When you don't get an activity

Griff · 12-11-2004, 08:04 AM

What popular activities don't do it for you?
1) fireworks- I'll leave a perfectly good baseball game to avoid fireworks
2) themeparks- mmmm... standing in lines, thats how I want to burn vacation time
3) pro-football games at the stadium- in this case tv is better, warm and cozy, cold beer available at reasonable prices, nobody throwing batteries, college ball is a different matter
4) mall shopping- same as fireworks too much input
5) NASCAR- seriously wtf?

feel free to hammer me.

elSicomoro · 12-11-2004, 08:26 AM

I don't mind any of those, though I'm not a big fan of malls. You're hillbilly, so I don't understand why you have such an aversion to NASCAR.

The only thing that I can think of right now is church...I've never gotten that. I pray better alone than with a bunch of people.

SteveDallas · 12-11-2004, 08:30 AM

I agree w/ live football. I don't mind hanging out at the mall and window-shopping--but not this time of year!!

I've never gotten the appeal of golf, either playing it or watching it.

404Error · 12-11-2004, 08:50 AM

To each his own I guess. I'll take NASCAR racing any day over baseball or basketball. Boring!

Jogging is what I don't get. If I'm running, somebody is probably chasing me.

garnet · 12-11-2004, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 404Error

Jogging is what I don't get. If I'm running, somebody is probably chasing me.

I run 4-5 miles a day and love it! Once you get going you feel great and you really do get a "runner's high." It's not for everyone, but it's a great stress reliever, and defintely will keep you in shape.

wolf · 12-11-2004, 12:18 PM

Baseball on TV. Even if it is my beloved Cubs. Live baseball is an entirely different experience. Or maybe it's just the availability of overpriced beer, peanuts, and difficulty parking ... maybe make that just baseball. No, scratch that. there are worse things.
Basketball.
Going to the Beach.
Daylight.
Golf.
Rap Music.
Gas Fireplaces (Especially replacing a REAL one with one of these).
Artichokes.
Escargot. My Doc at work is planning on becoming a snail farmer when he retires from medicine and returns to his native land. Several of my coworkers, including myself, have been promised jobs on the snail farm. Snails are fairly low maintenance so we are promised long hours of relaxing on the veranda of his mansion, sipping palm wine, and sampling the most excellent herbal smoking products produced by his country.

Undertoad · 12-11-2004, 03:19 PM

Waving like a madman when the TV camera swings your way. "omigod omigod i'm on TEEVEE!"

xoxoxoBruce · 12-11-2004, 05:18 PM

Pulling in the driveway to park and calling on your cell phone to tell the people 20 feet away that you're home.

Griff · 12-11-2004, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by sycamore

You're hillbilly, so I don't understand why you have such an aversion to NASCAR.

Familiarity breeds contempt. I've got family who live for gascar, I've got family who raced short track for years and years... As I understand it, Nascar is driving... like a commute... to work... except it is Sunday... and it is 500 miles... in an oval... and you end where you began... too much like real life.

Roosta · 12-11-2004, 07:41 PM

Some of the maddest fun i've had has been with fireworks! I think the most pointless pastime has to be English football. A game played mainly by overpaid bell-ends, for the delectation of fight happy pikeys.

dar512 · 12-11-2004, 09:08 PM

Smoking. I just don't get it.

Beestie · 12-12-2004, 01:26 AM

I'll tell you what I dont' get. Golfing. But someone else already brought that up. So, make mine horseracing. What a total waste of time. In Virginia, everyone who goes to the Gold Cup (tin cup is more like it) thinks they are "special."

And what passes for Virginia wine which they invariably push at those events tastes like Pine Sol.

Radar · 12-12-2004, 03:05 AM

Things I just don't understand the attraction to....

NASCAR....it's a bunch of rednecks driving in a circle. What's to watch?
Golf
Country Western Music
Line Dancing
Skiing/Snowboarding
Cyber Sex
Tractor Pulls/Monster Trucks
Motocross
Bungy Jumping
Organized Religion
Reality Television
Socialism
Fascism
Cigs/Cigars
Jennifer Lopez/Julia Roberts/Pam Anderson/Ann Coulter

russotto · 12-12-2004, 01:17 PM

Concert-going. And listening to music in general.

Day at the beach. Go, swim, dry off, leave -- fun. Sit there for hours in the scorching heat with the nearest cold drinks and the nearest rest rooms what feel like miles away? No thanks.

