12-12-2009, 10:54 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Location: Calgary Alberta
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What's up with English people and darts?
Anyone watch this stuff on tsn or the score? Thousands of people jammed into a darts arena of some sort... and they're just tossing darts and people are going ape poop. Hell, I remember one time they were introducing the players and a guy came out to star wars music and was dressed up in full star wars garb complete with a chewbacca storm troooper etc.... wtf??
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12-12-2009, 10:59 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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you get to get drunk and yell all the time without being kicked out...makes sense to me.
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12-12-2009, 11:33 AM
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Scoring Winger
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Oneeee hundred and eightieeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Cheer, drink beer, not sure but I have watched a few times on TSN.
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12-12-2009, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ricoFlame
you get to get drunk and yell all the time without being kicked out...makes sense to me.
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And throw sharp things. Everyone wants an environment where getting belligerently drunk is accepted and then, not only do they tolerate the haphazard tossing of sharp projectiles, they GIVE them to you! 
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12-12-2009, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Well, that and English people are nucking futs.
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12-12-2009, 12:54 PM
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My theory is that it's because anyone can be good at it, these guys aren't amazing physical specimens like a lot of sports require.
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12-12-2009, 12:57 PM
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Scoring Winger
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^ You mean darts is not a sport?
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12-12-2009, 12:57 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Red Deer now; Liverpool, England before
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^^^ Hey, Locke, I'll have you know that I'm a perfectly sensible fellow.
As for quite a few fellow Englishmen I'd have to agree totally though.
I used to love watching darts on the telly. Never actually went to an event or anything but it actually looks like it would be fun to me.
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12-12-2009, 12:58 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dre
^ You mean darts is not a sport?
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, is chess a sport?
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12-12-2009, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Ditch
My theory is that it's because anyone can be good at it, these guys aren't amazing physical specimens like a lot of sports require.
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reminds me of that scene in Kingpin with all those huge pro bowlers scarfing food as Ish and Munson look on in awe of the athletes.
seriously though, darts is cool.
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12-12-2009, 01:01 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by The Ditch
, is chess a sport? |
If you play it long enough and burn 3000 calories, then yes it is.
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12-12-2009, 03:40 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dre
If you play it long enough and burn 3000 calories, then yes it is. |
This clearly makes masturbating a sport.
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12-12-2009, 04:11 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flip
This clearly makes masturbating a sport.
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Only if you do it while you play darts. Other then that, masturbating
is just a way of life.
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12-12-2009, 04:40 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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We had a way to really turn darts into a sport.
If your dart didn't go into the board but bounced off, if you caught it mid-air you were allowed to throw it again.
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12-12-2009, 05:19 PM
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Account closed at user's request.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheU
Anyone watch this stuff on tsn or the score? Thousands of people jammed into a darts arena of some sort... and they're just tossing darts and people are going ape poop. Hell, I remember one time they were introducing the players and a guy came out to star wars music and was dressed up in full star wars garb complete with a chewbacca storm troooper etc.... wtf??
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Darts is a great spectator sport. Fantastic atmosphere.
The guy you are talking about just happens to be Canadian - John Part, a 3-time World Champion from Oshawa, also known as Darth Maple. He's an absolute darts legend. He even beat 14-time World Champion Phil 'The Power' Taylor in the 2003 finals at Purfleet. Legend.
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12-14-2009, 07:48 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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God I hate Star Wars nerds.
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12-14-2009, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: AceTown, AB
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Darts, the of "Sport" of fat guys... need to be able to hold a beer in one hand and fairy darts in the other  I prefer to watch pick-up sticks on TSN, now that's a sport!
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12-14-2009, 08:06 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
OK pyjama boy.
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It's not a pyjama, it's European.
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12-14-2009, 08:53 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 서울특별시
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I plan on going to the PDC World Darts Championship for 2011.
Half of you haters probably like curling. Heh.
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12-15-2009, 02:27 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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I think they're all secretly waiting for someone to get smoked in the mind with a dart. Who wouldnt want to be there for that?
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