# Hobbies for the not-so-wise **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147 "2017-11-09T21:32:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/21 "2017-11-11T01:17:23Z")
**Derby Demolition** : Players wear bowler hats which they then try to knock off each other’s heads with baseball bats. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/22 "2017-11-11T01:51:41Z")
**Dumpster Diving-** similar to the Olympic sport, in that there are 3 meter springboard and 10 meter platform events in which participants perform acrobatic maneuvers, but instead of a water-filled pool they land in a trash-filled dumpster. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/23 "2017-11-11T02:01:01Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Juggling…with venomous snakes. wouldn’t that be ‘snuggling’…sounds so innocent! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/24 "2017-11-12T00:51:44Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > I have actually done research & testing on this. > > (Does not work unless you use a plastic shotgun wad,a severely reduced charge, and don’t overdo it ramming it down.) Fibre-wads work as well in something like a Bess but a good Remington shot-cup is the preferred method. Charge is sort of calibre-related as well but you really have to be soft on the ramming of say a Charlevilles since the bore size is close to the actual ball size. (My entire F&I Unit has done some testing as well. The one event was more boring than I could describe. We livened it up once the Tourons left.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/25 "2017-11-13T00:21:06Z")
**Sump collecting**. (Grading by degree of emptiness, and by smell.) **Hickey**. Teams of players using curved sticks to catch each other and apply love bites. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/26 "2017-11-13T01:04:08Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Full-Contact Bridge** – Players vie for the opportunity to be the first to execute a “Grand Slam”. My brother and I would occasionally play “contact ping pong” where the opponent would win the volley if the ball hit the other person, even if the ball hadn’t touched the table before it went past it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/27 "2017-11-13T08:18:33Z")
Courtesy of Steven Wright: Pulitzer Prizefighting. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/28 "2017-11-13T08:37:03Z")
Bubblegum collecting and trading. Like bubblegum card collecting and trading, but instead of the cards with baseball players, you (and your friends) collect and trade the gum. Unchewed is the gold standard, but not compulsory. Pit Bee fighting (WARNING: this one is kinda barbaric) Each bee handler enters a queen bee into the pit. The queens fight one another savagely until one has defeated the other. Drunken spectators place wagers on the outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/29 "2017-11-13T14:23:45Z")
**Tetennis** : The same rules as regular tennis but the court is strewn with sharp dirty pieces of metal. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/30 "2017-11-13T14:54:39Z")
Back when I was in school, I was on the golf team. I played defense. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/31 "2017-11-14T14:08:22Z")
**Footbull** - like bullfighting, but participant is only allowed to kick the bull as it goes by. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/32 "2017-11-14T17:02:33Z")
**Muenster Truck Rally** : Freestyle and racing events where the participants drive large vehicles made out of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/33 "2017-11-14T17:27:46Z")
Dodge Darts: Like dodgeball but using lawn darts. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/34 "2017-11-14T19:18:00Z")
Parachute Origami ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/35 "2017-11-14T20:31:29Z")
New York City Sewer Ratsled Race ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/36 "2017-11-14T21:01:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > wouldn’t that be ‘snuggling’…sounds so innocent! Actually, snuggling with boa constrictors is an even better, more fulfilling hobby. Do it once, and you’ll feel warm and loved for the rest of your life! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/37 "2017-11-14T21:06:44Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Back when I was in school, I was on the golf team. > > I played defense. :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/38 "2017-11-14T21:40:12Z")
Balconing: jumping off a balcony or statue in hopes that your pals will catch you. Pretty popular with drunk or high tourists, not so popular with local healthcare authorities, specially since the people doing it tend to be of the jackass variety and find it hilarious to in fact not catch the jumper. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/39 "2017-11-15T05:32:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > **Tetennis** : The same rules as regular tennis but the court is strewn with sharp dirty pieces of metal. Best played in the nude, or at least barefoot. Especially popular at clothing-optional resorts. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147/40 "2017-11-15T14:47:23Z")
The opposite game is “Hypodermic the Tail on the Cow-orker” played in hospital hallways late at night all across the land. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbies-for-the-not-so-wise/801147.md?page=3)