bielesibub Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Formula One is the correct answer. Oh my god, how could I have forgotten Formula One - I might dislike that more than cricket! F1 is a game that is won by how quick someone can change a set of tyres or fill a fuel tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, bielesibub said: Oh my god, how could I have forgotten Formula One - I might dislike that more than cricket! F1 is a game that is won by how quick someone can change a set of tyres or fill a fuel tank. I think they removed the refueling part of the sport a while back, I stopped watching as I was only tuned in for the people setting themselves on fire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2021 23 minutes ago, El Zen said: Ice hockey is excellent fun. Objectively entertaining. Never seen it in the flesh, but it's no good at all on TV. Or maybe it is on a huge screen, but on our modestly sized telly, the puck is near-invisible, so all I see is the players crashing around at breakneck speed. The only way to appreciate a goal is in the slo-mo replay. Conversely, motor sport, road cycling, horse racing, etc. are far better on TV than in attendance, due to multiple camera positions - rather than standing in one spot for ages and then seeing the competitors flash past in the blink of an eye. Don't mind the Olympics for a novelty, but tbh I have pretty much zero interest in any sport besides football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AVFC_Hitz Posted June 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2021 Sports I would be interested in watching: Javelin at Jeff - The bi-weekly throw a javelin at anyone called Jeff competition. Should be shown on channel 4 after 2am. The competition would be more edgy if its name was shortened to J@J. People would call it 'JAJ' but I think we're all ok with that. Sponsored by the French early internet/postal service Minitel. Cor! What a pie! - 11 men without any knowledge of baked goods are rated on how loud they shout at pies in small provinical bakeries. Could be streamed via YouTube. Although a £14.99pm villaTV style subscription on the Greggs website would work also. SingedBalls - A sport in which specially crafted leather testes are thrown onto a triangle of candles. If all 28 candles are put out with the balls then it's called a singe. Men with abritary knowledge of signwriting display the scores. A moderator can shout SingedBalls! if the candle manages to burn off the hair on each ball after the candle has been put out. FairyDance - Bottles of fairy liquid are put in the middle of a failing comprehensive's quadrant and each 'Foamer' has to dance to a 4 minute song around the bottle of fairy liquid. Points are awarded on intricacy and knowledge of Schwabian. 'Jiffers' is similar but different. A bit like rugby union/league. Panathanaikos Yoghurt - 22 men travel to various Greek ports and wrestle for the best yoghurt/fruit combination. Vegetables are presented on an ornate glass tray every 12 seconds by means of distraction and a binding contract with a Turkish glass company. 4 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: See also: basketball. Hands down the most boring spectator sport on the planet (and I include cricket and golf). Have you ever tried Baseball? I went to see the Red Sox a few years ago, can't even remember who they played, but we walked out after an hour or so because it was so entertaining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 38 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: Sports I would be interested in watching: Javelin at Jeff - The bi-weekly throw a javelin at anyone called Jeff competition. Should be shown on channel 4 after 2am. The competition would be more edgy if its name was shortened to J@J. People would call it 'JAJ' but I think we're all ok with that. Sponsored by the French early internet/postal service Minitel. Cor! What a pie! - 11 men without any knowledge of baked goods are rated on how loud they shout at pies in small provinical bakeries. Could be streamed via YouTube. Although a £14.99pm villaTV style subscription on the Greggs website would work also. SingedBalls - A sport in which specially crafted leather testes are thrown onto a triangle of candles. If all 28 candles are put out with the balls then it's called a singe. Men with abritary knowledge of signwriting display the scores. A moderator can shout SingedBalls! if the candle manages to burn off the hair on each ball after the candle has been put out. FairyDance - Bottles of fairy liquid are put in the middle of a failing comprehensive's quadrant and each 'Foamer' has to dance to a 4 minute song around the bottle of fairy liquid. Points are awarded on intricacy and knowledge of Schwabian. 'Jiffers' is similar but different. A bit like rugby union/league. Panathanaikos Yoghurt - 22 men travel to various Greek ports and wrestle for the best yoghurt/fruit combination. Vegetables are presented on an ornate glass tray every 12 seconds by means of distraction and a binding contract with a Turkish glass company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2021 34 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Does the J in RJW stand for Jeff by any chance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 hour ago, bickster said: I think they removed the refueling part of the sport a while back, I stopped watching as I was only tuned in for the people setting themselves on fire Sick burn, dude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2021 Just now, blandy said: Sick burn, dude Just trying to ignite the conversation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, bickster said: Does the J in RJW stand for Jeff by any chance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 hour ago, AXD said: Have you ever tried Baseball? I went to see the Red Sox a few years ago, can't even remember who they played, but we walked out after an hour or so because it was so entertaining. I have. Baltimore Orioles v Milwaukee Brewers at the old Memorial Stadium, 1989. Baltimore lost. Much like watching cricket, better in the flesh than on TV, for exactly the same reasons - sitting in the sun drinking beer, enjoying the fan banter and largely ignoring the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 hours ago, chrisp65 said: I like watching Drag Car Racing. I’ll expand on that. I’m happy to sit there and watch drag cars on the proviso that about one an hour blows up and / or crashes. At Santa Pod once, a great big lump of an engine landed about 3 or 4 metres away from me. Earlier that same day, I fell out of the car I was driving. Best track day ever. My mate and his dad built and raced a super fast car thing for a few years and my dad crewed for them. This is me driving it. I was probably doing about 180mph here I think. