Oh yeah, and you can only use the cookware and appliances they have too.

I mean, anyone can make a good meal involving coconut given the excellent resources Iron Chef affords. I want to see you make a kick ass meal out of chicken flavor ramen, peanut butter, chili garlic sauce, the remnants of a block of cheddar, frozen mixed veggies, and whatever else you can find*. Bonus points if you make more than one dish OR if you can cook your entire meal using only one vessel, thus streamlining cleanup.

*Seriously, anyone got ideas? Those are actual items in my kitchen right now that I need to try and make into a meal. I'm thinking a bastard version of Pad Thai.

Posted by: Rusty (formerly Genny) at October 17, 2009 7:04 PM

Seriously, WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?! gp, come on, help a bitch out!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at October 17, 2009 7:13 PM

No hating on girls. My dream sport is Chicken Soccer. There are 3 parts to this:

1. Soccer. Wonderful, phenomenal, excellent sport if played correctly. And the correct way to play it is with vim and vigor and violence. So generally, the rules of soccer.
2. Chicken Fighting. There are 22 players on the field at once, 11 on the ground and 11 on their shoulders. To avoid the inevitable "giants and midgets" phenomenon, each time a goal is scored, the "tops" and "bottoms" must switch.
3. Chicken. The game starts, not with a kickoff, but with 2 pairs running at the ball along a straight line toward each other to see who gets control. If one pair deviates from the line, the other pair automatically gets the ball.

Also, Rusty, my college has this sport. Seriously.

Posted by: esme at October 17, 2009 7:16 PM

Literaball

The game is simple. Played in the stacks of a good sized public library, players attempt to pass a leather covered, bone-white volleyball through the library stacks without disturbing any books. It involves strategy to figure out the best path through the gaps in the stacks. The ball must touch the ground between each stack before going through the next.

There are time trial, freestyle, partner, and team divisions. Time trial involves the quickest time, with a 3 second penalty for each fallen book. Freestyle involves the artistry: banking the ball off books, pantomimed reenactments of classic literature, pissing on Dean Koontz novels, etc; the winner receives the most points after three 60-second rounds, best 2/3 for final score. Partner works the same as time trial with two players who are not allowed to talk to each other; it is a library, after all, and there is a 5 second penalty for each utterance. Team is faster. The ball is not allowed to touch the ground or else a 2 second penalty is assessed; fallen book and utterance penalties still apply.

Naturally, coke bottle glasses and deep-v cardigans are required attire. Contacts may not be substituted. Expect an unsuccessful bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics, acceptance in 2024, rejection in 2028, and full instatement in 2040.

Posted by: Robert at October 17, 2009 7:17 PM

Speaking of Olympic clusterfucks:

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter during a
gunbattle between rival gangs Saturday, killing two officers in a burst of violence
just two weeks after the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games.

Ten suspected drug traffickers were also killed during the fighting in a
shantytown, along with two bystanders in the slum, officials said.
---
To steal a line from a co-worker: Rio is like Afghanistan, with conga lines and thongs.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at October 17, 2009 7:18 PM

And don't use "But Pajibans hate sports" as an excuse not to participate, twatwaffles. I hate sports.

I hate sports so much, I campaigned for student council office from sixth through twelfth grade on a highly controversial "divert sports funding to arts education and/or purchasing text books that were published within the last 10 years" platform. The teachers loved it in a gladiatoral way, since it inevitably led to beatings, beatings, and more beatings.

I hate sports so much, I smuggled books into the stands during marching band gigs to fight off the loss of brain cells brought on by really bad high school football. That I can say objectively. My town didn't win a game for at least eight years at one point. They've since gone back to a pitiful mostly-losing record after going to the state finals seven years ago.

I hate sports so much, I took an F on a Spanish oral exam for refusing to name a sport with a proper Spanish translation as my favorite. I just kept saying "Como se dice "bowling?"" over and over till the teacher started cursing at me in Spanish. How do I know she did that? Because she taught those words to the honors class for fun. Fucking punta.

