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The definition is something to do with rules and competition. So lots of ‘activities’ that might not obviously appear to be sports actually are. But, of course, that doesn’t mean they’re to everyone’s taste. |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes. "
sport is competition that involves being a sportsman or a gent ,be gracious in defeat as well as victory
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"I've always thought a sport is a competition or challenge that requires physical exertion.
Like shagging a wife before the husband gets home?"
That involves running, jumping and hurdling if the bugger turns up too early! |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes. those types of games are for rich people i would say"
Do you really have to be rich to play chess or snooker? |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes. those types of games are for rich people i would say
Do you really have to be rich to play chess or snooker?"
And surely darts is not a rich man's sport either, it's a pub game after all! |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes.
At least you get a good walk with golf  "
Popular phrase: golf spoils a good walk
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes. those types of games are for rich people i would say
Do you really have to be rich to play chess or snooker?"
Definitely don't have to be rich to play darts and golf can be played cheaply too. |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes.
At least you get a good walk with golf
Popular phrase: golf spoils a good walk
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But at least it is slightly athletic |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes. those types of games are for rich people i would say
Ermmm I dont think rich people play darts "
They call it archery. |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes.
At least you get a good walk with golf
Popular phrase: golf spoils a good walk
But at least it is slightly athletic "
I used to play a lot and was fitter then. Mind you, I was also 30 years younger. |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes. those types of games are for rich people i would say
Ermmm I dont think rich people play darts
They call it archery. "
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes.
At least you get a good walk with golf
Popular phrase: golf spoils a good walk
But at least it is slightly athletic
I used to play a lot and was fitter then. Mind you, I was also 30 years younger."
Ohh to be young again  |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes.
At least you get a good walk with golf
Popular phrase: golf spoils a good walk
But at least it is slightly athletic
I used to play a lot and was fitter then. Mind you, I was also 30 years younger.
Ohh to be young again "
Young was terrible. Quiet. Shy. Immature. Socially awkward in many ways.
I needed a good stress incident and 4 months of mindfulness counselling 6 years ago to make me who I am now.
So like everyone else. Body younger. Mind as is now. |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes.
At least you get a good walk with golf
Popular phrase: golf spoils a good walk
But at least it is slightly athletic
I used to play a lot and was fitter then. Mind you, I was also 30 years younger.
Ohh to be young again
Young was terrible. Quiet. Shy. Immature. Socially awkward in many ways.
I needed a good stress incident and 4 months of mindfulness counselling 6 years ago to make me who I am now.
So like everyone else. Body younger. Mind as is now."
Most definitely a younger body, this one has had it  |
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"To me games like snooker, darts, chess and golf aren’t sports but are pastimes.
At least you get a good walk with golf
Popular phrase: golf spoils a good walk
But at least it is slightly athletic
I used to play a lot and was fitter then. Mind you, I was also 30 years younger.
Ohh to be young again
Young was terrible. Quiet. Shy. Immature. Socially awkward in many ways.
I needed a good stress incident and 4 months of mindfulness counselling 6 years ago to make me who I am now.
So like everyone else. Body younger. Mind as is now.
Most definitely a younger body, this one has had it "
Plenty of life left I reckon |
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The skill required to play snooker/darts at the top level is incredible, borderline ridiculous. We're talking millimetres making the difference!
However as they don't involve running around, six packs, sweat etc then they always receive ridicule. Sports in my eyes! |
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"The skill required to play snooker/darts at the top level is incredible, borderline ridiculous. We're talking millimetres making the difference! "
Playing snooker at amateur level is ridiculously difficult.
Most people wouldn’t be able to pot two balls in a row. Yet don’t consider it a sport |
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As a few people have said already, a sport is a game being played competitively - typically in a structured organisation and possibly for money or other reward beyond having fun and killing time.
Being physical (or "sporty") as you carry out the activity has nothing to do with it. See snooker, chess, videogames, competitive eating... |
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