Badminton match throwing

[EternalOptimist]

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'

[northernladuk]

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!

[malvolio]

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...

[EternalOptimist]

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

[Doggy Styles]

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.

[AtW]

North Koreans would never do that...

[PorkPie]

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!

[original PM]

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.

[MyUserName]

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!

[Doggy Styles]

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.