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I would like to know the thinking that went into the US Men's Badminton shirts -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jul 26 '21, 09:31

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Are you punking us? Badminton is an actual Olympic sport? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 09:40 52
- Played in buildings with specialized venting systems using shuttlecocks made of 16 goose feathers. Feathers taken only from left wings for tournament - JD Jul 26, 10:14 12
  - I thought this was a joke, but it's true. Also, I didn't know geese were killed in the making of shuttlecocks. Can't they make an alternative? -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 10:44 6
    - They don't kill the geese to get the feathers. They take them from them while they're alive though it's quite painful. - Krusty Jul 26, 11:02
    - I've no idea. I'm still trying to figure out why only the left wing. I was just watching and the color commentary: Up to 200 MPH on a smash, made of - JD Jul 26, 10:49 4
      - Directional vectors of the feathers left wing arch left, right wing arch right, I need right wing feathers for my hats -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:55 2
        
        What is this about hats? -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:58 1
        
        Right wing have natural curve to fit on the left ear side if a hat, women usually get the left wing feathers -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 11:32
      - in Mary Carillo's rant - bery linked it below, it is so the flight will be even all the way through -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:52
  - How sinister. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:22 1
    - one of the best factoids -- nm - rollo Jul 26, 10:24
  - Shuttlecocks made from right wings keep arguing the score -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:21 2
    - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 10:25
    - 👏 -- nm - JD Jul 26, 10:23
- check out surfing, the commentary is exactly like you'd think it would be and of course the US sent a surfer named John John Logan -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:09 2
  - The surfers were the only Olympians rooting for Typhoon In-Fa to have swung closer to Japan -- nm - JD Jul 26, 10:24
  - and now I'm seeing mountain biking, the grade on this climb is insane -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:20
- It's certainly not your normal backyard version. -- (link) - Dano Jul 26, 09:44 [youtube] 6
  - That doubles one at 4:45 is insanity -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 10:13 1
    - Indeed. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 26, 10:21
  - Indeed. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 26, 09:57 [youtube] 3
    - awesome -- nm - mud Jul 26, 11:02
    - OMG I remember this. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:02 1
      - I had never seen this. It is brilliant. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:10
- Why shouldn't it be? -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:41 24
  - Is croquet? Is cornhole next? (They should have Lawn Darts.) -- nm* - JaxSean Jul 26, 09:46 20
    - Pickleball is next in line. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:17 2
      - WTF is pickle ball? -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 11:03
      - By 2028 no question -- nm - rollo Jul 26, 10:23
    - Watch some Olympic badminton and get back to me - Reagen Jul 26, 09:49 9
      - Yup. When it's played by professionals it's not like the backyard game most people think of. -- nm - Krusty - Euro 2020/21 Champion Jul 26, 09:52
      - It's a backyard activity that I thought people stopped playing in the 80s? - JaxSean Jul 26, 09:52 6
        
        like skateboarding or ping pong! -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 09:56
        
        I'm not sure what you think was played in the 80's is an accepted criteria for the IOC. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 26, 09:55 3
        
        I would like to medal in Whitesnake -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:56 2
        
        Here you go again. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:57 1
        
        You have to put Tawny around your own neck - zork Jul 26, 12:19
        
        I can whack around a tennis ball casually too. There's levels to sports. - Reagen Jul 26, 09:53
      - (Croquet was at the 1900 Olympics and a related version was at the 1904 games) -- nm* - Reagen Jul 26, 09:51
    - Frisbee Golf -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:49
    - lawn darts is called javelin -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:49 3
      - Jarts were so awesome. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 09:50 2
        
        only if wearing the Olympic approved jorts -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:01
        
        indeed -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:00
    - Cornhole is awesome! Washer Toss would be a good addition as well -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:48 1
      - (we just finished a custom paint job on the boards the FIL made for us at Christmas. Mickey and Minnie Mouse; will post pics) -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:19
  - This. -- nm - Marlowe Jul 26, 09:42 2
    - I got to see a former Korean olympian playing from like six feet away. Dude was like Bugs Bunny. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:44
    - You clearly have never see me play. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:44
- since 1992 -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:41
- Dude, they were riding *skateboards*. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:41 2
  - skateboard badminton would be *awesome*. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:42 1
    - John Wick 5: Wheels Up -- nm - Max Jul 26, 10:43
limk? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:32 8
- I don't see an easy to find link, but Timothy Lam is wearing a white shirt with blue and green stripes across the chest, blue collar, and green where - crash davis Jul 26, 09:38
- I guess this. They seem pretty innocuous to me. -- (link*) - mara Jul 26, 09:35 6
  - The red white and sea foam green? Crash is from Seattle where green is required and he’s still questioning. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 09:43 1
    - I would wear that shirt to go golfing, but (fortunately for America) I don't represent the US in a sport. -- nm* - crash davis Jul 26, 09:47
  - I see crash's point (above). Are we *sure* those are US uniforms? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:40
  - If I saw someone wearing that shirt, I would definitely expect them to ask me if I wanted to play some badminton. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:39
  - I don't understand the green. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:39
  - They look fine, but definitely don't look like USA. (The photo you linked first looked more USA to me.) -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 09:39

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