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…kitchen table tennis, synchronized drowning & flapping, bad-mittens, wheelie basketcase ball, ring-etiquette, and artsy fartsy gymnastics. These are the 2011 Canada Games… winter sports. Bring on the real games. —JockinForSports
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2011.
22 Comments
I’m psych’d for the gold metal boxing match.
never been to a live fight before….
unless you count parade square in the wee am of sunday.
I will be cleaning between my toes with sandpaper while the games are on. Absolutely zip interest.
The winter games should be about winter sports. I’m not sure how those unique sports the OP mentions are winter related. Maybe synchronized drowning & flapping for obese people who fall through the ice on lakes??? Wheelie basketcase ball sounds like something the NS Hospital would put on….now that would be worth a laugh.
Anyone who knocks gymnastics has never met/ known a gymnast during their training. Wowza.
Agreed on the boxing, Z.
I’d like to see the judo medal rounds personally.
I also agree with Cannatell re: gymnastics. Do you also get annoyed with pole dancers who think they’re in the same league as a true gymnast who spends a lifetime training?
I’m pretty excited about the gymnastics 🙂
I’m also very excited about the Canada Games Centre itself — walking distance to my apartment and membership is quite reasonable, so when my membership at goodlife is up in March I’m going to dump it and sign up for a membership there. I’m pumped about the pool and the track along with the fitness studio! 🙂
it’s a gorgeous facility. We’re holding a fundraising event there in the spring. I wish i lived closer, I’d totally get a membership too.
I challenge the OP to put their money where their mouth is and seriously try any of those sports. Especially ‘wheelie basketcase ball’ those guys will fucking murder you even if you play them on your feet.
yeah o.p., bring on the real steroid induced musclebound dolts, that don’t have a clue what planet they are on. fuck these jokers make me laugh. i’m sure fucking glad, growing up, that i never had one of these things for a role model.
today’s kids, and a lot of adults are so fucking braindead, they think what they see is real, i speak of boxing, wrestling and crap like that. it is all phoney as a tit on a bull. but some think it is for real, jesus get a fucking life.
then, there are those that live, breathe, and do nothing but think, talk, and act sports. get a fucking life there, too. if you wanna watch that low brow shit fine, just don’t subject me to it, anytime i happen to see or talk to you on the street. i do not live for the, NEXT GAME.
I read ” synchronized drowning & fapping” … the L got lost. LOL LOL
Donk, me too! LOL
OP, I hear ya, bring on baseball, those guys are REAL athletes…
sheesh.
If anyone wants to meet “off the board” and check out the wheelchair basketball games, let me know.
I’m too old for Canada Games, but I play in the maritime league, and that sport will kick your fucking ass, OB.
Seriously, synchronized swimmers hold themselves upside down in the water, straight, with their legs above the surface using only their fucking forearms. They do those entire routines without touching the pool floor at all. Can you do that OP?
I would rather try testicle removal (my own) with a beer botttle. ‘Than go near any of those venues while this Bullshit ties up our city.
But I don’t need an excuse to stay away from the city in the first place…having one though…is even better ~:)
I don’t understand this bitch. I am wondering, OP, what exactly are the “real games” of which you speak? And I’d love to have a go at you with a game of table tennis…. you’d be drowning in your own pools of sweat and blood wondering how you could ever diss such a competitive and physically demanding sport.
Wheelie- nice to see you back! I saw you from the bus window in the fall I believe on SGR… I didn’t want to bang on the window like a head case to get your attention though……. I think it would definitely be interesting to check out the wheelchair bball. I have been to one Canada Games event when it was hosted by CB in 1987…. wrestling. I think it’s safe to say that wc bball would be much more exciting.
“Real” Halifax sporting events?. Let’s see. We have Greco-Roman Swarming, The Fairview Biathalon – equal parts shooting and not cooperating with the police, and the North End Luge – slide 100 yards down an ice covered unshovelled sidewalk lying on a boosted 42 inch flat screen.
Jonno- let’s get blitzed on 6$ coffee and watch wheelieball.
Scream at me on SpGrdn and we’ll make a date.
Can I get you a hamburger?
Bahaha… wheelie, I’m a hopin’ you’re not hookin’ up a hamjob on the bitch page, dude. I just seem to remember some hamburger comments from previous threads….
meanwhile, I’m hoping to catch some games events too. It’ll be fun and break up the winter doldrums.
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The provincial sport here is sitting in the passing lane while going slower than traffic.
Bed bug killing is a late addition to the games.
Wooden spoons not provided.
Just as long as the buns are fresh wheelie…. SCREEEE (??)
Looks like it’s gonna have to be the medal games though, my hermano from another madre. Will be working all next week.