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"
I would like to know the thinking that went into the US Men's Badminton shirts -- nm
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by
crash davis
Are you punking us? Badminton is an actual Olympic sport? -- nm
Posted by
JaxSean (aka JaxSean)
Jul 26 '21, 09:40
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Played in buildings with specialized venting systems using shuttlecocks made of 16 goose feathers. Feathers taken only from left wings for tournament
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JD
Jul 26, 10:14
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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zeitgeist
Jul 26, 10:55
2
What is this about hats? -- nm
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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
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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
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crash davis
Jul 26, 10:52
How sinister. -- nm
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Baron of the Rings
Jul 26, 10:22
1
one of the best factoids -- nm
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rollo
Jul 26, 10:24
Shuttlecocks made from right wings keep arguing the score -- nm
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zeitgeist
Jul 26, 10:21
2
heh -- nm
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JaxSean
Jul 26, 10:25
👏 -- nm
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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
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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
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JD
Jul 26, 10:24
and now I'm seeing mountain biking, the grade on this climb is insane -- nm
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crash davis
Jul 26, 10:20
It's certainly not your normal backyard version. -- (link)
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Dano
Jul 26, 09:44
[youtube]
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That doubles one at 4:45 is insanity -- nm
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JaxSean
Jul 26, 10:13
1
Indeed. (NM)
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Marlowe
Jul 26, 10:21
Indeed. -- (link)
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Beryllium
Jul 26, 09:57
[youtube]
3
awesome -- nm
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mud
Jul 26, 11:02
OMG I remember this. -- nm
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Reagen
Jul 26, 10:02
1
I had never seen this. It is brilliant. -- nm
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crash davis
Jul 26, 10:10
Why shouldn't it be? -- nm
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Reagen
Jul 26, 09:41
24
Is croquet? Is cornhole next? (They should have Lawn Darts.) -- nm*
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JaxSean
Jul 26, 09:46
20
Pickleball is next in line. -- nm
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Baron of the Rings
Jul 26, 10:17
2
WTF is pickle ball? -- nm
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Krusty
Jul 26, 11:03
By 2028 no question -- nm
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rollo
Jul 26, 10:23
Watch some Olympic badminton and get back to me
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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
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Krusty - Euro 2020/21 Champion
Jul 26, 09:52
It's a backyard activity that I thought people stopped playing in the 80s?
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JaxSean
Jul 26, 09:52
6
like skateboarding or ping pong! -- nm
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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)
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Marlowe
Jul 26, 09:55
3
I would like to medal in Whitesnake -- nm
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crash davis
Jul 26, 09:56
2
Here you go again. -- nm
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Reagen
Jul 26, 09:57
1
You have to put Tawny around your own neck
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zork
Jul 26, 12:19
I can whack around a tennis ball casually too. There's levels to sports.
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Reagen
Jul 26, 09:53
(Croquet was at the 1900 Olympics and a related version was at the 1904 games) -- nm*
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Reagen
Jul 26, 09:51
Frisbee Golf -- nm
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Beaker
Jul 26, 09:49
lawn darts is called javelin -- nm
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crash davis
Jul 26, 09:49
3
Jarts were so awesome. -- nm
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prayformojo
Jul 26, 09:50
2
only if wearing the Olympic approved jorts -- nm
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Beaker
Jul 26, 10:01
indeed -- nm
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crash davis
Jul 26, 10:00
Cornhole is awesome! Washer Toss would be a good addition as well -- nm
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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
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Beaker
Jul 26, 10:19
This. -- nm
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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
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Reagen
Jul 26, 09:44
You clearly have never see me play. -- nm
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Spawn
Jul 26, 09:44
since 1992 -- nm
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crash davis
Jul 26, 09:41
Dude, they were riding *skateboards*. -- nm
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Spawn
Jul 26, 09:41
2
skateboard badminton would be *awesome*. -- nm
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Reagen
Jul 26, 09:42
1
John Wick 5: Wheels Up -- nm
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Max
Jul 26, 10:43
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