Jack Sprat
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Tue Jun-16-09 12:13 AM
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| 93. Why don't people read books |
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or collect stamps or coins? It depends on the individual's desire to use their time. For me, I'm not interested if I am not actively playing the sport myself. Watching someone else play is boring. Walking, jogging, swimming, volleyball, badminton, bowling. There are too many sports activities to actually participate in that make watching someone else disinteresting. That is one of the problems of our general inclination to sit on the sofa rather than exercise.
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| -Why don't people watch sports? Clue me in. |
11 Bravo |
Jun-15-09 04:33 PM |
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All of those things you mention sound REALLY boring. |
ContinentalOp |
Jun-15-09 04:34 PM |
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I concur. I think more people should PLAY sports not watch them. nt |
valerief |
Jun-15-09 04:35 PM |
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I play baseball and basketball to this day (I'm 58). I also watch my sons play ... |
11 Bravo |
Jun-15-09 04:38 PM |
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So are you soliciting people to watch you? I don't get the point of your post. nt |
valerief |
Jun-15-09 06:03 PM |
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Well, I guess you don't watch porn, either. |
TahitiNut |
Jun-15-09 04:50 PM |
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No. I think more people should DO porn, not watch it. nt |
valerief |
Jun-15-09 06:02 PM |
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Yep. |
stopbush |
Jun-15-09 04:38 PM |
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To you. Some people have an appreciation for what the human body can accomplish. |
WinkyDink |
Jun-15-09 06:12 PM |
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Yes to me. That's the only claim I was making. |
ContinentalOp |
Jun-15-09 10:45 PM |
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They're not boring. But you have to watch massive hours of sports, a lifetime of sports, to see |
smalll |
Jun-15-09 11:55 PM |
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Because we have more important things to do |
taterguy |
Jun-15-09 04:35 PM |
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Watch American Idol... eom |
JuniperLea |
Jun-15-09 05:08 PM |
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I love sports, but I understand how people - especially women - don't. |
Captain Hilts |
Jun-15-09 04:36 PM |
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That's why I probably shouldn't go to the opera |
JerseygirlCT |
Jun-15-09 04:39 PM |
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Hey, I sing along at the opera!! If it's Mozart. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jun-15-09 06:55 PM |
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That's cool! I like opera! |
Captain Hilts |
Jun-15-09 08:14 PM |
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OK, the 1999 Women's FIFA World Cup. USA vs China. |
11 Bravo |
Jun-15-09 04:42 PM |
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Professional American football is the worst for that. |
Arugula Latte |
Jun-15-09 07:41 PM |
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Watching the 'Skins and Mets/Sox was something both my parents did with us... |
Captain Hilts |
Jun-15-09 08:14 PM |
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I don't get why people do watch sports. |
drm604 |
Jun-15-09 04:36 PM |
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I've had a disconnect with pro sports for a while now. |
UnrepentantUnitarian |
Jun-15-09 04:38 PM |
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Yes, the Caps' most minor league team - the Stingrays. I see your point. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Jun-15-09 10:33 PM |
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You and my husband. |
JerseygirlCT |
Jun-15-09 04:38 PM |
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I think sports "personalities" are way overpaid, way overindulged, |
AndyA |
Jun-15-09 04:39 PM |
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Watching sports is boring. |
madaboutharry |
Jun-15-09 04:39 PM |
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I am disappointed in your lack of appreciation for footy (soccer). |
redqueen |
Jun-15-09 04:41 PM |
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People chasing balls doesn't excite me |
Echo In Light |
Jun-15-09 04:42 PM |
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I have to agree. Unless I have some connection to the game, like your son, I |
NC_Nurse |
Jun-15-09 04:46 PM |
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is golf a sport? |
hfojvt |
Jun-15-09 04:45 PM |
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Ummmm,maybe they just have other interests? Jeesh. |
virgogal |
Jun-15-09 04:45 PM |
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Golf is great when Tiger is playing. Could watch for days...well, I do...n/t |
monmouth |
Jun-15-09 04:45 PM |
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They have to pay for billion dollar stadiums out of their taxes? |
