I believe ballroom dancing is also recognized by the IOC. Now, you do sweat and certainly there's opportunity for injury (sprained ankle, etc.), but, huh?
PS Walter, good to hear, though I imagine a few chess matches could be enlived by fisticuffs.
jespah wrote:
PS Walter, good to hear, though I imagine a few chess matches could be enlived by fisticuffs.
Then you should see my brother and me play. The games are quick (I average about 10 seconds a move, he'll average about 45) and there's lots of trash talking and last minute bets.
A fight could break out at any minute.
OCCOM BILL wrote:Has anyone here read Dan Simmons' Carrion Comfort? They played one wicked game of chess in that one!
I read that. That would probably qualify as an extreme sport. Maybe they could put it in the X games.
Craven, that's how I play with a buddy of mine. Vicious trash talking always makes anything, sport or not, better.
kickycan wrote: OCCOM BILL wrote:Has anyone here read Dan Simmons' Carrion Comfort? They played one wicked game of chess in that one!
I read that. That would probably qualify as an extreme sport. Maybe they could put it in the X games.
How is it possible that we've read so much of the same material, yet somehow you remain so clueless politically?
kickycan wrote:Craven, that's how I play with a buddy of mine. Vicious trash talking always makes anything, sport or not, better.
Yup. Same with my bro-in-law and I... this guy even brings a timer to family get-togethers.
Pffft Timer? That's what yelling "MOVE!" is for.
OCCOM BILL wrote:kickycan wrote: OCCOM BILL wrote:Has anyone here read Dan Simmons' Carrion Comfort? They played one wicked game of chess in that one!
I read that. That would probably qualify as an extreme sport. Maybe they could put it in the X games.
How is it possible that we've read so much of the same material, yet somehow you remain so clueless politically?
I was thinking the exact same thing about you, Bill.
On the topic of vicious board game battling:
I once had a roommate who I played backgammon with, and I kept trying to get her to trash talk and get mean, but she didn't get it. Finally, after I beat her and kept giving her ****, she threw the board and all the pieces all over the room. I was so proud!
Craven found Little k's underwire again!
Gone again - damn random avatars.
