[Magdalen] Sport!

[Molly Wolf]

Argh!

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Aug 9, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> When I hear about water polo my heart breaks for those poor horses.
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Except with water polo you don't see what is going on under the water. The
>> athletes who play water polo are exceptionally fit! Not only are they
>> either treading water or swimming the whole time they are throwing that
>> ball around, they are trying to avoid being kicked, grabbed, or being
>> dragged underwater by the opponents! You should read the account sometime
>> of the USSR-Hungary game in the Olympics of 1956, an exceptionally vicious
>> game that literally resulted in blood in the water.
>> 
>> I've found myself completely captivated by judo, especially the
>> lower-weight classes where the athletes are scrappy and quick and kind of
>> remind me of alley cats. I"m slowly gaining some knowledge of the sport and
>> thinking that I might have enjoyed it myself had I had the opportunity to
>> learn it when I was younger.
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Too bad you didn't get to see our Canadian women playing Rugby Sevens
>>> then.  That would have perked you up!   And this afternoon our Canadian
>>> women play soccer.  Both teams are formidable!
>>> 
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 8/9/2016 1:06 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Not being a sporty sort, I keep MSNBC on the Olympics when needed as a
>>>> way to avoid the Pioneer Woman on Food Network until something better's
>>>> on.  And this morning I caught a bit of some women playing water polo.
>> To
>>>> show you how unconnected I am to the world of Sport!, I had myself a
>>>> Keilloresque moment with "Well now, will you look at that... women
>> throwing
>>>> a ball around in the water on the TV there.  Years ago that would have
>> been
>>>> called just 'Women Throwing a Ball Around in the Water'; today's it's
>>>> called an 'Olympic sport!'"
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