11/05/24
March 01, 2004
The votes are in: After a spirited discussion, BOXING is A SPORT (13-9) and BOXERS are ATHLETES (22-0).
=next week's challenge inside=
posted by forksclovetofu to navel gazing at 01:04 AM - 34 comments
Not a sport Not athletes
posted by dng at 05:02 AM on March 01, 2004
no, no, a hundred times no.
posted by jerseygirl at 05:10 AM on March 01, 2004
Not a sport ... not sure on the athlete area though. I need to be convinced.
posted by jasonspaceman at 05:32 AM on March 01, 2004
Not a sport, and not athletes.
posted by Bryant at 07:02 AM on March 01, 2004
NOT A SPORT NOT ATHLETES
posted by mbd1 at 08:00 AM on March 01, 2004
Not a sport Athletes
posted by vito90 at 08:07 AM on March 01, 2004
no and no.
posted by goddam at 08:27 AM on March 01, 2004
Pump, p-p-pump pump, p-pump pump, pump, pump it up! hahah. i just saw that. now its going to be stuck in my head all day. you bastard! :)
posted by jerseygirl at 09:00 AM on March 01, 2004
No and no. /waits to see how long it takes for this thread to go off-topic...
posted by BigCalm at 09:26 AM on March 01, 2004
No and no. But don't tell any of them. They'd rip my scrawny body in twain.
posted by grum@work at 09:30 AM on March 01, 2004
It's a friggin' beauty pageant!!! No. and No.
posted by garfield at 09:42 AM on March 01, 2004
No and no. Of course if you were talking about weight-lifters....
posted by squealy at 10:31 AM on March 01, 2004
Not a sport Not Athletes [suggestion for future challenge: bowling/bowlers]
posted by scully at 10:36 AM on March 01, 2004
not a sport athletes
posted by corpse at 10:41 AM on March 01, 2004
Not a sport Not athletes
posted by dales15 at 10:42 AM on March 01, 2004
not a sport not athletes
posted by dusted at 11:08 AM on March 01, 2004
No and no Of course if you were talking about weight-lifters.... Or World's Strongest Man competitors.
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:10 AM on March 01, 2004
Not a sport Not athletes
posted by Fat Buddha at 12:01 PM on March 01, 2004
No and No.
posted by trox at 12:38 PM on March 01, 2004
Nay, nay and thrice nay
posted by kWaCkY at 12:49 PM on March 01, 2004
Nope. It does make for terrific episodes of MTV's "True Life" though.
posted by yerfatma at 01:21 PM on March 01, 2004
man, doesn't ANYONE wanna stand up for the poor bodybuilders?
posted by forksclovetofu at 03:54 PM on March 01, 2004
No No
posted by StarFucker at 04:05 PM on March 01, 2004
no two ways about it, it ain't a sport. whether they are athletes are not? that's arguable. they train alot. they have a strict dietary regiment when preparing for display. they have to fit their shrunken bits into a out-of-style-alpine-skiing-neon-euro-beach-sling. they have to take a lot of 'supplements' to get that not-so-human look. they shave their faces, and so do the men. the develop austrian accents. they have politicial aspirations. they 'oil' for the show. no two ways about it.
posted by garfield at 04:19 PM on March 01, 2004
I won't even say what I'm thinking. Now.
posted by billsaysthis at 04:25 PM on March 01, 2004
Nope. Nope.
posted by cobra! at 04:42 PM on March 01, 2004
No2.
posted by rocketman at 08:50 PM on March 01, 2004
Since we're pretty much done with bodybuilders, how about synchronized swimmers for the next poll?
posted by dusted at 10:34 PM on March 01, 2004
Ceeeripes. I'll give this till tomorrow and put it out of its misery.
posted by forksclovetofu at 01:59 AM on March 02, 2004
No, no.
posted by gspm at 02:02 AM on March 02, 2004
Not a sport Athletes
posted by Scottymac at 02:43 AM on March 02, 2004
scottymac steps up to the plate.........
posted by garfield at 08:33 AM on March 02, 2004
No/No
posted by eckeric at 10:18 AM on March 02, 2004
For now and forevermore, boxing is a sport and boxers are athletes. This weeks challenge: BODYBUILDING: SPORT or NOT A SPORT? BODYBUILDERS: ATHLETES or NOT ATHLETES? Pump, p-p-pump pump, p-pump pump, pump, pump it up!