I’ve thrown a Ton-80 (three triple 20’s) while holding a baby, and countless other times holding a beer.
On the other hand, Race Walking has some of the most complicated Rules.
It’s just a race. Set up a start and finish point. Go.
But you have to walk. There are only two rules regarding the actual walking (retain contact with the ground, and Lead leg must be straight when it hits the ground, and remain straight until it passes under the body during the stride).
Here is the Race Walking Officiating handbook.. (it’s not an exciting read). It is 29 pages long. Have fun.
You might think so.
I was in a meeting like that. It was about disk storage, but just as absurd.
OK, what is that clip from, and what’s the context?
It’s from an Australian TV series called “The Games”; a mockumentary about the organizing of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. One of the funniest shows ever. Rewind the clip and watch from the beginning. They’re discussing changes to the Opening Ceremonies, like replacing the release of doves with emus, on “a long-necked waddle for peace”.
If you recognize two of the guys, they’re John Clarke and Bryan Dawe. They did a lot of political/bureaucratic satire, and their routine about an oil tanker “The Front Fell Off” went viral some years ago.
Full bit:
The track is 94m
Brian
OK, 91.44 meters, I could understand. But 94?
I imagine the writers thought it was the funniest “not 100m” number.
I suspect some folk sport that nonetheless has a governing body and competitions is likely to be the answer. I’d wager anything that has professional leagues is going to have more complicated rules because there’s money on the line. Even some otherwise amateur sports will be in that vein, like say Gaelic football.
So you want to look at things like conkers and fierljeppen. They’ll have rules (I know conkers has many), but probably not as many as even the 100m sprint does nowadays.