Golf - Page 2

Elspode · 04-15-2003, 01:22 PM

I really love golf, although I suck worse than a donkey with a pitching wedge, but I always feel compelled to point out that golf spelled backwards is flog.

Pete · 04-16-2003, 07:37 AM

I know I haven't been around long enough to hijack a thread but it's my last day on the job and I feel like wasting time.

The question on everybody's lips is

How can you call golf a sport?

Which, in turn, begs the question

What can be classified as a sport. NASCAR, horse racing, individual vs. team events?

IMO there has to be some sort of cardiovascular/aerobic activity.
Hey, maybe you guys don't even care if it's called a sport or not. Hadn't considered that.

Elspode · 04-16-2003, 08:03 AM

Cardiovascular is exercise. Sport is any activity in which someone competes against someone else...IMHO.

04-16-2003, 08:25 AM

Like Quake!

Skunks · 04-16-2003, 08:42 AM

Hell, forget Quake. I compete when I MUD; it's a sport! And Counterstrike! And I compete with the twits who try to pass me, by trumping their safe-passing-on-the-left rights by just riding on the left! BIKING IS A SPORT!

(Yet another post when I really, really should be asleep. Or just waking up.)

Pete · 04-16-2003, 09:13 AM

Looks like Webster is pretty generous with their definition.
1a. a source of diversion
1c. physical activity engaged in for pleasure
(I'm skipping over 1b cause the thread might go on an unwholesome tangent)

But then there's definition #5:
"an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue" really????

So I guess I need to let golf off the hook. But I still think there are better ways to spend a sunny day and still have enough money left over for a nice bottle of Cuervo.

Griff · 04-16-2003, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pete
But I still think there are better ways to spend a sunny day and still have enough money left over for a nice bottle of Cuervo.

Race yah to the bottom, baby!

warch · 04-16-2003, 11:32 AM

Quote:

"an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of mutation especially of somatic tissue" really????

Yep, thats how they got all of those pretty blue green and chartreuse hostas lining the greens. The sport of propagation, (also, interestingly, enhanced by beer.)

Cam · 04-25-2003, 09:39 AM

Finally Going Golfing Today, :p

warch · 04-25-2003, 10:33 AM

OK, it kinda fits in this thread...
A happy Canadian sent it to me, and it made me chuckle. Fore!

That Guy · 04-25-2003, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cam
Finally Going Golfing Today, :p

Bummer you have to waste a good day. I feel for ya, man.

Griff · 04-25-2003, 11:29 AM

Cams girlfriend cut me off in traffic yesterday, when her left blinker eventually came on her wipers came on as well... she shut them off oh after about a hundred wipes.

only a matter of time

04-15-2003, 01:22 PM	#16
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I really love golf, although I suck worse than a donkey with a pitching wedge, but I always feel compelled to point out that golf spelled backwards is flog. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-16-2003, 08:03 AM	#18
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Cardiovascular is exercise. Sport is any activity in which someone competes against someone else...IMHO. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-16-2003, 09:13 AM	#21
Pete Resident President Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81	Looks like Webster is pretty generous with their definition. 1a. a source of diversion 1c. physical activity engaged in for pleasure (I'm skipping over 1b cause the thread might go on an unwholesome tangent) But then there's definition #5: "an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue" really???? So I guess I need to let golf off the hook. But I still think there are better ways to spend a sunny day and still have enough money left over for a nice bottle of Cuervo. Last edited by Pete; 04-16-2003 at 09:17 AM.

04-25-2003, 09:39 AM	#24
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	Finally Going Golfing Today, :p __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

04-25-2003, 10:33 AM	#25
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	OK, it kinda fits in this thread... A happy Canadian sent it to me, and it made me chuckle. Fore! Last edited by warch; 08-31-2007 at 11:56 AM.

04-16-2003, 07:37 AM	#17
Pete Resident President Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81	I know I haven't been around long enough to hijack a thread but it's my last day on the job and I feel like wasting time. The question on everybody's lips is How can you call golf a sport? Which, in turn, begs the question What can be classified as a sport. NASCAR, horse racing, individual vs. team events? IMO there has to be some sort of cardiovascular/aerobic activity. Hey, maybe you guys don't even care if it's called a sport or not. Hadn't considered that.

04-16-2003, 08:42 AM	#20
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	Hell, forget Quake. I compete when I MUD; it's a sport! And Counterstrike! And I compete with the twits who try to pass me, by trumping their safe-passing-on-the-left rights by just riding on the left! BIKING IS A SPORT! (Yet another post when I really, really should be asleep. Or just waking up.)

04-25-2003, 11:29 AM	#27
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cams girlfriend cut me off in traffic yesterday, when her left blinker eventually came on her wipers came on as well... she shut them off oh after about a hundred wipes. only a matter of time __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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04-16-2003, 08:25 AM	#19
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Like Quake!