Fluther: What is the weirdest sport you've ever played/heard of?

What is the weirdest sport you've ever played/heard of?

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) October 16th, 2011
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At my camp, the most popular game is a game called gaga which sometimes includes as many as 50 kids playing at once. I had never heard of it before, but one kid there was in a league in his hometown. So, what is the weirdest sport you’ve ever played/heard of? It doesn’t have to be a athletic game. It could be a card/board game.

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Calvinball

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Gaga’s popular with my students now.

The weirdest sports? Curling and broomball- and I enjoy watching them! There’s something about playing sports with a broom that’s just weird.

linguaphile (14574

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Underwater basket weaving. We also have a Quidditch team on my campus.

KateTheGreat (13640

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They play Quidditch at my camp too! We have tournaments between cabins:)

TheIntern55 (4260

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@HungryGuy Haha sounds simple!

TheIntern55 (4260

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Curling

YARNLADY (46379

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Well, there’s Buzkashi, the Afghan national sport, played on horseback: “The goal of a player is to grab the carcass of a headless goat or calf and then get it clear of the other players and pitch it across a goal line or into a target circle or vat…The calf in a Buzkashi game is normally beheaded and disemboweled and has its limbs cut off at the knees. It is then soaked in cold water for 24 hours before play to toughen it. Occasionally sand is packed into the carcass to give it extra weight. Players may not strap the calf to their bodies or saddles. Though a goat is used when no calf is available, a calf is less likely to disintegrate during the game.”

thorninmud (20495

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Tiddlywinks. I even attended an official intercollegiate match (once) when I was a freshman.

gasman (11335

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Tonsil Hockey. :)

Only138 (4643

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That one where you cross country ski, then stop and do some skeet shooting, then get skiing again. Seems kinda random.

cockswain (15276

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Foosketball. Most of the rules of basketball, only no dribbling, and you use a football. Quite Fun.

digitalimpression (9915

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beer pong—they’re even having huge tournaments now.

linguaphile (14574

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When my friends and I would get bored (at parties, or a bar), we would play TAGWAR.
That stands for The Amazing Game Without Any Rules.
Do what you like, the more bizarre, the better.

filmfann (52226

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Noodling, or hogging. (if you consider fishing a sport)

The people who do this are nuts.

abbynormal (162

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Triple Jump. On the surface it seems an innocent enough sport, but come on, really?
I’d liked to have witnessed it’s “birth” when some fella doing the long jump accidentally stumbled & limped his way feebly into the sand. “Hey hang on a minute, that’s not a bad idea!” Yes it is!

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@YARNLADY – Curling isn’t that strange. It’s actually fairly common in some places in upstate NY and Canada.

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