I could go on.

Nut up and have some fun, 'Jibans. I, personally, would like more suggestions for sports requiring funny costumes, like Rhythmic Gymnastics and Quidditch. At least then I have something to latch onto.

Posted by: Robert at October 17, 2009 7:35 PM

Melted Butter Luge. During the summer you line the luge course with melted butter and ride that fucker down. you stop when you hit a pile of popcorn.

Douche Skeet Shooting. Douche gets launched into the air and then you shoot him with rock salt pellets. Bonus points if you can knock that stupidly-tilted hat off the jerk-offs head.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at October 17, 2009 7:46 PM

When I was a kid we made up a game with croquet mallets and balls -- the real hard-wood ones, the ones that hurt -- and played what amounted to polo without horses. Six-eight adolescents swinging said mallets and launching 80-mph shots with hard wooden balls -- what could go wrong with that?

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at October 17, 2009 8:03 PM

Men's football: This is football with old school rules allowing the clothesline, the leg whip, bump-and-run coverage the length of the field and my personal favorite, the head slap. There is no roughing the passer and refs who call celebration penalties will be torn apart by wild dogs.

Figure boxing: Two underweight teenage girls face each other on a square ice rink with figure skaes and boxing gloves.

Competitive taunting: Teams win by coming with the funniest, most topical and most disturbingly scatological insults for the opposition.

Band baiting: A pack of wolves is let loose on a marching band. First nerd to make it to the other end of a football field wins. Losers . . . die.

Co-ed mind reading: A sport for married men and men in long-term relationships, competitors try tofigure out what the hell his teammate is pissed off about as she fumes and insists "Nothing's wrong. Leave me alone" or "If you don't know, then I'm not going to tell you."

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at October 17, 2009 8:04 PM

OK, I'm going to combine my dream of turning the Empire State Building into a ride with this idea of a sports diversion:

Extreme Speed Sliding:

Every time I've been to the Empire State Building, I dream of creating acrylic (or some better transparent material) slides that wrap around the outside of the building - so after you are done seeing the sights at the top, you fling yourself down a clear chute and ride all the way down, where you land on a big, soft bouncy castle mattress thingamabob.

So for my sport, I'd turn the slides competitive; people could speed race to the bottom. Of course, since I'm acrophobic, I'd likely have heart failure if I tried to compete.

Posted by: Cindy at October 17, 2009 9:11 PM

Competitive Arson.

Posted by: commanderfunky at October 17, 2009 9:18 PM

Competitive Arson.

Posted by: commanderfunky at October 17, 2009 9:18 PM
......................................

NOW we are talkin'!

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 17, 2009 9:36 PM

Competitive fisting.

Posted by: admin at October 17, 2009 9:44 PM

I like where your mind's at, admin.

Color commenter: It looks like Contestant No. 1 is BAM! in there up to his elbow, folks. Contestant 2 has most of a hand but Contestant 3 can barely get a pinky in there ...

Play-by-play: Yes but ... oh, my, all three women are squirming and bucking, it looks like ...

Woman 1: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

Women 2: OHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGOD

Women 3: FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

Play-by-play: Folks, this one's close, it could be a three-way dead heat, let's go to the tape!

Color commenter: I think we'll be able to SELL that tape for a bundle, don't you, Joe? What a great match! I'm going to include this one on CumLikeMadden 2010.

Play-by-play: Heh-heh.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at October 17, 2009 10:58 PM

Actually, I'm thinking that if we weren't hurting for comments that admin should be barred from the diversion, on the grounds he has an unfair advantage because Canada already has really real fucked up weird-ass sports, such as the one that combines figure skating, bowling, shuffleboard, billiards and janitorial services and airs on NATIONAL TV. You people can't be that bored.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at October 17, 2009 11:31 PM

I don't enjoy sports but often am in situations where I am watching by default, because I am often bored I have often thought about what would make them more interesting.So,not new sports but maybe better ones- here goes-

Basketball- Make the court twice as long and the basket higher.

