Sports Leave Me Seriously Bored...

There are some sports which bore me rigid...golf and football come right at the top of the list.

We pass a golf course on the way to Carrick-on-Shannon...little huddles of men grouped round one of those golf buggies, wearing daft trousers and even dafter shoes...then the minute they've finished their round, they're propping up the bar in the club house, discussing nine holes and under par and downing expensive Whiskies...all red faces and big tummies.

Can't remember why but we were looking for something one day and I went into the bar of a golf-course to ask...could have heard a pin drop as all eyes swivelled in my direction and conversation stopped...glasses of the amber liquid poised between hand and mouth.

I didn't ask...just muttered a 'sorry' and fled.

Football must surely come top of my list though...gormless young men having histrionics if someone touches their arm...or heaven forbid if they fall over...writhing in agony until the chaps rush on the field with the magic spray, then they spring back into action without a bother. It's so incredibly boring...one kicks the ball...six try to get it back...referee blows the whistle...shouts and jeers from the crowd...

And there's all this palaver about exchanging jerseys at the end of the game...think it's pretty yucky to wear someone else's sweaty top actually. And their hair styles. Very long and braided to within an inch of its life...incredibly short and heavily gelled...floppy fringes and greasy with it...they pose and swagger and make seven kinds of fuss like spoiled children if they get sent off...

The in-depth studio discussions afterwards, with men who look as though they can't hold a knife and fork properly and have blue-rinsed hair, used to very nearly drive me to strong drink.

I like rugby.

I like watching hefty blokes charging at each other...blood pouring down their faces from spilt eyebrows and the crowd roars approval and no-one argues with the ref 'cos he's in charge...proper men they are, with their tatty knee bandages and gum shields, not a pretty boy among them...the crowd that follows them don't cause riots or harass old ladies in the street after the game...they don't wreck railway carriages or require every policeman in the area to do un-paid overtime...

Can't bear watching people swimming up and down while an overly enthusiastic commentator shouts about winning by a quarter of a second...

Don't like tennis, now all the quirky people have retired.

Don't care for snooker for the same reason. It was the flamboyant players who made the game interesting...

Actually...I don't much like sports.

[stone-UK]

Hi

The best of the best.

Football so true.

[grannyjan]

HaHa I like footie, but your description of the players is spot on

jan x

[Lynda1952]

Spot on! Like you, I am no lover of most sports xx

[redted]

Got to agree on all counts,sporty I am not.😃

[Hidden]

Ah you like flamboyant rugby players but not footie ones? I can't stand rugby, golf, and especially cricket. Tennis is ok. I do love my footie though. You only see the negative side but not the thrill of scoring a goal or the sheer skill of play. x

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I'm not a sporty person at all 😖 it's all boring!

[Azure_Sky]

You description of golf, reminded me of the time we were in Spain. I was desperate for a pee, when I saw a sign saying Via Servico. Aha! says I, maybe that means services. We followed the sign and found ourselves in a sleepy little place. We found what looked like a pub and went in. Husband ordered coffee while I used the Services.

There was a table with lots of food on it, buffet style, staff rushing hither and thither,

Suddenly, a horde of people arrived, wearing uniforms, including red blazers. They had white sparking teeth, highlighted hair and were milling around. There were other people all dressed up who seemed to be in charge. We saw a large Johnny Walker sign.

Then they all dived outside, so we followed once the room cleared. We found the red blazer people lined up, with a man announcing the presentation of the Junior Ryder Cup! We saw a large tv camera pointing straight at us. Nobody took any notice of us, so we slipped away quietly. I was wearing a dress the exact same red as the blazers.

This was in 1997, we had seen all the manicured golf courses around Marbella and more flashy expensive cars than you could shake a stick at. Not being followers of golf, it hadn't occurred to us, that there was anything out of the ordinary going on. Much of the coast line looked like a building site then.

That was our first and last experience of golf, or "goff" as posh people call it.

