Random Thought Thread

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Wonder if you could trade nimbleness for size when it comes to hockey goalies - like, could you just suit up an absolutely massive person and put them in net? What would happen if you signed a sumo wrestler? Has this been tried?

Every time this question comes up, so does this clip... ;D

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

Every time this question comes up, so does this clip... ;D

He looks like the smallest sumo wrestler ever.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Wormius

He looks like the smallest sumo wrestler ever.

Yeah, that was dumb. I want one of those fat people that needs to be forklifted out of their bed after a construction company removes their exterior bedroom wall.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Yeah, that was dumb. I want one of those fat people that needs to be forklifted out of their bed after a construction company removes their exterior bedroom wall.

The guy with the largest waist had a circumference of 119 inches, so a diameter of 37.9 inches. A hockey net is 48 inches wide. So you need about 10 inches of padding to cover the full net. I'd imagine there'd be a few holes you could target that they could never cover(slow, immobile), but it wouldn't leave a lot of open net.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter...4%E2%80%931991)

[MoneyGuy]

A sumo wrestler who couldn’t move well would be torched in goal.

[Wormius]

I think the hard thing would be freezing the puck after shot attempts, but I still think there is some viability to the idea.