International I Hate Sports Club

OK, granted, we regulars here think all sports fanaticism is weird, but I thought this was kinda funny: http://www.oddee.com/item_87009.aspx

Some look silly yet fun (bog snorkeling). Others look like they'd be kinda funny to watch (chess with boxing? LOL). Some look easy (paper rock scissors league...but why are they shirtless?).

wow... thats definatly... weird... lol such a waste of cheese.... btw they're shirtless because men that watch sports must be gay... i mean why else watch? a guy cant say hes not gay by watching a bunch of shirtless men tackle and fight each other... in cheese apparently... which is kinda understandable for why woman might watch them... lol seriously though, i switched to wrestling the other night for a second... it was 2 men... on top of one another... looking like they were doing a little different things then fighting... and hundreds of men watching and cheering them on... it was a little... a lot... creepy... lmao i changed the channel pretty fast though

Perhaps, but I'd just think that anyone involved in a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" tournament, wouldn't exactly be very appealing shirtless. On the other hand, if we could get people to lose interest in football and basketball and into Rock-Paper-Scissors, or Cheese Chasing, or Wife Carrying, then well...the world would be a much more interesting place.

lol i want to try out that cheese chasing one XD

Is competitive eating weird??? I like that one!

The only two that made me go WTF?! Were the Wife Carrying and Rock Paper Scissors(least physically challenging sport I've seen). All the others I've seen something similar to or have seen before except the goat thing maybe.

I remember reading there was an extreme ironing sport. I suppose the chess/boxing, is a good mix of brain and brawn.

Lewis wrote:I remember reading there was an extreme ironing sport. I suppose the chess/boxing, is a good mix of brain and brawn.

extreme ironing?!

that IS weird. Welcome to the forum, Lewis!

Heh...at least extreme Ironing would be something productive. I say this as someone with way too many wrinkly clothes.

Well, oddee.com has posted a sequel to the "Worlds Weirdest Sports"....
Now, they have the "Worlds Most Bizarre Competitions": http://oddee.com/item_96609.aspx
And yes, Ironing championships are listed!

blackdog4444 wrote:Is competitive eating weird??? I like that one!

Now, that's one sport that would be right up my alley!!!

Yea, same here. I can put a lot away. I think the most I ate was like 2 1/2 lbs of food in one serving. Even after that, I was up for a desert!