nice to have you at my back bruda

Thank you for explaining!

I like the word 'umbrage'.

Curling is definately a sport, its just like green bowling but on ice.

Poker is a game of mental skill, plus luck. I think the lack of physical skill, takes the sport out of it. Its just a game. I love it though.

poker vs golf

it isnt like golf is physically demanding. you drive a ****ing cart around for christs sake. bowling, racing, etc all have limited physical output but are still considered sports.

Try hitting a ball 300 yards and see how close you get. Of course there is a lot of technique involved, but you arent going to do it just on that alone.

And whilst it might not be the most physical demanding of sports, it takes a MASSIVE amount of physical accuracy.

There is none in poker, at all. Its all mental.

whatever. typical uptight tea-slurper. i love any sport where i can get hammered whilst i play it.

Yes i love sports and card games where i can get drunk as well!

like bowling. bowling is awesome. because i can eat nachos, drink 3 metric ****tons of beer and still mop the floors with my competitors.

I play pool with a mate of mine once or twice a month, we play for quite a bit of cash too, and i usually beat him. £70 up on the last outting, about $120 maybe. Not bad for a nights drinking.

thats a nice chunk of change. probably enough to cover your tab. lol.

i still think its baseball

no where doesn anything say a sport has to be physically draining though either people. its just where either one individual..or one team competes against another. as well as one person or a groupe against anything. like an animal. cause hunting and fishing may not be an "orginized" sport but they are considered sportsman. it doesnt say it has to pin you to the death. or physically against the other. just some type of activity, and you compete to see who can win. so like skeet shooting is a sport as well.


all of the ones he mentioned are sports. just some of you may not like them as much. it doesnt mean they arent. your taking your one sided opinion and assuming everyone else is the same.

So then chess is a sport!

sport (spôrt, sprt)
n.
1.
a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.
4.
a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.
b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.
c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.
5.
a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.
b. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.
c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.
6. Informal
a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.
b. A gambler at sporting events.
7. Biology An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation.
8. Maine See summercater. See Regional Note at summercater.
9. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.

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sport
Noun
1. an activity for exercise, pleasure, or competition: your favourite sport
2. such activities collectively: the minister for sport
3. the enjoyment gained from a pastime: just for the sport of it
4. playful or good-humoured joking: I only did it in sport
5. Informal a person who accepts defeat or teasing cheerfully
6. make sport of someone to make fun of someone
7. an animal or plant that is very different from others of the same species, usually because of a mutation
8. Austral & NZ informal a term of address between males

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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sport

I dont care for the formal definition very much. Nobody will convince me that Poker or wrestling are sports.

My definition would state that there must me competition and physical accuracy or stamina.

So are chess & poker physical activities? You gotta pick things up and put them down!!

Dont knock it, in poker you gotta be careful not to give yourself a paper cut when you fold your cards. Its a dangerous sport!

And in chess you could accidently drop a peice onto your toe.

those are excellent facts you have, that being said im gonna have to go with.... baseball

ya think

but the pitcher and the catcher play catch a lot

but the pitcher and the catcher play catch a lot
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right, and then some guy trys to interfere and hit with a bat , whats the world coming too