Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Just got a response from an 'Edson' in Rio on this one, he says football.
"Golf is a good walk spoiled." - Mark Twain
Sailing.
Whilst Britannia probably does still rule the waves in the form of Ben Ainslie, it's terminally dull with made-up names for parts of the boat. The boom sounds like more of a noise than a boat section. I don't even want to know what or where the poop deck is on larger vessels, let alone swab the thing. There's about 9 races as part of the Olympics, with someone having the chance to win gold by coming in the top 17th in the last one. Even worse is when one boat just has to finish in front of another particular boat to win. That's when you get the nautical equivalent of someone driving in front of you slowly down a narrow road. You move to the left, they move to the left, you move right, they move right. And so on. Now if there was an outboard motor allowed, you'd have a fighting chance of getting through. But if you hit them, it's your fault. Your penalty? Turn around in a 360 circle before carrying on. Let's be honest, it's not really a sport, but rather more of a hobby for men who are owners of daft-looking hats and have too much money for their own good.
Women's football seems to be coming up quite a lot. I can live with the outfield players but the goalkeeping!!! It drags the whole sport down to the level of hilarity. Its like putting an 8 yr boy in goal in a mens match.
Most of the female goalies seem incapable of getting off the ground. They lack the core strength in their legs and buttocks to give them the spring needed. Any time an outfield player shoots at goal you think.." thats in "
The sad thing is that women's football has made great strides forward but the standard of goalkeeping hasn't and you can't honestly see it changing. Its not the fault of the girls, its just the way they are made. They are not physically suited to goalkeeping.
However, if it's the Olympics, or in a computer game, I can probably muster some additional interest.
Daley Thompson's Decathlon? Bugger me, that game was the death of many a ZX spectrum joystick.
I liked to go manual on the space bar. Or was that some other game?
Track & Field?