[Hidden]

I love cricket but it has been compared to "watching grass grow over 5 days"

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I hate all sport especially horse and greyhound racing the poor things. I grew up sport. Dad played football, cricket, golf and then lawn bowls and tried to teach me the whole the lot of it, he didn't get very far though. Dopey me married a man who loves sport and golf is his passion and I agree vashti about the golf clobber, to me they look like clowns all stripes and checks, all they need is a few pom-poms! Here in Sydney the football oaths are treated like gods, too much money and too many women fawning over them. Cricket? All that fuss over a little thing of ashes, give me strength. Love Leelee x

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Leelee, you don't talk about the ashes like that. that's sacrilege. tsk..tsk...hahahahaha

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Oops sorry Gerald, haha, I suppose sport was in my face growing up, I was always in the school district sports being a very fast runner and gave dad the idea of me becoming a champion in the Olympics oh the thought of running around after nothing didn't appeal at all. The Beatles or the Stones and Led Zeppelin that's different!! Love Leelee in cold rainy Sydney. 🎸 🎼

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I was the same Leelee but then I began to notice "females". That was the end of athletics and football. I now sit back and listen to The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.

[Hidden]

I love Rugby, being a Kiwichick and all, but loathe cricket, tennis and pretty much all else ... Gerald, my husband would agree...sacrilege... speaking about the Ashes like that lol...tsk tsk (even though I agree wholeheartedly!)

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Your husband is a wise man

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Lol that he is

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And the Kiwis won that Bledislow Cup against Australia for the 25th time last week too. I prefer watching Rugby League over Rugby Union

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Yes we did, nothing like watching the game live in a bar full of kiwis and aussie such fun! Sorry Vashti xx

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Sorry Vashti for dominating your post.

[Minushabens]

I'll start by being honest & saying I absolutely hate golf & tennis; they bore the pants off me but I can get into most other sports & love football (in spite of the best efforts of Huddersfield Town to destroy my life & consume all my money). My wife loves to point out that we'd probably have a house extension by now if I didn't spend my days traipsing around the country to see who can beat us this week.

I think sport as a whole shows the best & worst of humanity. You see greed, aggression, competitiveness over & above the rational at all levels. But I'm also involved in a project using sport (mainly football) to help people with mental health issues, drug addiction & histories of homelessness to feel positive about themselves & reconnect with society.

I can't resist one of the most famous quotes from Albert Camus: "After many years during which I saw many things, what I know most surely about morality and the duty of man I owe to sport and learned it in the RUA." (RUA were the football team he played in goals for).

[Snodgrass]

First boy friend was a rugby player, learnt to drink at the rugby club, married a rugby player, have 2 sons who played rugby and now grandson and granddaughter who play so I love rugby. Hate all other sports. Cricket top of list as did cricket teas every weekend for about ten years and husband said appeared up to Lords at every opportunity!

[Nikkers]

I loathe sports with a vengeance VASHTI...except Rugby! I knew all along you were very much a girl after my own heart and your description of football has just confirmed that! I've be dying to say all that for years, but try finding anyone that'll agree with you?

I remember a guy I used to work with, who, like most of the male species was football mad. He was going on about some "fabulous" game or other to the other guys at work and about how great it was when the crowd sang "You'll never walk alone."

I asked him if he knew where that song originated? His answer? "Yes! It's a special football song which was recorded by Gerry and the Pacemakers!"

That just about summed up the intelligence of football followers to me. I rest my case.

[Dragonmum]

I will defend snooker and tennis to my last breath Vashti - I always smile when they call "foul" in rugby - how can they tell? To me it's just a rough-house start to finish but agree the players are more acceptable than the new breed of spoilt, overpaid footballers; I used to get up early on Sundays back in the day, just to watch Football Italia! Gavin Henson was quite pretty BTW. I will now stand by for blasting!!!!!

[sassy59]

Hi Vashti, I don't mind some athletics and a little bit of F1 but that is about it. I know that lots of people like Football which is fair enough but why would anyone watch cricket or tennis? They both bore me rigid - still each to their own eh. Hope you are ok and the cats are getting along. xxx