Is Bridge a sport?

[swee'pea99]

was it Imelda de Marcos that was famous for shoes

Indeed. Mention of Imelda always reminds me of PJ O' Rourke's description of her palace looking as tho' its internal decoration had been undertaken by Las Vegas interior designers forced to lower their standards at gunpoint.

 

[IDMark2]

Do you know how much ability and physical strength is required just to make it look like they are effortlessly standing on the bottom of the pool whilst doing what they do?
I'd like to see you doing it!

Yes I do. But ultimately it's about how good you look doing it. Fine in my case... yours? Well...

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Yes I do. But ultimately it's about how good you look doing it. Fine in my case... yours? Well...

I'm too sexy for the pool to be honest

 

[classic33]

What about this.

 

[ColinJ]

What about this.

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I don't think that would work in a swimming pool!

 

[classic33]

Fancy Cycling

 

[Accy cyclist]

games are where it's competetive, sports typically not - do keep up

 

[Moon bunny]

My over simplistic view.....

It cannot be a sport unless you need to change your shoes to participate.

To be an Olympic sport, winning the Olympic event should be the pinnacle of the sport

So cycle road racing shouldn't be in the Olympics?

Are there any sports that do not have a world championship?

 

[classic33]

Are there any sports that do not have a world championship?

Tennis!

 

[slowmotion]

What about this.

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That's skill and effort. Olympic material.

 

[classic33]

That's skill and effort. Olympic material.

And the "Fancy Cycling"?

 

[slowmotion]

And the "Fancy Cycling"?

A big vote from me. This is Olympic material....possibly. Can they please send an impossibly bulging brown envelope by courier to an underground car park in Shepherds Bush? I'll send the details for the hand-over later.

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...013/jun/13/edwardian-stunt-bikers-in-pictures

 

[Gravity Aided]

Sorry, Jaffa cakes. Is that a bidding convention?

Yes. West always opens the Jaffa Cakes. North pours.
Cucumber sandwiches always associated with bridge, in my experience.
But not the Olympics.

 

[IDMark2]

Phew... sense prevails at last...

 

[Gravity Aided]

I prefer to think of it as a game, like mah jong.