Originally Posted by
AerisArmis
My favorite was Irish Curling (I think that was what it was called). Basically, a bunch of Mick's, with questionable sobriety, beating the cr@p out of each other with sticks. Hair, teeth and eyeballs mixed with copious quantities of blood. Then, off to the pub to sing profane songs and swill more stout. A beautiful sport by any measure and one where you needn't know the rules to enjoy. Cliff diving? Mexican's in Speedo's right?
I love the idea where a bunch of drunk Irishman beat each other with sticks...I will have to look into that more.
Yeah, Cliff Diving is Mexican's in Speedo's. That is not why I watched though (not that there is anything wrong with it if I had), but I was always interested in their timing. If they mis-timed the jump with the tide, they would be diving onto sharp rocks. It was kind of like an X-sport before X-sports.