Soccer/Football- Make the field half as long,and fouling allowed within reason (no more time wasted with fake injuries).

Basically basketball- lower scores, soccer higher ones. Oh, and since the last 15minutes of both are the best- make the games only an hour.


Posted by: cc at October 18, 2009 12:30 AM

I don't know if anyone has posted this...I didn't look. But football that doesn't have the same penalties. i.e. a clothesline...legal. Facemask...legal. Roughing the passer/kicker...legal. Football is slowly catering to pussies...dicks.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at October 18, 2009 1:03 AM

AvB, i have no idea, but i knew it would incite you.

admin, stop trying to out-gay me.

Posted by: gp at October 18, 2009 1:03 AM

"Ladies and gentlemen! Our winner, by prolapsed rectum..... at three minutes, fourty-seven seconds of round number two.....he is the reining, undefeated, heavy-weight champion of the wooooorld.......Ouuuuuutgayyouuuuuuuuuuu!

Posted by: admin at October 18, 2009 2:16 AM

Off-topic, but Woot! is having a 24 movie sale for $40 + $5 shipping. Some of them are actually good movies.

The rest you can give as xmas presents to dumb relatives.

Posted by: Drake at October 18, 2009 2:16 AM

So this is a real sport, but it is my favorite and I want more of it. Professional lumberjack competitions. They are the best. Folks in flannel swinging axes and wielding saws at high speeds. Those trees never see it coming. My only complaint is there aren't enough women. Now a female league, that would be the best.

Posted by: Morgan Lefai at October 18, 2009 2:41 AM

I want to bring back the Pankration to the Summer Olympics. Bare-knuckle fighting with no holds barred but crotch shots leading to castration, and eye-gouging. Talk about FUN shit!

Barring that, admin's idea of Competitive Fisting sounds like a lot of fun to watch. Gold medals can be awarded by the size of the goatse.

And for the Winter Games, there's nothing like Frozen Pole Frenching (serious hat tip to MST3K on this one). Contestants go for time stuck to the steel shaft, followed by how much dermis is ripped off when you disengage (and style points for the pain-filled cries, whimpers and flailing about).

Posted by: The Wanderer at October 18, 2009 4:40 AM

Snoccus - A game I used to play in highschool, it's a mix of soccer and volleyball played on a tennis court. It can be played with 2 or 4 people to a side (any more than that and it's too crowded). Think volleyball played with a soccer ball, touching the ball is soccer rules (any part of the body but your hands).

People have positions roughly analogous to those in volleyball, and are rotated through in a similar fashion. The person at the back right serves the ball. This can be done using either a drop kick or with the ball starting off on the ground.

If the ball goes straight out it's a point to the receiveing team, if it bounces once inside the (tennis doubles) boundaries then bounces out it is a point to the opposite team (similar to tennis).

The ball may bounce once before it is touched and once after, 2 bounces in a row mean a point to the opposite team, and you are allowed 3 touches before kicking back over. The ball must be passed at least once before being kicked back over.

If your team wins the round they win the next serve, but only receive a point if they had the serve that ruond (similar to volleyball).

to reiterate, points are awarded if the ball goes out of bounds when your team had last touch, if it bounces twice in a row or if it is touched by somebody's hands. Touching the net on a serve is allowed, but hitting the net (even if it makes it over) awards a point to the opposing team.

Depending on how serious we were the scoring system was either that of tennis (for serious play, games, sets, matches etc); highest number of points won in an hour (semi serious); or can be played without anyone bothering to keep track (most of the time).

Teams can be chosen however you like but we used the system of whoever got to a spot first.

This game is hella fun and I highly recommend you all give it a go, I spent most of my lunch times in my last couple of years of high school playing it with about 20-25 people (the tennis players hated us).

