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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #60 on: May 17, 2006, 01:52:45 am »
Okay, so what's so wrong with 'The Butter Place!'?
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« Reply #61 on: May 17, 2006, 01:57:47 am »
Quote from: melack on May 17, 2006, 01:52:45 am
Okay, so what's so wrong with 'The Butter Place!'?

You could hire waitresses with really hot bodies but unfortunate faces.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #62 on: May 17, 2006, 02:00:37 am »
Actually, I think that combining these pub names might produce a nice result. How about 'The Auld Butter Teats And Ass'?
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #63 on: May 18, 2006, 03:42:29 am »
Someone should start a poll with the pub names, without the final comic option.  I hate the comic option.

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« Reply #64 on: May 18, 2006, 12:50:27 pm »
I thought "tomato tennis" would somehow involve breasts.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #65 on: May 18, 2006, 01:26:09 pm »
Yeah, sure, we shouldn't take advice from a cartoon cat, but Ray is right about badminton.  It doesn't hurt your arm or make you as crazy as tennis does, it is just fun and good exercise.  But I could never get anyone to play it with me.  What is wrong with people?  Why are they not more like cartoon cats?

I'll skip the tomato tennis though, thanks.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #66 on: May 18, 2006, 01:33:42 pm »
Tomato Tennis:  OMG I have a new favorite sport.

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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #67 on: May 18, 2006, 02:29:42 pm »
Made up sports are fun. I play urban golf from time to time.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #68 on: May 18, 2006, 02:41:43 pm »
Ray and Wombat are right.  Badminton is hell of fun and surprisingly challenging.

Which reminds me, it's about time to get the net up.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #69 on: May 18, 2006, 07:19:25 pm »
Man, now I want to go fly a kite. Even without the help of the particular game of golf!
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #70 on: May 18, 2006, 09:36:50 pm »
I thought that the shuttlecock travels faster than any other projectile in any sport.

Dunno, though, never seen it played.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #71 on: May 19, 2006, 12:33:11 am »
There is also that version played where they kick the shuttlecock with their feet. That's pretty amazing to watch.

As for the fasted projectile - doubtful it's going anywhere near as fast as a jai alai ball or even a hockey puck. Or a line drive down the first base line.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #72 on: May 19, 2006, 01:01:29 am »
Quote from: Asherdan on May 18, 2006, 10:04:47 pm
Badminton played in the backyard is a frolic of fun.


Hey, our backyard version is as fast and cutthroat as we are capable of.  Although Mrs. West usually beats me because she is quicker and more co-ordinated than I.  I am essentially a big, slow, galumphing white boy.
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #73 on: May 19, 2006, 08:12:50 am »
Okay lets see what Wikipedia has to say:

Shuttlecock - 186mph
Jai-alai         - 180mph+
Line drive    - n/a

Inconclusive...

Further research...

Well, the maximum speed for a batted baseball cannot be greater than the sum of the speeds of the pitch and the bat swing.  So if a 102mph fastball was met with the sweetest part of the bat swung at 75mph by Vladamir Guerrero, the fastest we'd be looking at is probably about 175mph, right off the bat.  This considers that my estimate for bat speed is accurate:  I have the feeling that a 75mph swing is a little generous.  The fastest swing might top out around 65mph.  I'm going to give the baseball last place.

Perhaps we can cheat, and abandon the rules of baseball, use a hollow alluminum bat, and some hollow, compressable ball with a hardend surface.  Perhaps this setup with the strongest of professional players could reach 200mph+.




"An electronically measured ball velocity of 188 mph was recorded by Jose Ramon Arieto at the Newport Jai Alai, RI, on Aug 3, 1979."
-Guinness Sports Record Book 1990-91. Sterling Publishing Co., 1990: 133.

This page also says:

"Jai alai is a popular game for gambling. The betting is similar to betting on hoss races. Wagers are taken for the win, place and show. Then there are such wagers as daily doubles, quinela and perfectas that can be put on each match. Daily doubles are on the 3rd and 4th events and the 10th and 11th."

Another page mentions betting $10,000 on Jai alai games.

Interesting.

So the wrap up:

Max Jai Alai ball straight out of the cesta - 188mph
Max shuttlecock off a raquet                 - 186mph
Max baseball off a wooden bat              ~ 175mph
Max speed of hockey puck                    - 106mph
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Re: May Blogs - A Thread
« Reply #74 on: May 19, 2006, 12:43:22 pm »
Quote from: *****_god on May 19, 2006, 08:12:50 am
So the wrap up:

Max Jai Alai ball straight out of the cesta - 188mph
Max shuttlecock off a raquet                 - 186mph
Max baseball off a wooden bat              ~ 175mph
Max speed of hockey puck                    - 106mph

Does it startle anybody else that seemingly any information one could want is nicely presented in an informative, thorough article on Wikipedia?
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