Ezlivin |
Jun-15-09 04:46 PM |
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I'm not interested in watching other people doing physical |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Jun-15-09 04:46 PM |
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The examples you gave seem to be of male sports. |
pennylane100 |
Jun-15-09 04:52 PM |
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just can't work up any interest |
noamnety |
Jun-15-09 04:54 PM |
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GO LEFT FACING BUCKLES! |
ContinentalOp |
Jun-15-09 06:11 PM |
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LOL! |
noamnety |
Jun-15-09 06:59 PM |
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What are YOU laughing at? |
ContinentalOp |
Jun-15-09 10:43 PM |
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I love sports. If one does not like them, that is cool too BUT |
CBR |
Jun-15-09 04:58 PM |
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lol Am I the only one who thinks that you started this thread simply to brag about your son? |
grantcart |
Jun-15-09 04:58 PM |
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And I betcha his eyes leaked a little. I agree, nice job. nt |
Obamanaut |
Jun-15-09 05:10 PM |
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I watch sports but I understand why people don't |
spiritual_gunfighter |
Jun-15-09 04:58 PM |
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I watch 'Dhani Tackles The Globe' |
me b zola |
Jun-15-09 05:02 PM |
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It's all subjective... |
JuniperLea |
Jun-15-09 05:07 PM |
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I just lost interest over the years. |
county worker |
Jun-15-09 05:07 PM |
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Watching people chase balls |
Yunomi |
Jun-15-09 05:09 PM |
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Tradition? I watch some sports, but don't watch any other TV - feel the same way about Am. Idol. |
NRaleighLiberal |
Jun-15-09 05:10 PM |
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Me Either...but I don't watch a single sport you do. n/t |
vaberella |
Jun-15-09 05:10 PM |
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i live in chicago. |
dysfunctional press |
Jun-15-09 05:16 PM |
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I can go out and do sports. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jun-15-09 05:17 PM |
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It's boring? However, maybe if they played to music it would be more |
Cleita |
Jun-15-09 06:15 PM |
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Sometimes the costumes, er um, uniforms |
JerseygirlCT |
Jun-16-09 08:22 AM |
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I am simply not interested in watching professional sports. |
Bettie |
Jun-15-09 06:16 PM |
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I don't have a problem with most of your post |
gmudem |
Jun-15-09 10:22 PM |
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are you also bothered by artists or actors/actresses getting paid large amounts |
onenote |
Jun-15-09 10:49 PM |
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Yes, I am. |
Bettie |
Jun-16-09 12:02 PM |
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why shouldn't they be paid millions of dollars |
onenote |
Jun-16-09 12:58 PM |
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Sports is art. |
stevedeshazer |
Jun-15-09 06:20 PM |
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Usually, I can't help but think: "What is the point of this?" |
Arugula Latte |
Jun-15-09 06:21 PM |
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What Is This BS |
otohara |
Jun-15-09 06:38 PM |
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Some of his responses were a bit snarky too |
mamaleah |
Jun-15-09 10:22 PM |
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Plenty of people do. |
LWolf |
Jun-15-09 07:05 PM |
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All the reasons previously mentioned apply to me. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jun-15-09 07:13 PM |
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Didn't you love the "Let's Worship the Football Team" rallies every frickin' week in high school? |
Arugula Latte |
Jun-15-09 07:33 PM |
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I agree with much of what you said |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-15-09 08:21 PM |
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Manifestor_of_Light, you nailed it all. |
raventattoo |
Jun-15-09 11:32 PM |
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Yep, the group emotions attached to sports are a con game. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jun-16-09 12:28 AM |
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Watching . . . OK. Why people READ about sports is beyond me. |
donco6 |
Jun-15-09 07:35 PM |
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So long as hubby doesn't insist on reading that stuff to me, I'm cool |
JerseygirlCT |
Jun-15-09 09:55 PM |
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LOL! Absolutely. |
donco6 |
Jun-15-09 09:59 PM |
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J-Mac has autism, not Down's. |
KamaAina |
Jun-15-09 07:37 PM |