For those of you with awesome coordination the difficulty can be raised by using two players per team or eliminating one or both of the bounces (I recommend eliminating the second bounce before the first one).

Posted by: Chugga at October 18, 2009 5:47 AM

@, (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at October 17, 2009 5:50 PM

Oh Big Daddy, you know how to get me hot and bothered, yes you do! But you KNOW I can't resist a good rant, and I'm magnificent when I'm angry, particularly at 3AM, so here we go (and you'd better read it since you poked the bear):

The reason why I said that in the end the horses suffer for the lack of standards in judging is because the physical stress involved in the Grand Prix Dressage is extreme in the collected work, mainly the piaffe, passage, and canter pirouette. The paces require a tremendous amount of physical strength and demonstrate an exceptional control of balance. Under the best of circumstances the wear and tear on the horse's joints and suspensory tissues is considerable. Many horses are physically incapable of producing this work under saddle at all. When judges reward extravagant flashy exhibitions at the expense of true correctness of the form (balance, straightness, suppleness, purity of gait) the potential damage to the body of the horse is magnified.

The pressure to compete successfully at a high level at an early age has accelerated the training process in some cases by several years. This produces younger, less physically developed animals being asked to produce the strenuous movements faster than their bodies can sometimes acquire the necessary musculature to sustain the effort. The popular training methods (Rolkur to name one, Google it) being applied to many of the current winning horses are extemely controversial and potentially damaging to the horse's body. These methods exist because:

1)they accelerate the training process by skipping steps which saves time at the expense of correct development.

2)they often produce gait abnormalities that result in very showy and flashy movement, almost always at the expense of the purity of the gait, the correct elevation of the spine of the horse, and engagement of the haunches.

The methods in extremely skilled hands MAY not do as much harm as is feared by pretty much every reputable committee and organization in the international equestrian community (including the Fédération Équestre Internationale, commonly known as the FEI), but is unquestionably a dangerous tool in the hands of the vast majority of riders. Of course, what wins is emulated, and much like attempting the stunts seen on the average episode of 'Jackass', the results can be disastrous, although nowhere near as funny.

The problem has already begun to trickle down to the lower amateur levels, and is even being reflected by the re-writing of the rules and definitions of the movements to reflect the bad training. The USDF rules are actually being changed to fit the incorrect work since 'everyone is doing it wrong anyway.'

I could cite examples for every single assertion in this little diatribe, but it is pretty technical stuff.

So, yes, the horses DO suffer from bad judging, because the judging sets the bar for what wins, and I have learned to N.E.V.E.R. underestimate the depths of depravity people will sink to in order to WIN. The ethical issue is that unlike human athletes, the horses have absolutely no say in the matter. Also unlike humans, horses don't whimper, scream, or cry, when they are in pain. If they did, believe me, things would be VERY different.

Whew, I need a cigarette. Was it good for you?

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 18, 2009 6:07 AM

AvB, i have no idea, but i knew it would incite you.

Oh, a weisenheimer, eh? Well, one more peep out of you, weisenheimer, and I'll butter your necktie*!

*I do not even know what this means. I watched Harvey for the first time the other night and this was an actual threat made by the bartender to Wilson from the sanitarium. However, I plan to use it as often as possible.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at October 18, 2009 9:24 AM

Also, L with an 'e', that was HOT. I don't know about buc, but *I* could use a cig after that.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at October 18, 2009 9:31 AM

________WealthySocial________ . We have more than 1200,000 members including: lawyer, CEO, manager, model, actor, doctor, hollywood celebrities, althlets, investors...

Posted by: happyone at October 18, 2009 9:47 AM

Canada already has really real fucked up weird-ass sports, such as the one that combines figure skating, bowling, shuffleboard, billiards and janitorial services and airs on NATIONAL TV.

Maple Leafs hockey?

/from Toronto
//it's a nice city, really it is...

