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    #21
    Who made Badminton a blooming Olympic sport anyhow ?

    I mean can you imagine Spartacus and Hercules having a chat in an Olive grove on the slopes of mt Olympus in 360 bc

    'OK herky, I'll race you 30 miles to Marathon, whoever gets there first is King of the castle all day'
    'Fck off Sparty, you know I have to be here tonight so I can slip Aphrodite a greek sausage'
    'How about throwing the javelin then, or heading the shot?'
    'Tell you what Sparty, hows about a quick ponce about with my gaylord shuttlecock?'

    'hahahahahha, Hercules is gay, Hercules is gay, I'm the king of the castle'





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      #22
      Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
      Who made Badminton a blooming Olympic sport anyhow ?

      I mean can you imagine Spartacus and Hercules having a chat in an Olive grove on the slopes of mt Olympus in 360 bc

      'OK herky, I'll race you 30 miles to Marathon, whoever gets there first is King of the castle all day'
      'Fck off Sparty, you know I have to be here tonight so I can slip Aphrodite a greek sausage'
      'How about throwing the javelin then, or heading the shot?'
      'Tell you what Sparty, hows about a quick ponce about with my gaylord shuttlecock?'

      'hahahahahha, Hercules is gay, Hercules is gay, I'm the king of the castle'





      Imagine them challenging each other to a live or death bout of synchronised swimming then!
      'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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        #23
        Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
        Who made Badminton a blooming Olympic sport anyhow ?

        I mean can you imagine Spartacus and Hercules having a chat in an Olive grove on the slopes of mt Olympus in 360 bc

        'OK herky, I'll race you 30 miles to Marathon, whoever gets there first is King of the castle all day'
        'Fck off Sparty, you know I have to be here tonight so I can slip Aphrodite a greek sausage'
        'How about throwing the javelin then, or heading the shot?'
        'Tell you what Sparty, hows about a quick ponce about with my gaylord shuttlecock?'

        'hahahahahha, Hercules is gay, Hercules is gay, I'm the king of the castle'
        Fastest racquet sport out there bar none. Murray serves at 120 mph or so at peak, I can drive a shuttlecock at over 200... And you can't let it bounce so you've got less than a second to form your return shot. Shouldn't knock what you don't understand...
        Blog? What blog...?

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          #24
          Originally posted by malvolio View Post
          Fastest racquet sport out there bar none. Murray serves at 120 mph or so at peak, I can drive a shuttlecock at over 200... And you can't let it bounce so you've got less than a second to form your return shot. Shouldn't knock what you don't understand...
          oh yeah ?

          and where was Murray when the Persians were getting speared at Thermopolae ?

          see, I got you there havent I



          yeah, take that

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            #25
            Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
            oh yeah ?

            and where was Murray when the Persians were getting speared at Thermopolae ?

            see, I got you there havent I



            yeah, take that

            200 mph is faster than anyone can chuck a spear.

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              #26
              North Koreans would never do that...

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                #27
                Originally posted by malvolio View Post
                Fastest racquet sport out there bar none. Murray serves at 120 mph or so at peak, I can drive a shuttlecock at over 200... And you can't let it bounce so you've got less than a second to form your return shot. Shouldn't knock what you don't understand...
                Alan Partridge alert!
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                  #28
                  Originally posted by malvolio View Post
                  Fastest racquet sport out there bar none. Murray serves at 120 mph or so at peak, I can drive a shuttlecock at over 200... And you can't let it bounce so you've got less than a second to form your return shot. Shouldn't knock what you don't understand...
                  ype fastest recorded shuttle cock smash was by some chinese geezer -- 421km/h - read that in the official olympic programme I bought at OT at the weekend.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
                    200 mph is faster than anyone can chuck a spear.
                    Yes but a spear will kill you whereas a shuttlecock might leave a bruise ... if they player badminton by throwing spears at each other I might watch that!
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                      #30
                      Originally posted by MyUserName View Post
                      Yes but a spear will kill you whereas a shuttlecock might leave a bruise ... if they player badminton by throwing spears at each other I might watch that!
                      Ah, but if you used a pile of small sharp stones instead of shuttlecocks, you've got a handy deterent in an ancient Greek situation.

                      And you don't have to ask for your spear back to have a second shot.

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