cool! i voted for cricket, sorry, but don't worry; it won't win. i wonder how many times you can vote?

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but cricket is slow and boring!
oh sheesh.

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that's why i like it. i'm slow and boring!

it's not so much about the game as it is about sitting outside on a nice day, chatting, reading, and socializing - and watching the guys in their nifty white flannels when the occasional interesting thing happens. which isn't often. then you clap politely and go back to what you were doing. ;)

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yes, but it's more of a GAME now isn't it.
not really a SPORT per sey.

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You voted for frisbee? Yeeeesh.

I'm waiting for 2008 when China will add some martial arts stuff. It'll all be wushu, but still.

w00t!

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kickball and twister rah rah rah!!!

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lol
somehow I knew you'd be more interested by them...

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I voted for frisbee. Mostly because I don't think twister's really much of a sport and kickball isn't fun to watch, but also because ultimate frisbee is actually a complex sport based both on strategy and skill and relates to something that a lot of people (in this country at least) are familiar with (everyone plays frisbee at beaches and BBQs and the like).

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yay!!!
*hugs*

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(actually I voted for frisbee cause it'd make you happy and I don't much care. The sport/game argument is a farce given some of the the newer sports added to the olympics: figure skating? ballroom dancing?rhythm gymnastics?)

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Rhythm gymnastics? That's a joke, right?

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no, it's totally in the olympics. has been for awhile too.
it's even more boring than cricket would be. >:-D

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Dammit, why isn't bike polo an option? Beer and bikes and stupid human tricks... what more could one want from an Olympic event?

And before you whine about it being a game, not a sport, i have two words: figure skating.

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Well then, you'd better be riding a Clifcat Termoil.

"The only bike certified for stupid human tricks"

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You want me ride a sixteen hundred dollar machine in a game guaranteed to wreck it? Hah. Boy, you best be riding something you fished out of a dumpster.

Besides, i think i'm incapable of playing. I lack whatever innate thing it is that allows folks to tell teammates from opponents. Maybe i should start a Mounted Discordia Ball or Anarchist Polo event.

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Don't be silly. That's not a $1600 machine. That's a $1600 frame for a $3000 machine. Isn't that better?

I'm not especially good at determining friend from foe either. Luckily my friends don't care if I hit them.

But, hey, stupid human tricks! I think Clifcat replaces them with no questions asked anyway. Of course, the components are a different story. Not that I'll ever spend that much on a bike frame, but still.

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It's not so much the whacking as the indescriminate ball-stealing. Damage is fine, so long as you win.

Mmm, stupid human tricks and no questions asked warranties. Too bad i'm housepoor.

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Indeed.

Oh well, I just spent my $800 on a new bike. Hopefully nothing will break.

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heck, pike polo sounds great. just need a nice big astroturf field to play it on instead of a tiny tennis court. ;o)

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Man, it's ALL about the Ultimate Frisbee. That would be awesome.

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Heh, I voted for polo :). MORE GALLOPING MAD MEN WITH STICKS!

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