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i beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
i beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
Posted:
i was thinking to myself as i was watching the snooker on tv today about two things.
why is it that all the best snooker players are british or irish? the top 15 players in the world are all british except for one irishman. as its the world champoinships on tv just now you would expect that there would be more players from different countries.
also the second thing... snooker audiences. they irritate me. why is it that everyone must cough after a shot? when one person coughs it sets off a torrent of other people coughing. can they not just take a drink of water? they cant ALL be ill. also thinking about the audience, they clap at any shot, even if its rubbish. if its a poor shot u dont clap!!!!!
anyways back to watching the snooker and i will await for some wise person for answers
good day
i was thinking to myself as i was watching the snooker on tv today about two things.
why is it that all the best snooker players are british or irish? the top 15 players in the world are all british except for one irishman. as its the world champoinships on tv just now you would expect that there would be more players from different countries.
also the second thing... snooker audiences. they irritate me. why is it that everyone must cough after a shot? when one person coughs it sets off a torrent of other people coughing. can they not just take a drink of water? they cant ALL be ill. also thinking about the audience, they clap at any shot, even if its rubbish. if its a poor shot u dont clap!!!!!
anyways back to watching the snooker and i will await for some wise person for answers
good day
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Posted:
Would this not be more at home in 'social chat'?
Would this not be more at home in 'social chat'?
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i beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
i beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
Posted:
maybe, how do u move it?
maybe, how do u move it?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Posted:
Click on 'edit', 'copy-and-paste' your text; then use the delete post option; then post it as a new topic in 'chat'.
Click on 'edit', 'copy-and-paste' your text; then use the delete post option; then post it as a new topic in 'chat'.
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But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Can't delete a THREAD once someone else has posted. It'd be way easier for a mod to just move it.
Can't delete a THREAD once someone else has posted. It'd be way easier for a mod to just move it.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted:
OK, I'll move this as it's kinda been requested.
As to snooker - maybe because we're the only country that really plays it. Let's face it, in entertainment terms it's not really all that exciting. I don't mind playing the game - but the idea of watching it as a pleasurable activity is alien to me. But this applies to every sport. Each to their own I guess.
OK, I'll move this as it's kinda been requested.
As to snooker - maybe because we're the only country that really plays it. Let's face it, in entertainment terms it's not really all that exciting. I don't mind playing the game - but the idea of watching it as a pleasurable activity is alien to me. But this applies to every sport. Each to their own I guess.
Clubbles Jugs
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
Posted:
mmmm not sure if i agree with you there Dom, except for the last bit. I love watching it, but i always have so maybe that explains it.
For the top 15 players - in snooker the creme de la creme is called the top 16, and at number 16 is Marco Fu, from Eastern Asia. I could reel off all the players from outsdie GB and Ireland who are regulars on the snooker tour, but i doubt you would find it very interesting.
Snooker is becoming a very popular sport now in China, no doubt due to a bright young Chinese talent who i think won the Masters competition this year. It's alsogot a few aussies playing it, but they mainly live here in England.
I
it tho.
mmmm not sure if i agree with you there Dom, except for the last bit. I love watching it, but i always have so maybe that explains it.
For the top 15 players - in snooker the creme de la creme is called the top 16, and at number 16 is Marco Fu, from Eastern Asia. I could reel off all the players from outsdie GB and Ireland who are regulars on the snooker tour, but i doubt you would find it very interesting.
Snooker is becoming a very popular sport now in China, no doubt due to a bright young Chinese talent who i think won the Masters competition this year. It's alsogot a few aussies playing it, but they mainly live here in England.
I
it tho. ah wah wah wah a wah wah
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playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
I love snooker too
Dom obviously isn't very interested in balls that move around when they're not attached to strings or inside cones
I think it's because the popularity of snooker is at it's heighest in the uk. Compared to rest of the world there are probably 70%-80% British people playing the sport so the cream of the crop will naturally be mostly British.
It's probably the same reason American Football is mostly played by Americans, Handball by Germans/Dutch, ping pong by stoners, Table Tennis by the Koreans/Asia major, Cricket by British/Old Empire countries, Kabadi by Indians etc etc.
Can't wait to watch the rest of the final tonight...it's gonna be brill!
I love snooker too
Dom obviously isn't very interested in balls that move around when they're not attached to strings or inside cones
I think it's because the popularity of snooker is at it's heighest in the uk. Compared to rest of the world there are probably 70%-80% British people playing the sport so the cream of the crop will naturally be mostly British.
