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Post by LOVELYRITA on Aug 12, 2008 23:52:10 GMT -5
 This is in keeping with the Olympic fever that some have caught. Olympic Events that didn't pass the test of being part of the Olympic Games. The Javelin Catch 100m slurp 'n' burp 100 m doggie paddle 4 X 100m three legged relay Gymnastics- Perpendicular Bars Team Synchronized Uphill climb Duckpin juggling Synchronized shot put
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Post by B on Aug 13, 2008 17:58:39 GMT -5
How about the All Day Downhill Team Plunge ? (aka: the race to the bottom?)
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Post by Paul Bearer on Aug 21, 2008 16:46:54 GMT -5
Tiddlywinks
Marbles
Rock Paper Scissors
Ludo
Monopoly
The Game Of Life
Chinese Checkers (I mean - really - how could they overlook this one!)
I don't know, that olympic committee is just too fussy.
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Aug 21, 2008 18:32:50 GMT -5
The Marathon Burp 'n' Fart
X treme pogo stick
Group hurdles
Backward walking
Hand walking
1500 m silly walk
They have agressive swimming, I actually saw a clip and they said swimmers swimming in the sea/river can grab the other swimmers and some ended up with black eyes and jellyfish stings....
It was 10 K.... that's a bit too "xtreme" for me....
Agressive gymnastics where the rhytmic gymnasts club each other while doing amazing acrobatics!
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Post by ramone on Aug 21, 2008 21:11:29 GMT -5
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Post by Jai Guru Deva on Aug 22, 2008 12:29:41 GMT -5
Some of these were really great--I don't know why they discontinued them... Sumo Wrestling Diaper Derby Archery Dodge Ball Synchronized Water-Treading Marathon With Sharks Spaghetti Noodle Pole Vaulting Jumping Off Rooftops With Umbrellas Underwater Horse Polo Supermodel Hot Dog Eating And Barf-O-Rama  Greased Pig Catch And BBQ ;D |
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Aug 22, 2008 23:12:38 GMT -5
Fat dude diving- the biggest splash wins, not how eloquently the dive going down
Female sumo wrestling
Unicathlon- standing on the field deciding which event to compete in and screaming
paddleball ( where the paddle has a string with a ball attached)
sack race
hop, skip and jump
blind man's bluff
musical chairs
hide and seek
kick ball
synchronized diving using humans and dolphins
wheelbarrow race
crap, this ain't the Olympics, it sounds like recess in the 1960's OR a Sunday School Picnic...Or weekend at Joe's....
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Aug 22, 2008 23:14:03 GMT -5
TWIT Olympics.....I forgot about that.....
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Aug 25, 2008 20:26:32 GMT -5
For the final installment of Olympic related material. I had done a search of actual Olympic events at one time but were discontinued. 1. Tug of war-1900-1920 2. Motor boating 1908 3. Cricket- 1900 4. Club swinging- 1904, 1932 swinging a club festooned with ribbons very quickly around the body and head, in a complicated routine. 5. Solo synchronized swimming 1992 This one is completely ridiculous. How can you be synchronized if you're the only one swimming-- this should have won a gold medal for "Duh" 6. Tumbling 1932 7. Rope climb 1896, 1904, 1906, 1924, 1932 8. Live pigeon shooting 1900 9. Pistol dueling 1906 10. Long jump for horses. To read more about it observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1270844,00.html |
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Post by B on Aug 28, 2008 19:09:38 GMT -5
Pistol dueling 1906Replaced by Dueling banjos 
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Post by That Latvian Guy on Aug 29, 2008 1:55:36 GMT -5
1906 didn't have Olympics. Those were Intercalated games.
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Post by Paul Bearer on Aug 31, 2008 1:49:23 GMT -5
Synchronised Sheep Shearing
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Sept 1, 2008 16:55:22 GMT -5
4 X 100 doppleganger relay
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