Comments on: Another Book Giveaway…

By: Bethy

Bethy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:16:23 +0000

(mea culpa to any fans….) I’m NOT a fan of car racing. I can’t imagine watching cars go around 500 times. So, I was playing Nintendo 64 MarioKart on the Wii with my kids and couldn’t help comment. “Wouldn’t car racing be SO much more exciting played like this with turtle shells, speed boosts and invincibility?

Another option would be car racing a la Star Wars: Episode I. A whole new level of difficulty with Sand People taking pot-shots…..

~Bethy

By: clint

clint — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:03:21 +0000

Okay, one more: Luge Without the Luge.

By: RIchard Y

RIchard Y — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:18:49 +0000

How about tying raw meat to each runner in the Olympics and loosing wild dogs or jaguars after each runner? Make actual lane dividers 6 feet high to try to prevent creatures, 2-legged and 4 legged, from jumping lanes. How about making all races into mazes, with each runner traveling the same distance, but in a different path? I could see that being really exciting. Plus the photo finishes would be that much better. Or we could make American Gladiators into an olympic specialty. Or how about Unbeatable Bansuke, or Ninja Warrior? Make that Olympics, and people would tune in. I saw US olympians the Hamm brothers try and fail at that a couple of years ago. How about making free running an olympic sport? Those individuals, and teams, do some crazy thangs!

By: POC

POC — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:56:55 +0000

Croquette will be played with the same balls and wickets, but Jaialai scoops will be used to advance the ball. The second twist is the wickets will be defended by your opponent who will have a chance to goal tend. While playing goalie the participant will only wear athletic shorts, a t-shirt, a goalie mask and a cup. If a goalie goes an entire season, which lasts 27 months with games played every other day, they will earn the a place in the \Things That Will Survive a Nuclear Holocaust\ List right in between roaches and Twinkies.

By: Genaro

Genaro — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:52:52 +0000

Baseball: reach a base, do a shot!

By: M

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:15:35 +0000

(I probably should’ve used a valid e-mail on that entry, huh?)

By: Carley

Carley — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:47:40 +0000

Steeple chase from track and field should add in an additional score, with points discounting seconds from the finish time, based on how many live piranhas one can catch while running though the (well stocked) water pits. S/he with the most still flapping fish in hand at the finish wins.

By: M

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:12:04 +0000

Hockey still hands out penalties for fighting, but if there’s a clear winner of the fight, their team gets a point as if they had scored a goal. That should liven things up a bit. :)

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:48:42 +0000

BLINDFOLD DODGEBALL…

Imagine the thrills (not to mention the spike in Doctors’ visits) if no one can see from which direction the ball is thrown/at whom it is being thrown…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:38:42 +0000

I have always thought that baseball would be more fun with one simple rule change – the batter gets to keep his bat when he is on base (or rounding the bases). All the infielders would have to wear armor. Also, when we were in high school we made up a “commando” version of just about every sport you could think of – - our favorite was commando basketball, which was full-contact and allowed tackling, blocking, punching, etc. Was really a ton of fun, but usually meant floorburns galore….