Mundane News

[classic33]

3C, and rainy. For the moment..

You sound as though you're expecting it to change.

 

[Reynard]

I am making a

Might have a chocolate suggestive to go with it.

 

[Andy in Germany]

From whence I got my hatred of team sports. We also had to play hockey.

Hockey was a better proposition because you don't need to be big or heavy, and everything dangerous happens at the other end of the stick. I gained a reputation for being a formidable player.

Then summer came and we were made to play basketball, "Throw the ball into the hoop". Yeah right, you may as well ask me to send it into lunar orbit; it ain't gonna happen.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Currently staying with the family in Stuttgart.

Sunrise out of the kitchen window at 07:00...

 

[Kempstonian]

At my school in the winter we played football (Summer was athletics and Autumn was rugby) but when the ground was frozen it was deemed unsafe for playing on, so we had to go into the tennis court and play shinty.

Shinty is similar to hockey except the sticks are round, like thick walking sticks with the end bent over. You weren't supposed to lift the stick higher than shoulder height, except for those occasions where a ball was in the air and you needed to bring it down.

It was quite a fun game to play but there was one thing you tried to avoid - hitting a ball at the same time as an opponent. The clash of sticks would send a shock up your arms like you had grabbed a live wire with wet hands! Also falling over was not recommended as it was a hard court, not grass. It DID warm us up though!

 

[biggs682]

The hook shape of a hockey stick was useful at times.

I once killed a mouse with a hockey stick

 

[biggs682]

Well first cup of tea has been drunk
Car has been fed
Nearly time for my commute down the stairs

 

[Illaveago]

Am I getting older, or is the Welsh Open Snooker final very interesting?

It was more interesting in black and white as you couldn't figure out what the rules were .

 

[Illaveago]

I once killed a mouse with a hockey stick

What was the mouse doing with a hockey stick ?

 

[Illaveago]

Hockey was a better proposition because you don't need to be big or heavy, and everything dangerous happens at the other end of the stick. I gained a reputation for being a formidable player.

Then summer came and we were made to play basketball, "Throw the ball into the hoop". Yeah right, you may as well ask me to send it into lunar orbit; it ain't gonna happen.

It also favours tall people . I think they should have a handicap system .

 

[Illaveago]

W

Well first cup of tea has been drunk
Car has been fed
Nearly time for my commute down the stairs

What do you feed your car with ?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Car has been fed
Nearly time for my commute down the stairs

You keep the car upstairs?
(Edit: @Illaveago got there first)

 

[Andy in Germany]

It also favours tall people . I think they should have a handicap system .

A ladder would be fine...

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

You keep the car upstairs?

Maybe it's one of those new-fangled Moller Sky Cars we've been promised for years...

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
It is raining again outside .
It seems strange the way I'm feeling about this afternoon's phone call. It is totally different to how I felt about my prostate cancer results.
I'm feeling more anxious! I know it may seem daft but that is the way I'm feeling .