And We Brits Think You Yanks Are Bonkers.

[brian64]

That's rather rich coming from a nation that will only play football whilst wearing a helmet and full suit of body armour :crazy:

But even in a football uniform we don't protect our shins!

 

[brian64]

Speaking of bonkers, a bit of shin kicking has nothing on cheese rolling:

Talk about a Monty Python sketch...geez! And I used to think those guys were satire...I never realized it was British documentary.

 

[jpmcwjr]

"Do you guy not have any type of ball over there?"
Yes we do, it's called a cricket ball. Cricket being a mans version of the girl's game called rounders or baseball in America ::

The real man's game is rugby. Or hockey before the sissies wore helmets and pads.....

 

[georged]

Yes we do, it's called a cricket ball. Cricket being a mans version of the girl's game called rounders or baseball in America

It is hard to take seriously any game whose rules read like an IRS tax manual, and that can last for nine DAYS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/longest-cricket-test-match-history-played-between-south-africa-and-england-durban
Not to mention that the traditional Cricket uniform is... a sweater. :lol:

 

[aldecaker]

Jumper.

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

"Or hockey before the sissies wore helmets and pads...."
Gordie Howe!

 

[warren]

I was a goalie before masks. I classify myself as a masochist. Oh! And really stooooopid!

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

Uh oh, there's a goalie here. Left handed? Those guys are crazy. I just drove in circles on the ice, only injuries sustained were by those dumb enough to be on it with me.

 

[warren]

Yes, left handed. An asset until the opposition figured it out. I have the scars and the hockey player's gap tooth smile should I remove the falsies.
Rugby is how football was meant to be played.

 

[jpmcwjr]

OK, Warren just raised the bar. I've played rugger one year, hockey one year, but all in relative safety in HS. Also lacrosse in the days of wooden sticks and catgut and leather. Now my biggest risk is getting my feet wet at the beach.

 

[warren]

Played Lacrosse in the summers after high school. Junior High actually. Goalie again. I loved to skate but, running? Not so much. I thought I was pretty good until I saw how the game was played in the east. Watched a Naval Academy game, versus Johns Hopkins? and knew I wouldn't be attending collage on a Lacrosse scholarship.

 

[georged]

Lacrosse? pfffft
Rugby? yawn
Ice Hocky? meh
For sheer suicidal insanity, Aussie rules football takes it. That lot thrives on full-speed collisions wearing only basketball jerseys and shorts. No helmets, no pads.
Keep in mind the guys in this vid only look average because they are all about the same size. 6'2" -- 6'7" and 200-220 lbs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh5hNY83UA4

 

[brian64]

For sheer suicidal insanity, Aussie rules football takes it. That lot thrives on full-speed collisions wearing only basketball jerseys and shorts. No helmets, no pads.

Tough is one thing...bat-shit crazy is another. That's why they have to keep those guys isolated down there at the bottom of the world.

 

[georged]

Tough is one thing...bat-shit crazy is another. That's why they have to keep those guys isolated down there at the bottom of the world.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

[mawnansmiff]

I'll stick to playing marbles and tiddlywinks...much safer ::
Regards,
Jay.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Navy-Hopkins or Maryland lacrosse in the 60's and 70's: best of the best. Before Lax became an official NCAA sport. Jim Brown (football stud) played for Syracuse and tore up the field; they made a rule change just because of him. He could clamp the crosse against his chest, run up the field and terrorize the goalie with a hard shot at close range.

 

[jpmcwjr]

And, Jay, I suspect that most of us in this thread are now involved with nothing more strenuous or dangerous than tennis or skiing.

 

[simong]

That's the famous 'scuttlebroke wake' in chipping Camden, been to it many times. One of the prettiest market towns in the Cotswolds, & that's saying something! It's only this year they've had to stop the 'shin kicking'. Somebody didn't get the paperwork sorted out in time! Should think the shin kickers are glad of the rest. It fucking hurts!!

 

[jpmcwjr]

It hurts just thinking about getting my shins pummeled. [I suppose it'd be cheating to fit one's shins with custom made guards, impermeable shell with comfy padding!]

 

[mawnansmiff]

Simon, Chipping Campden is indeed a beautiful town, as is Chipping Norton (along with its ancient steam brewery). In fact pretty much the whole of the Cotswolds are a delight with the distinctive honey coloured Bath stone architecture.
Regards,
Jay.