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Simondo > 9 months ago, 21 Feb 2012

Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

21 Feb 2012 10:52pm

Doggie started, I finished it !

On the link is a short story about a great Australian Jockey, called Edgar Britt. The greatest Jockey of them all.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Is-horse-racing-a-sport/?page=-2#964927

From the dictionary....
noun
US
an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense 'pastime, entertainment'): shortening of disport

Id say by that definition, it's a sport.

SP

10982 posts

21 Feb 2012 8:48pm

Good story on Edgar. Be good rhyming slang for something

obct

NSW

3487 posts

22 Feb 2012 5:50am

A hot coffee and a Bran muffin helps me have a nice Edgar Britt

asea

QLD

5544 posts

22 Feb 2012 7:01am

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obct said...

A hot coffee and a Bran muffin helps me have a nice Edgar Britt

haha funny obct

62mac

24860 posts

22 Feb 2012 5:44am

Is stand up paddle boarding a crime YES there's my answer

BoardCulture

QLD

260 posts

22 Feb 2012 8:33am

Of course its not a sport, its primary purpose is to facilitate gambling, support an industry/breeding businesses and results in cruelty to animals (whether intentional or otherwise).
Take away the betting and it would barely exist, unlike real sports. Rant over.

obct

NSW

3487 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:40am

My Edgar Britt was too floaty and would not go away

asea

QLD

5544 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:04am

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obct said...

My Edgar Britt was too floaty and would not go away

obct thanks very much for the insight i'm trying to eat a choc muffin and can only visualise you're floaty.

asea

QLD

5544 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:06am

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BoardCulture said...

Of course its not a sport, its primary purpose is to facilitate gambling, support an industry/breeding businesses and results in cruelty to animals (whether intentional or otherwise).
Take away the betting and it would barely exist, unlike real sports. Rant over.

hearing you mark

62mac

24860 posts

22 Feb 2012 7:28am

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asea said...

obct thanks very much for the insight i'm trying to eat a choc muffin and can only visualise you're floaty.

ease up big boy,at this rate you'll be prone surfing a sup

asea

QLD

5544 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:35am

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62mac said...

asea said...

obct thanks very much for the insight i'm trying to eat a choc muffin and can only visualise you're floaty.

ease up big boy,at this rate you'll be prone surfing a sup

you'd know about supping mac

doggie

15849 posts

22 Feb 2012 8:38am

Stolen thread

Bloody gromets

SP

10982 posts

22 Feb 2012 12:34pm

So is greyhound racing a sport?

What about equestrian.

62mac

24860 posts

22 Feb 2012 12:59pm

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SP said...

So is greyhound racing a sport?

only if doggie is being chased by some savage dogs

blood sport[}:)]

doggie

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22 Feb 2012 1:06pm

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62mac said...

SP said...

So is greyhound racing a sport?

only if doggie is being chased by some savage dogs

blood sport[}:)]

No its just another way to facilitate betting.

62mac

24860 posts

22 Feb 2012 1:09pm

SP

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22 Feb 2012 1:28pm

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doggie said...

62mac said...

SP said...

So is greyhound racing a sport?

only if doggie is being chased by some savage dogs

blood sport[}:)]

No its just another way to facilitate betting.

So are most professional sports, professional sport is a business

SP

10982 posts

22 Feb 2012 1:30pm

Doggie, So without the betting is it a sport?

newguy

654 posts

22 Feb 2012 1:31pm

If you play guitar hero, does that make you a guitarist?

chrispychru

QLD

7932 posts

22 Feb 2012 7:19pm

i dont know about gambling being able to verify something as a sport...my girl is always saying that she bets ive been batting one off,so is masturbation a sport? i hope it is

horses i dont know about that...a few pigs i have loved..well maybe that could be classed as a sport in my defence

BulldogPup

6657 posts

22 Feb 2012 5:25pm

Nothing wrong with piggybacking is there

asea

QLD

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22 Feb 2012 7:45pm

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BulldogPup said...

Nothing wrong with piggybacking is there

i bet chrispy has done plenty of that

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

22 Feb 2012 8:12pm

horses love to race. its a sport for the horses

chrispychru

QLD

7932 posts

22 Feb 2012 8:26pm

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asea said...

BulldogPup said...

Nothing wrong with piggybacking is there

i bet chrispy has done plenty of that

mmmm deliverance

Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:29pm

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doggie said...

Stolen thread

Bloody gromets

We can have a more fun bar conversation about it in here though Doggie. Nothing too serious, you know, it is The Longboard Room !

Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:30pm

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62mac said...

asea said...

obct thanks very much for the insight i'm trying to eat a choc muffin and can only visualise you're floaty.

ease up big boy,at this rate you'll be prone surfing a sup

Gold !

Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:32pm

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laceys lane said...

horses love to race. its a sport for the horses

Yes.

Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

22 Feb 2012 9:37pm

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Enter Edgar Britt. In his day it was a sport. It would be great to get his comments on perceived corruption in his day, versus today.

But yes, to a point, the ledger has shifter further towards gambling. I know the very best jockey's could potentially be very good at "pulling up" a horse while making it look like racing....

But the lasting comments for our Longboard Room will certainly be muffins of all varieties, followed by an "Edgar Britt"!

obct

NSW

3487 posts

22 Feb 2012 10:00pm

I thought I was only going to cough in my rompers, but I did an Edgar Britt instead

BulldogPup

6657 posts

22 Feb 2012 7:02pm

ah the olde fart into full follow through

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