11/05/24
March 02, 2004
Our first sport/not a sport skunking, Super-Tuesday style: with 70% percent of the vote in,
BODYBUILDING is NOT A SPORT (27-0) and BODYBUILDERS are NOT ATHLETES (23-3, with one absentia).
Let's try that again, shall we?
=next week's (this week's) challenge inside=
posted by forksclovetofu to navel gazing at 10:09 PM - 35 comments
NO! NO!
posted by StarFucker at 11:03 PM on March 02, 2004
no and no.
posted by goddam at 11:23 PM on March 02, 2004
Well, is Randy Johnson really joining the PBA Tour?
posted by billsaysthis at 12:20 AM on March 03, 2004
Yes, bowling is a sport. No, bowlers are not athletes.
posted by dusted at 12:42 AM on March 03, 2004
Well which kind of bowling do you mean squire?
posted by Fat Buddha at 03:03 AM on March 03, 2004
Are we talking Crown Green Bowls? Lawn bowls? Indoor bowls? Skittles? I kid, because I love. They're all sports, but you can't say that any of the players are athlets.
posted by BigCalm at 03:09 AM on March 03, 2004
Do I get 4 votes - one for each sport?
posted by BigCalm at 03:39 AM on March 03, 2004
Not making any decision until I know what kind of bowling you mean (despite the fact that the decision would be the same whatever). *stamps foot*
posted by squealy at 03:53 AM on March 03, 2004
Since it was my hint, I will say that 10-pin lane bowling (not sure what the official term is. Perhaps "indoor bowl"?) is what was intended. bowling = sport bowlers = not athletes (unless we are speaking of cricket, which we aren't)
posted by scully at 08:12 AM on March 03, 2004
NOT A SPORT NOT ATHLETES
posted by mbd1 at 08:49 AM on March 03, 2004
bowling = sport bowlers = if your a professional, who has practiced to get better and compete against the best talent, then yes. But the recreational goons who guzzle beer and grease aren't athletes, unless your the Dude. Also, some interesting opinions (thanks to google): Are bowlers athletes? bowling digest. Now I want to go bowling!
posted by jasonspaceman at 09:02 AM on March 03, 2004
no. no. its an activity or a hobby depending on your skill.
posted by jerseygirl at 09:12 AM on March 03, 2004
Yes it's a sport. No they are not athletes. And the 6'3" muscular guy in the cubicle behind me who bowls every week in a league agrees with me.
posted by grum@work at 10:15 AM on March 03, 2004
sport athletes
posted by corpse at 10:33 AM on March 03, 2004
i'd like to change my vote if possible. yes and no.
posted by goddam at 10:33 AM on March 03, 2004
who are you and what did you do with goddam?
posted by BigCalm at 10:44 AM on March 03, 2004
If golf is a sport, so is this. But I'll be damned if glorified embibing makes them athletes.
posted by garfield at 10:47 AM on March 03, 2004
Sport, I guess. But not athletes.
posted by cobra! at 10:57 AM on March 03, 2004
Sport: yes Athletes: no
posted by Bryant at 11:10 AM on March 03, 2004
forksclove - just a side note on the bodybuilding question - you express surprise that nobody supported the " ol' iron pumping " as a sport - I bet nobody would dispute the sportitude of powerlifting. As for bowling: Sport not athletes
posted by vito90 at 11:45 AM on March 03, 2004
I can't really comment on 10pin bowling being a sport - although the Big Lebowski certainly made it look like one. But good old fashioned bowls, on the other hand, being the flagship part of BBC2's sports covergage for pensioners: Sport Athletes: No
posted by dng at 12:07 PM on March 03, 2004
I meant 10 pin indoor bowling and it wouldn't even have occurred to me that there were any other kind. /american
posted by forksclovetofu at 01:55 PM on March 03, 2004
SPORT NOT ATHLETES
posted by rocketman at 02:47 PM on March 03, 2004
yes, yes.
posted by djacobs at 05:13 PM on March 03, 2004
yes.....oh ok, yes.
posted by eckeric at 05:48 PM on March 03, 2004
On that basis no and no. Ten-pin bowling is a game you play when you're drunk.
posted by squealy at 05:49 PM on March 03, 2004
and you don't play bowls (crown green/lawn/indoor) drunk? All the greens are at pubs!
posted by BigCalm at 04:57 AM on March 04, 2004
Yes and Yes.
posted by chicobangs at 04:13 PM on March 04, 2004
That's not true Clammy. I used to play lawn green bowling down our local park. Admittedly we went there via the pub.
posted by squealy at 05:58 PM on March 04, 2004
10 pin bowling: no and no. Crown green bowling: yes and no.
posted by salmacis at 03:04 AM on March 05, 2004
No on all counts.
posted by bcb2k2 at 08:33 AM on March 05, 2004
Sport Not athletes
posted by Scottymac at 09:46 AM on March 05, 2004
Sport Not Athletes
posted by Succa at 02:50 PM on March 05, 2004
non sport, non athletes.
posted by hincandenza at 02:24 AM on March 06, 2004
For now and forevermore, bodybuilding is not a sport and bodybuilders are not athletes. Woof. My bad. Who knew there were so few proponents of the ol' iron pumping around here? Anyway, I'm gonna take a hint from terrapin for our bonus round, still due in on Friday (or when I finally get around to tallying it over the weekend): BOWLING: Sport or Not a Sport? BOWLERS: Athletes or Not Athletes? This one also seems cut and dry to me, but I've been proven wrong before. Have at it!