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I'd put the Penguins winning Game 7 on the road right up there |
KamaAina |
Jun-15-09 07:39 PM |
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It's quite the same as asking, "Why don't people go to the symphony?" |
zagging |
Jun-15-09 07:43 PM |
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Sports is the new opiate of the masses... |
LAGC |
Jun-15-09 07:48 PM |
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new? |
onenote |
Jun-15-09 10:55 PM |
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Please watch boxing. |
H2O Man |
Jun-15-09 08:44 PM |
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I'm guessing this is about my thread..... |
Joe the Liberal |
Jun-15-09 09:07 PM |
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Oh I agree! Or like that Russian girl that staked right off the Siberian Tundra and TOOK IT! |
bridgit |
Jun-15-09 10:01 PM |
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I don't like watching millionaires play games |
Skittles |
Jun-15-09 10:07 PM |
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Yeah, CSPAN sucks. |
Swamp Rat |
Jun-15-09 10:20 PM |
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It does..... |
Joe the Liberal |
Jun-15-09 10:23 PM |
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Let's not pick on just one network. |
Swamp Rat |
Jun-15-09 10:25 PM |
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I don't watch CSPAN either |
Skittles |
Jun-15-09 10:31 PM |
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Exactly my thoughts. n/t |
Joe the Liberal |
Jun-15-09 10:36 PM |
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For the most part, it's really, really boring |
mudplanet |
Jun-15-09 10:08 PM |
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I like sports and I love baseball. |
Gemini Cat |
Jun-15-09 10:10 PM |
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too boring I WILL CHECK IN FOR 3 MIN |
mitchtv |
Jun-15-09 10:11 PM |
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I only watch boxing, but I have no problem with people watching other sports... |
mitchum |
Jun-15-09 10:14 PM |
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uh... you forgot the most important one |
Ohio Joe |
Jun-15-09 10:16 PM |
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I am a huge sports fan |
gmudem |
Jun-15-09 10:24 PM |
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I'd rather play than watch. I don't need the vicarious thrill. |
Incitatus |
Jun-15-09 10:39 PM |
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a good friend of mine who recently passed away was born with a variety of birth defects |
onenote |
Jun-15-09 11:01 PM |
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A good friend of mine was born with a couple of birth defects. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jun-16-09 05:41 AM |
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Well, that would be different. |
Incitatus |
Jun-16-09 12:09 PM |
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Barack Obama, winning versus Hillary Clinton in NC |
Alcibiades |
Jun-15-09 10:51 PM |
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I'd have love to have seen the walk-off your son did |
Horse with no Name |
Jun-15-09 11:35 PM |
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Um, I think copycat threads are only legal in the Lounge. |
smalll |
Jun-15-09 11:52 PM |
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In detail |
notesdev |
Jun-16-09 12:04 AM |
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Why don't people read books |
Jack Sprat |
Jun-16-09 12:13 AM |
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Sport is one of the major contradictions in my life |
malaise |
Jun-16-09 05:46 AM |
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Watching sports on television is like watching paint dry -- BORING! |
DailyGrind51 |
Jun-16-09 07:51 AM |
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I find them boring, except ice hockey. It's the only sport I'll watch on TV, and I like it because |
raccoon |
Jun-16-09 07:59 AM |
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LOL. My eye is nowhere near fast enough to follow that puck, but |
JerseygirlCT |
Jun-16-09 08:20 AM |
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I have almost no interest in any of those things... |
Orsino |
Jun-16-09 08:16 AM |
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I played competitive sports in high school. I don't need to re-live it in my free time. (nt) |
Heidi |
Jun-16-09 08:18 AM |
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Michelle Kwan's 5th World's skating title in 2003! |
ThatsMyBarack |
Jun-16-09 08:20 AM |
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Nobody is watching sports anymore? |
Hugabear |
Jun-16-09 12:12 PM |
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Boring. |
Owl |
Jun-16-09 12:16 PM |
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To each their own. |
Dulcinea |
Jun-16-09 12:17 PM |
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Nice Rebuttal Post |
Rebubula |
Jun-16-09 12:25 PM |
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I dont know why I dont like sports. it bores me I guess. nt |
Mari333 |
Jun-16-09 12:59 PM |
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