# New extreme sport........ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841 "2002-08-07T21:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/1 "2002-08-07T21:00:34Z")
I was reading BBC online and I came across this article [Extreme _Ironing_](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2176024.stm) What the…??? 😕 They can’t be serious, although the photos would seem to prove that they are. It is only a short article, but the best bit is this > [@](#): > > Its creator Phil Shaw, of Leicester, says it “combines the thrill of an extreme sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.” \Oh yeah, what satisfaction\ What will they come up with next? All new, Extreme Dusting! How high can you reach - standing on your head! Don’t miss a spot! :rolleyes: Rick ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/2 "2002-08-08T01:51:45Z")
Uh…I’m hoping that this sport is just an elaborate joke so that when our alien overlords come to judge us, they won’t kill us all with their beam cannons. Well maybe they’ll just zap the British 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/3 "2002-08-08T02:14:11Z")
How about extreme belly-button scratching, it combines the adrenalien rush of being extreme while giving you the satisfaction of no-longer itching. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/4 "2002-08-08T02:40:11Z")
Hey, how about **extreme nail polishing**? It combines the heady rush of inhaled hydrocarbons with the satisfaction of a really glossy set of claws, er … nails! ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/5 "2002-08-08T03:04:58Z")
extreme hair styling! style hair in the windy-est, wettest, wildest conditions. For an added danger, style it in the middle of a herd of stampeding elephants, or while swimming in alligator-infested waters. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/6 "2002-08-08T03:19:51Z")
Extreme sleeping. Who can sleep under the most adverse conditions, such as: Airport runway Heavy metal concert Stampeding cats While SO is talking (maybe not “adverse” but certainly dangerous) ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/7 "2002-08-08T11:41:35Z")
My step-bro and I used to do “extreme swinging”. (Not that kind of swinging you pervs) 😃 Believe it or not, you can hurt yourself very, very badly on a child’s swingset. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/8 "2002-08-08T11:44:18Z")
I’m a great believer in cross-country hoovering. I also take part in the pub triathalon: Pool darts and cribbage. A hard sport for hard men. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/9 "2002-08-08T11:44:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LurkMeister \* > \*\*Extreme sleeping. Who can sleep under the most adverse conditions, such as: > Airport runway > Heavy metal concert > Stampeding cats > While SO is talking (maybe not “adverse” but certainly dangerous) \*\* _Raises hand_ I fell asleep giving my girlfriend oral sex once. (Much alcohol had been consumed) I think that was more dangerous than if she had been talking, and about as “extreme” as you get. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/10 "2002-08-08T12:50:12Z")
I had considered putting “Immediately after sex” or “During sex” on the list, but thought the former was too cliche’d (all the jokes about men rolling over and falling asleep) and the latter a little _too_ over the edge. I guess I was wrong. Of course, the use of artificial depressants such as alcohol is forbidden by the International Extreme Sleeping Association during official competition. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/11 "2002-08-08T13:33:39Z")
Trust me…I was severely reprimanded by the sanctioning “body”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/12 "2002-08-08T14:08:12Z")
Extreme Cribbage ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-extreme-sport/122841/13 "2002-08-08T14:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Extreme Cribbage \*\* Using live swan vestas in the pegboard and shouting “one for his knob” very loudly.