Posted by: DGM at October 18, 2009 10:51 AM

I hear happyone can take both arms.

Posted by: admin at October 18, 2009 10:52 AM

knock it off, you think competitive fisting would be a joy to watch? well, it isn't. i can point you in the direction of some videos to make my case, but i'd rather not, you should just take my word for it.
fisting shouldn't be competitive anyway. time restrictions can lead to hazardous conditions and scoring is a wash.
and i'm not going to be videotaped looking like a muppet just so you can win 26 bucks in a fantasy fisting pool.

Posted by: gp at October 18, 2009 12:25 PM

Pajibans of a certain age will remember the show "Real People" from the early-'80s. They did a segment on a guy who converted a golf course into a Frisbee golf course -- and for my soon-to-be-stoner friends and I, a lifetime obsession was born. We call it...

Enduragolf

Rules of Play -- Enduragolf is played on Saturdays at an office park or college or high school campus. Scout your surroundings throughout the week for a suitable course -- parking lots with lots of signage and grass islands, multiple buildings with breezeways and loading docks, and unused sporting venues can all be incorporated into a good course.

Order of play is determined by a frisbee flip. Each player (2 or 3 works best, as our scoring gets too elaborate to keep in your head otherwise) takes turns calling holes, which usually include 3 or 4 targets. A typical call might be "hit stop sign, land on third grass island, land on blue handicapped parking square", or "slide over both speed breakers, throw between trees, land on bench", or "from top of stands, throw through goalposts, hit scoreboard, then land on Lane 4 of track".

For advanced players only -- skipping. Any target on asphalt that can be hit or landed upon can be skipped-and-hit or -landed-upon. Our games now usually consist of 40-50% skips.

Scoring -- each player completes the hole, and score is determined by how many strokes behind the leader each other player is. The leader gets 0 points, and each trailing player gets one point per extra stroke. The score is retabulated at the end of each hole, always orienting to zero for the leader, and a "game" is won when someone's score reaches 4 or higher at the end of any hole. Play is for a predetermined amount of time (usu. 2.5 to 3 hours), and whoever has the most "games" won at the end of that time wins the "match", and is owed a frozen treat from the other players at the nearest Dairy Queen.

Penalties -- this is what truly sets Enduragolf apart from more garden-variety versions. There are permanent penalties and those which are at the discretion of the caller of any particular hole.

Permanent penalties:

Hitting a car, a window, or any flowers -- one stroke penalty.

Going out of turn -- one stroke.

Interfering with another player's frisbee -- 10 yard walkoff in opposite direction of next target.

Interfering with another player's bodily personage -- 15 yards.

Random Joe: you are bound to run across the occasional non-playing human, and it is imperative you remember that THEY ARE A PART OF THE COURSE. Often, a Random Joe will confuse your intentions in throwing your frisbee, and will want to pick it up and throw it back to you. You must do everything in your powers to prevent this from happening, as the penalty for Random Joe interference is to throw from wherever the throw lands (and, no, you may not catch a Random-Joe-thrown frisbee to mitigate the damage), plus fifteen yards. This can be a crushing penalty.

Discretionary penalties might include a stroke for landing upside down, or a yardage penalty for on grass on a hole which calls for throwing along a sidewalk or breezeway.

Inventiveness in the calling of holes and penalties, while not rewarded in the scoring, is highly encouraged. You should also call holes which correspond to your particular strengths -- I'm better at long throws, so I steer us towards the open spaces. My friends are skipping savants (they can skip over a 12-foot fence from 25 feet away), so they find any excuse to call a skip.

We've been at it for almost 30 years. I've tried playing actual golf, but gave it up years ago. Enduragolf is way more fun and costs nothing (beyond the expense of replacing a frisbee lost in a gutter or atop a building).

So go on out and play, and you'll be first in line for the upcoming marketing blitz for the official Enduragolf scorekeeping wristwatch (prototype completed in 1988, patent pending its eventual submission to the patent office. Which should be any day now, I'm sure of it....)

