Sport- I just don't get it
I'm a bloke and I fucking hate sport. I mean really hate it. And I mean ALL of them. Particularly watching them.

I really don't understand the appeal at all. I know it's a controversial thing, but there it is. I would honestly rather go clothes shopping than go to a sporting event - sorry, ladies, I'm already happily married...

It really amazes me the way that every bloke I meet seems to have at least a nodding acquaintence with at least one sport, and is surprised when I don't. It also ticks me off that I'm regarded as a nerd for having an in depth knowledge of science and IT, but people who are waaaay more (compartively) nerdy than me about the records, facts and figures of clubs and individuals are seen as "a proper bloke", and "he knows his [sport], he does".

Also, the sheer amount of time invested by a lot of people in sport is just unreal. A game of football takes, what, 2 hours if you include half time? 2-3 games a week? That means about 13 solid days of watching football a year. Amazing.

Oh, and also, other stuff I don't get:
-Rolf Harris (nob with a beard)

-Hip-hop (or whatever the young people call it. It's just some bloke shouting about his angry view of the world. I can hear any street-corner nutter doing that)

-Stanley Kubrick / Tarantino. Ooooh, you've directed exceptionally long (Kubrick) / very violent films (Tarantino) - you're obviously a genius....

God, I'm barely getting started....
( DrPrunesquallor is determined to post more as of, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:37, 4 replies)

I think you've only heard crap, angry hip-hop then.
I recommend (if you've got the time and can be arsed) some Ugly Duckling or Jurassic Five.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:42, closed)

Yes.
The good doctor must be thinking of rap. Real hip hop is lush.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 17:46, closed)

i don't agree with any of that really.
not an obsessive sports fan by a long shot, but i get why people are. Rolf Harris is vaguely entertaining, Hip Hop can be marvellous (see J5, Roots Manuva or DJ Vadim). i quite liked A Clockwork Orange, 2001, Pulp Fiction, True Romance (well, he wrote it) and Kill Bill.

To be fair none of the above set my world on fire though...
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:59, closed)

Hear Hear!
With you on the sport (pointless), the Rolf (rinsed), the Hip-Hop (God-awful) and the Tarantino (over-rated)... Not so much with the Kubrick (genius) though, but four out of five ain't bad! (too many (by far) brackets)
(Brett Starbuck, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:43, closed)