Golf. Might be my lack of co-ordination, though.

Parades.

Going drinking as an activity unto itself. Also known as "drinking to forget you're sitting around in a bar, drinking".

glatt · 12-13-2004, 12:03 PM

I don't get wax museums. Why do people pay good money to go see wax figures of celebrities? If it was cold outside and maybe raining, and the museum was free, and there was not much else around, I could see myself walking around in one for a while.

12-11-2004, 08:04 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	When you don't get an activity What popular activities don't do it for you? 1) fireworks- I'll leave a perfectly good baseball game to avoid fireworks 2) themeparks- mmmm... standing in lines, thats how I want to burn vacation time 3) pro-football games at the stadium- in this case tv is better, warm and cozy, cold beer available at reasonable prices, nobody throwing batteries, college ball is a different matter 4) mall shopping- same as fireworks too much input 5) NASCAR- seriously wtf? feel free to hammer me. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-11-2004, 08:50 AM	#4
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	To each his own I guess. I'll take NASCAR racing any day over baseball or basketball. Boring! Jogging is what I don't get. If I'm running, somebody is probably chasing me. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

12-11-2004, 12:18 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Baseball on TV. Even if it is my beloved Cubs. Live baseball is an entirely different experience. Or maybe it's just the availability of overpriced beer, peanuts, and difficulty parking ... maybe make that just baseball. No, scratch that. there are worse things. Basketball. Going to the Beach. Daylight. Golf. Rap Music. Gas Fireplaces (Especially replacing a REAL one with one of these). Artichokes. Escargot. My Doc at work is planning on becoming a snail farmer when he retires from medicine and returns to his native land. Several of my coworkers, including myself, have been promised jobs on the snail farm. Snails are fairly low maintenance so we are promised long hours of relaxing on the veranda of his mansion, sipping palm wine, and sampling the most excellent herbal smoking products produced by his country. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-11-2004, 05:18 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pulling in the driveway to park and calling on your cell phone to tell the people 20 feet away that you're home. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-11-2004, 07:41 PM	#10
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	Some of the maddest fun i've had has been with fireworks! I think the most pointless pastime has to be English football. A game played mainly by overpaid bell-ends, for the delectation of fight happy pikeys. __________________ Back from the brink...

12-11-2004, 08:26 AM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I don't mind any of those, though I'm not a big fan of malls. You're hillbilly, so I don't understand why you have such an aversion to NASCAR. The only thing that I can think of right now is church...I've never gotten that. I pray better alone than with a bunch of people.

12-11-2004, 08:30 AM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I agree w/ live football. I don't mind hanging out at the mall and window-shopping--but not this time of year!! I've never gotten the appeal of golf, either playing it or watching it.

12-11-2004, 03:19 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Waving like a madman when the TV camera swings your way. "omigod omigod i'm on TEEVEE!"

12-11-2004, 09:08 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Smoking. I just don't get it.

12-12-2004, 01:26 AM	#12
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I'll tell you what I dont' get. Golfing. But someone else already brought that up. So, make mine horseracing. What a total waste of time. In Virginia, everyone who goes to the Gold Cup (tin cup is more like it) thinks they are "special." And what passes for Virginia wine which they invariably push at those events tastes like Pine Sol. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

12-12-2004, 03:05 AM	#13
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Things I just don't understand the attraction to.... NASCAR....it's a bunch of rednecks driving in a circle. What's to watch? Golf Country Western Music Line Dancing Skiing/Snowboarding Cyber Sex Tractor Pulls/Monster Trucks Motocross Bungy Jumping Organized Religion Reality Television Socialism Fascism Cigs/Cigars Jennifer Lopez/Julia Roberts/Pam Anderson/Ann Coulter __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-12-2004, 01:17 PM	#14
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Concert-going. And listening to music in general. Day at the beach. Go, swim, dry off, leave -- fun. Sit there for hours in the scorching heat with the nearest cold drinks and the nearest rest rooms what feel like miles away? No thanks. Golf. Might be my lack of co-ordination, though. Parades. Going drinking as an activity unto itself. Also known as "drinking to forget you're sitting around in a bar, drinking".

12-13-2004, 12:03 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't get wax museums. Why do people pay good money to go see wax figures of celebrities? If it was cold outside and maybe raining, and the museum was free, and there was not much else around, I could see myself walking around in one for a while.

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