Nice Eye Candy, But Not A Sport

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[SlickWillard]

Misty May and Kerri Walsh win olympic gold in women's beach volleyball, August 24, 2004

[Xenalyte]

What the hell are those pictures of? That's not a sport, that's a performance - and an edgy, more-than-PG13 one at that.

[discostu]

So do you consider all beach volleyball a joke, including the stuff with the men who are tastefully dressed, or just the stuff that shows a lot of skin?

Either way you're wrong, but it's good to know just how full of crap the person you're dealing with is.

[Xenalyte]

These chicks pat each other more than any pro baseball team EVER.

[steve-b]

These chicks pat each other more than any pro baseball team EVER.

Not that there's anything wrong with that....

[Xenalyte]

There is no "sport" value to having a bottom that is up your hind end so far it looks like a thong. The other poster called it right. It is to get attention.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

According to Merriam-Webster, it is precisely a sport:

Main Entry:
Pronunciation: 'spOrt, 'sport
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, to divert, disport, short for disporten
intransitive senses
1 a : to amuse oneself : FROLIC <lambs sporting in the meadow> b : to engage in a sport
2 a : to mock or ridicule something b : to speak or act in jest : TRIFLE
3 [²sport] : to deviate or vary abruptly from type (as by bud variation) : MUTATE
transitive senses
1 : to display or wear usually ostentatiously : BOAST
2 [²sport] : to put forth as a sport or bud variation

Anyway, it's more fun to watch than that rowing crap, that's for sure.

I was surprisingly interested in the gymnastics this year, but only for the artistic qualities, not the "scored" results.

[Xenalyte]

What most men wear on the beach == what most men wear playing beach volleyball
What most women wear on the beach == what most women wear playing beach volleyball.

Just a little up thread, you said that FUNCTION was what drove women to tiny almost-not-there outfits on the beach.

Now you say it's fashion.

Which is it?

[Not A Snowbird]

Eww. Wedgies.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Arggh, I meant to grab the noun definition, not the verb:

Main Entry: ²sport
Function: noun
1 a : a source of diversion : RECREATION b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in
2 a : PLEASANTRY, JEST b : often mean-spirited jesting : MOCKERY, DERISION
3 a : something tossed or driven about in or as if in play b : LAUGHINGSTOCK
4 a : SPORTSMAN b : a person considered with respect to living up to the ideals of sportsmanship <a good sport> <a poor sport> c : a companionable person
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
synonym see FUN

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Believe it or not, I think that one of the more interesting Olympic events is water polo.

Originally, I thought that it sounded like one of these mildly ridiculous sports that was invented simply to fill out a TV schedule, but after watching it for awhile, I realized how interesting it could be.

When you think about the stamina and endurance it takes for these men and women to essentially play an hour-long soccer game (Under water, no less!), it really is an astonishing sight to behold.

I still want to know what the heck hurling is, and why the heck chicks here seem to dig it so much.

[Xenalyte]

Synchronized diving and rhythmic gymnastics may require athletic ability, but they are NOT sports. No matter what any lame-o says. They will never be sports.

[handy]

This is most definitely a sport.

So what's the "least like a sport" in the Olympics?

I vote equestrian events. The horse should get the medal.

[discostu]

Water polo is a great game, hard to understand at first, but really cool. And the underwater cameras give you a lot of respect for what these athletes undergo.

[handy]

It's my hand on the butt, hence my name.

[Xenalyte]

I'd say no to equestrian events too, because the score depends largely on the skill of the horse, and not as much on the rider. To be an Olympic sport, your only teammates should be human.

[Xenalyte]

[handy]

This "Olympic Sport" is nothing more than a fancy name for "Pole Dancing"...that's how low this "sport" is.

Pole dancing is very much a sport here in the south, but I prefer the synchronized pole dancing.

[fightu4it]

ping

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Esther Williams:

Hmmph! Why, I never!

(Esther swims away from thread. Does well choreographed pirouette at the bottom of pool, which is duplicated by other swimming actresses.)

http://www.esther-williams.com/

[The Scourge of Yazid]

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