I don't get baseball.

[ccharles000]

You hit a ball with a stick and run around to score points. It seems silly.

[flvegan]

1. That's children's t-ball.

Not baseball.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. I dont get football.

You wrestle around with other large men to get a hold of the ball, then you pat each other on the ass. It seems homoerotic.

[jobycom]

8. Is that bad?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

26. Is there something bad with being silly?

[jobycom]

27. Not generally

Seemed derogatory, though.

[Forkboy]

3. All sports are silly when you think about them.

As are almost all forms of entertainment, from music to movies, etc. The things people do to amuse ourselves are almost always silly.

[jobycom]

10. True...

Like animating tiny godzillas... :P

[Forkboy]

14. Godzilla is serious stuff.

;)

[charlie and algernon]

4. I don't get Basketball

let's take turns bouncing a ball from one end to the other.

[Graybeard]

28. They throw it in the hoop at this end then run and throw it at the other end then run and....

throw it in the hoop at that end then run and do it at the other end....they do this for about an hour or so until time is up and the last one to get a hoop wins?

[XNASA]

5. You don't necessarily have to run...

You could walk. Or trot even.

[Zavulon]

6. What about golf?

You know, I generally can't stand Robin Williams' brand of humor, but during one standup special I slogged my way through he did his only funny bit of the night, an absolutely hilarious take on the origin of golf.

"Here's my idea of a fookin' sport..."

Anyone see this?

The bit is great, and not just because I think golf is the dumbest fucking activity imaginable.

[InternalDialogue]

11. "But wait, it gets better -- we're gonna make the stick crooked!"

Yeah, I saw that bit too. Try as I might, I could never adequately convey to friends who didn't see it how hilarious it was.

[Zavulon]

16. YES!

"No, we're gonna do it EIGHTEEN FOOKIN' TIMES!"

I might not have that verbatim, but man, does that crack me up.

[pokerfan]

12. From Live on Broadway 2002

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDQd49rEF_0

[Zavulon]

18. Sincere thanks for this.

Bookmarked, as you can imagine. :)

[flvegan]

20. That was pretty brilliant.

[pokerfan]

22. I think it rivals Carlin on Baseball v. Football

which is probably the only time you'll ever see me compare Williams to Carlin.

Fuck no! I put shit in the way! Like trees and bushes and high grass! So you can lose your fucking ball and go whackin' away with a tire iron. Whackin' away, and each time you miss you feel like you're gonna have a stroke. Fuck! That's what we'll call it! A stroke, cause every time you miss you feel like you're gonna fucking die!

[ccharles000]

29. very funny

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Silly? SILLY?!?

Silly...?



I suppose it is, a bit. What have we been doing wasting our lives with all this nonsense? Right, okay, meeting adjourned forever!

[bertha katzenengel]

9. This oughta be fun.

:popcorn:

[jobycom]

13. Well, it's not like having George Clooney in your sig line, but...

:)

Hey, get used to it. This is the DU Lounge, where stupid jokes never die? Have you heard the one about George Bush and the Brazilian soldiers?

[ccharles000]

17. ...

:spank:

[Initech]

15. I dont get golf.

Hitting a ball with a crooked stick, then walking after it. Then hitting it again! Plus the object of golf is to reach zero which goes against all sports logic.

Of course I realize I'm quoting the late, great George Carlin, but still...

[Swede]

19. Really? It's on tv all the time.

You don't even need cable.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. thats how i feel about all team sports

[Richardo]

23. I was going to say, if that's the criteria for silliness what sport DOESN'T qualify?

:shrug:

[Richardo]

24. dupe-ity.

:blush:

[underpants]

25. It is derivative of "Rounders" a girl played by little English girls

Football and basketball are basically (all team ball sports are) based on Soccer

[Deja Q]

30. So who's going to copycat this thread?

Not I!

[CatholicEdHead]

31. It's a lower scoring version of Cricket

[Robeson]

32. This oughta' be good...

...:popcorn: :popcorn: