Re: Hockey, Curling and other sports (some futuristic)
From: Flak Magnet <flakmagnet72@y...>
Date: 26 Feb 2002 12:04:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Hockey, Curling and other sports (some futuristic)
Hang on! I thought Golf was invented by the Hobbits! A Took to be
specific!
According to my information, Bullroarer Took knocked Golfimbul's head
off with a wooden club, it sailed 100 yards and rolled down into a
rabbit hole... Winning a battle and inventing Golf in the same stroke.
(I may have inverted the names...)
You're really confusing me now!
--Flak
On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:50, Tony Christney wrote:
>
> On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 03:11 PM, Tomb wrote:
>
> > 1) Curling: KH thinks this is a bit odd. Karl-Heinz, it is a
_Scottish_
> > sport. Just thank the Lord it does not involve Sheep or parts
thereof.
> > These are the same people that invented the Caber Toss. And as for
it
> > being shuffleboard, to quote a line from the upcoming Men With
Brooms
> > movie (how dreadfully Canadian), "To play this game, you need really
big
> > Stones."
> >
> You shouldn't forget golf when mentioning bizarre, frustrating, yet
> strangely fun sports invented by the Scots. Throw in haggis, kilts
> and bagpipes and you have an interesting nation indeed...
>
> Cheers,
> Tony C.
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