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) Them’s the boys! Top fuel cars and funny cars for just the most macho rush of all things blokishly engine based. Standing start to 300mph in a quarter of a mile. It is quite something to experience standing next to. I was sat front row and right on the line at Santa Pod when a funny car blew up. Lights went green, the roar of the engine and the jet of flame but something broke and instead of the car being launched forward, the engine was launched vertically upward. Nevermind, push him off to the side, this next guy has basically strapped a saddle to a fighter jet engine. Edited June 28, 2021 by chrisp65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 If we're on sport, I don't get the British and Irish Lions. I'm not the biggest fan of rugby full stop, but the Lions as a concept is just odd. So England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland can all play New Zealand, South Africa and Australia at any point, and sometimes they beat them. When they do, it's normally seen as a good result, but it's not out of the question. Like they're not unbeatable normally. So why is it such a big deal if the home nations pool their best players, and then play them and beat them? Surely you'd expect a team made up of the best players from 4 different teams to win? How come the Southern hemisphere teams are held in such high regards that the UK and Ireland feel they have to join forces to beat them? How come the Norther hemisphere teams are held in such poor regards that NZ, Aus and SA don't join forces to try and beat them? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lapal_fan Posted June 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 hours ago, AVFC_Hitz said: Sports I would be interested in watching: Javelin at Jeff - The bi-weekly throw a javelin at anyone called Jeff competition. Should be shown on channel 4 after 2am. The competition would be more edgy if its name was shortened to J@J. People would call it 'JAJ' but I think we're all ok with that. Sponsored by the French early internet/postal service Minitel. Cor! What a pie! - 11 men without any knowledge of baked goods are rated on how loud they shout at pies in small provinical bakeries. Could be streamed via YouTube. Although a £14.99pm villaTV style subscription on the Greggs website would work also. SingedBalls - A sport in which specially crafted leather testes are thrown onto a triangle of candles. If all 28 candles are put out with the balls then it's called a singe. Men with abritary knowledge of signwriting display the scores. A moderator can shout SingedBalls! if the candle manages to burn off the hair on each ball after the candle has been put out. FairyDance - Bottles of fairy liquid are put in the middle of a failing comprehensive's quadrant and each 'Foamer' has to dance to a 4 minute song around the bottle of fairy liquid. Points are awarded on intricacy and knowledge of Schwabian. 'Jiffers' is similar but different. A bit like rugby union/league. Panathanaikos Yoghurt - 22 men travel to various Greek ports and wrestle for the best yoghurt/fruit combination. Vegetables are presented on an ornate glass tray every 12 seconds by means of distraction and a binding contract with a Turkish glass company. I read that and thought "I don't remember posting that" Best post on VT, ever. 1 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, dAVe80 said: If we're on sport, I don't get the British and Irish Lions. I'm not the biggest fan of rugby full stop, but the Lions as a concept is just odd. So England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland can all play New Zealand, South Africa and Australia at any point, and sometimes they beat them. When they do, it's normally seen as a good result, but it's not out of the question. Like they're not unbeatable normally. So why is it such a big deal if the home nations pool their best players, and then play them and beat them? Surely you'd expect a team made up of the best players from 4 different teams to win? How come the Southern hemisphere teams are held in such high regards that the UK and Ireland feel they have to join forces to beat them? How come the Norther hemisphere teams are held in such poor regards that NZ, Aus and SA don't join forces to try and beat them? These are the same people that felt they could improve the shape of a ball. It’s not worth giving them too much thinking time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, dAVe80 said: If we're on sport, I don't get the British and Irish Lions. I'm not the biggest fan of rugby full stop, but the Lions as a concept is just odd. So England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland can all play New Zealand, South Africa and Australia at any point, and sometimes they beat them. When they do, it's normally seen as a good result, but it's not out of the question. Like they're not unbeatable normally. So why is it such a big deal if the home nations pool their best players, and then play them and beat them? Surely you'd expect a team made up of the best players from 4 different teams to win? How come the Southern hemisphere teams are held in such high regards that the UK and Ireland feel they have to join forces to beat them? How come the Norther hemisphere teams are held in such poor regards that NZ, Aus and SA don't join forces to try and beat them? It's nothing to do with how highly regarded the players or teams are. It's a historical / tradition thing. One that is very much looked forward to in the RU calendar. I guess it goes back to the days before long haul flights and it was better to send a combined touring party every four years to the southern hemisphere by boat. In reality, its just an anachronism that hasn't been lost in the professional era. Other traditions like Barbarians games do seem to have all but disappeared though In a similar way that its not that long ago that the MCC picked the England Cricket Team to go on a Summer Tour but the ECB picked the team for home games. It made absolutely no sense for decades but that was the way it was always done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Paddywhack said: My mate and his dad built and raced a super fast car thing for a few years and my dad crewed for them. This is me driving it. I was probably doing about 180mph here I think. Reminds me of this (no reflection on your good self though !): 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Paddywhack said: My mate and his dad built and raced a super fast car thing for a few years and my dad crewed for them. This is me driving it. I was probably doing about 180mph here I think. Did the citroen van get past you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted June 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Did the citroen van get past you? He tried to but I lobbed one of these at him and he skidded off the track 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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