Posted by: sansho1 at October 18, 2009 12:36 PM

AvB,
I swear, I would go lesbo for you.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 18, 2009 1:31 PM

um, gro-oss.

Posted by: gp at October 18, 2009 1:42 PM

Sansho1:

My brother is way into Frisbee golf too. He even has gotten a few courses built in his current city. None of that pussy manicured-grass-and-sculpted-landscape bullshit, either. They hung 'baskets' (small garbage cans with the bottoms cut out I think)on trees etc in local parks as well as using completely undeveloped natural areas. There is almost zero impact on the environment, and courses can be easily changed for variety, or packed up and moved off entirely if need be. I really don't understand the attraction to conventional golf, but I can really see the appeal of Frisbee golf.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 18, 2009 1:45 PM

gp: Shut up bug-face.
Go lick a parrot or something.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 18, 2009 1:47 PM

when i get these tropical-bird-mind-controlling helmets working properly, i'm sending the armada to your house first, tippy-hedren with an 'e'

Posted by: gp at October 18, 2009 1:50 PM

My tennis racket and I will be waiting.
Here birdie-birdie-birdie...

It was an idle comment anyway, my girl-crush on AvB will remain hetero. I like cock too much.
I know you can identify with that.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 18, 2009 1:59 PM

identifies with cock


i'm going to make tee shirts with that on it. the market demands it! (well, not the lesbian markets, or larkets.)

Posted by: gp at October 18, 2009 2:37 PM

I've played some courses like that, Lindsey, and they're a lot of fun. For me, though, it lacks the inventiveness of calling your own holes and getting to play on asphalt.

Posted by: sansho1 at October 18, 2009 3:16 PM

Ohhhh my ... can I get in the middle of that LwAvB action? Like Lw,AvB?

I

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at October 18, 2009 3:54 PM

Huh. The *heart* thingie didn't show up.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at October 18, 2009 3:55 PM

identifies with commas

Posted by: gp at October 18, 2009 4:10 PM

You left out the 'e'! That is the best part!

Right Big Daddy, quit changing the subject. Have I made myself perfectly clear on the philosophical and ethical point you called me out on? Did you feel my rant?
DID YOU FEEL IT!?
{mutter, mutter... keep ME up till 3AM writing a rebuttal will ya...}

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 18, 2009 5:00 PM

Shut up bug-face.
Go lick a parrot or something.

I ...also love the schween, yet right at this moment, I would like to take Lindsey and her 'e' out behind the bleachers and impregnate her.

buc, you can run the camera, how's that?

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at October 18, 2009 10:28 PM

Let me get my tripod.

*has acid flashback to thread from earlier in week ...*

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at October 19, 2009 10:37 AM

What about Costume Cage Match? Think about it: Traveling Minstrel vs. Klingon.

I actually saw something like this, last summer at the Renaissance Faire. I have to tell you, man, piccolo vs. meqleH? Cannot. Look. Away.

Posted by: JulieB at October 19, 2009 11:10 AM

Slap Ass.

Player one on team A bares his ass and bends over. Then a member of team B gets 10 yards to work up some running speed and slap the bare ass of his apponent as hard as he can.

Object of the game: knock your bare assed opponent over. Or make him cry. I mean that was an automatic out when we played. Also a bare hand to the ass at that speed can seriously impede the ability to sit.

Cue gay jokes.

Posted by: Wooster at October 19, 2009 2:07 PM

Lindsey - you rock.

Posted by: Stella at October 19, 2009 3:40 PM

Also a bare hand to the ass at that speed can seriously impede the ability to sit.

Wussy.

Posted by: gp at October 19, 2009 4:38 PM

The perfect sport has already been invented. It´s called Quidditch.

MAN, I´d love to play Quidditch!

Posted by: Pedro at October 20, 2009 4:26 AM


















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