# stupid sports **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 15, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338 "2010-08-15T17:00:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kodabear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kodabear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kodabear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/1 "2010-08-15T17:00:47Z")
It is amazing what people consider sports ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/2 "2010-08-15T17:17:32Z")
No one’s asking you to play. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/3 "2010-08-15T17:20:16Z")
Not another Soccer thread! \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kodabear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kodabear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kodabear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/4 "2010-08-15T20:08:48Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > No one’s asking you to play. Good! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/5 "2010-08-15T20:23:23Z")
[Fixed link](http://extremesports.suite101.com/article.cfm/the-worlds-most-stupid-sports) But are we just supposed to point and laugh? That’s not very sporting. Besides, several of those look like a lot of fun, especially the wife carrying and cheese roll. ---
**Author:** ![kodabear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kodabear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kodabear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/6 "2010-08-16T01:41:12Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > [Fixed link](http://extremesports.suite101.com/article.cfm/the-worlds-most-stupid-sports) > > But are we just supposed to point and laugh? That’s not very sporting. Besides, several of those look like a lot of fun, especially the wife carrying and cheese roll. Agreed on the Cheese Roll. In fact, my wife and I were talking about making the trip across the pond to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/7 "2010-08-26T20:16:22Z")
> [@kodabear](#): > > > [@Telemark](#): > > > > [Fixed link](http://extremesports.suite101.com/article.cfm/the-worlds-most-stupid-sports) > > > > But are we just supposed to point and laugh? That’s not very sporting. Besides, several of those look like a lot of fun, especially the wife carrying and cheese roll. > > Agreed on the Cheese Roll. In fact, my wife and I were talking about making the trip across the pond to check it out. Not nearly as fun as Ferret Legging! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/8 "2010-08-26T21:01:44Z")
I thought this thread would be about [this book by Rick Reilly](http://www.amazon.com/Sports-Hell-Search-Dumbest-Competition/dp/0385514387), which I’ve read and recommend. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/9 "2010-08-26T22:35:45Z")
Oh great, another SDMB "sports are stupid’ thread written by some nerd who is still carrying around his jealousy of the jocks in high school. Just because you couldn’t get on the ferret legging team back in tenth grade doesn’t mean putting a wild animal down your pants is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports/550338/10 "2010-08-27T00:26:09Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Oh great, another SDMB "sports are stupid’ thread written by some nerd who is still carrying around his jealousy of the jocks in high school. Just because you couldn’t get on the ferret legging team back in tenth grade doesn’t mean putting a wild animal down your pants is stupid. Post of the week!