It's probably the same reason American Football is mostly played by Americans, Handball by Germans/Dutch, ping pong by stoners, Table Tennis by the Koreans/Asia major, Cricket by British/Old Empire countries, Kabadi by Indians etc etc.
Can't wait to watch the rest of the final tonight...it's gonna be brill!
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Actually, the UK is the only European country I know where handball isn't popular, which means I've really picked the wrong country to study and not have cable/satellite tv 
... [/]
Actually, the UK is the only European country I know where handball isn't popular, which means I've really picked the wrong country to study and not have cable/satellite tv ... [/] "vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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Stream Entrant
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Stream Entrant
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
That’s a BiG statement Dom. I think it's good entertainment watching the great players. Also think the colonies have had a few good players
Perhaps they have passed from this world, but Eddy Charlton, Walter and nephew Horace Lindrum were the best in their day. Horace's great grandfather, Friedrich Wilhelm Von Lindrum, became Australia's first Professional Billiards Champion by defeating the English Master, John Roberts Snr. in 1869. Also remember wild motor bike ride into Thai jungle to play snooker with this Dutch guy.
That’s a BiG statement Dom. I think it's good entertainment watching the great players. Also think the colonies have had a few good players
Perhaps they have passed from this world, but Eddy Charlton, Walter and nephew Horace Lindrum were the best in their day. Horace's great grandfather, Friedrich Wilhelm Von Lindrum, became Australia's first Professional Billiards Champion by defeating the English Master, John Roberts Snr. in 1869. Also remember wild motor bike ride into Thai jungle to play snooker with this Dutch guy.
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NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
I got sucked into watching a few hours of snooker during my week in Scotland. The fact that Sheffield is the global epicenter of snooker says quite a bit.
I found it to be the UK equivilent of watching US bowling on TV: The PERFECT thing to nap to. Nice calm semiwhispering voices and basically the exact same camera angle for hours.
I did enjoy some of the skill involved. But I wouldn't want to watch it without a blanket or pillow of some sort.
Written by: Dom
As to snooker - maybe because we're the only country that really plays it. Let's face it, in entertainment terms it's not really all that exciting. I don't mind playing the game - but the idea of watching it as a pleasurable activity is alien to me. But this applies to every sport. Each to their own I guess.
I got sucked into watching a few hours of snooker during my week in Scotland. The fact that Sheffield is the global epicenter of snooker says quite a bit.
I found it to be the UK equivilent of watching US bowling on TV: The PERFECT thing to nap to. Nice calm semiwhispering voices and basically the exact same camera angle for hours.
I did enjoy some of the skill involved. But I wouldn't want to watch it without a blanket or pillow of some sort.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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i beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
i beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
Posted:
i do agree with nyc. watching the final today i was able to watch the snooker while having a huge lunch then doze off for a bit. perfect way to spend the bank holiday
i really dont know how the audience sits through hours and hours of that on hard seats and no nice big sofa
i do agree with nyc. watching the final today i was able to watch the snooker while having a huge lunch then doze off for a bit. perfect way to spend the bank holiday
i really dont know how the audience sits through hours and hours of that on hard seats and no nice big sofa
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enthusiast, but not enthusiastic
367 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
enthusiast, but not enthusiastic
367 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted:
I got sucked into watching a snooker tournament on TV last year on vacation in eastern Europe - at night trying to fall asleep. I enjoy it, but I don't know anyone else who plays, and snooker tables are few and far between. I only know how to play (poorly) because my English grandfather taught me at his snooty club. It's a vicious cycle - I'm sure there aren't many places to play because it's not popular here in the States, and it won't be popular as long as there aren't opportunities.
And NAPPING to bowling? Doesn't the rumble of the pins wake you up?
I got sucked into watching a snooker tournament on TV last year on vacation in eastern Europe - at night trying to fall asleep. I enjoy it, but I don't know anyone else who plays, and snooker tables are few and far between. I only know how to play (poorly) because my English grandfather taught me at his snooty club. It's a vicious cycle - I'm sure there aren't many places to play because it's not popular here in the States, and it won't be popular as long as there aren't opportunities.
And NAPPING to bowling? Doesn't the rumble of the pins wake you up?
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NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Surprisingly not.
The way they air it on TV, it's all white noise. And whispering.
Surprisingly not.
The way they air it on TV, it's all white noise. And whispering.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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enthusiast, but not enthusiastic
367 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
enthusiast, but not enthusiastic
367 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted:
white noise.....great sport.
white noise.....great sport.
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