Tuesday, October 21, 2008

i don't never go see no movies no more

but maybe i should start reading slashfilm.com anyway. see what i mean? no? look below.
Former US Football star Ken Harvey (Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins) will visit the Globa Space Technology Forum in Abu Dhabi next month in an effort to find financial backing for a film about playing sports in space, according to The National. The film tells a story of a young boy who joins “a space-sport team in his quest to avenge the death of his father and to win the rights to mine for Helium-3″, which is thought by some scientists to be a possible fuel. Yeah, the stoyline doesn’t sound too promising. Harvey is also promoting his company Space Sportilization, with the purpose of promoting interest in playing sports in space.
Real quick. Can I have a show of hands from those who're against playing sports in space?
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9 comments:

  1. dave3544October 21, 2008 at 3:55 PM

    I'm guessing the the far-left Pelosi liberuls in Congress would be more than happy to tell our young boys that they can't play sports in space until all girls have the right to play sports on Earth.

    ONE DAY THIS COUNTRY WILL WAKE UP AND DEMAND OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!!!

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  2. gabbagabbaheyOctober 21, 2008 at 4:02 PM

    I'm not sure what, if any*, kind of ball game could be played in zero-gravity, but I'm assuming it would involve Astroturf.

    * Swingball

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  3. wobblieOctober 21, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    GGH: zing!

    As for me, I am absolutely, vehemently opposed to any and all space-sports until they get me my flying fucking car.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 9:38 PM

    I think Qoit is the most popular sport among astronauts.

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  5. lex dexterOctober 21, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    r+b/minx,

    and here i am always having thought that what you call "quoit" was actually spelled, "coit."

    would you be so kind as to define "quoit" for the audience? don't be a-fraid! you share commonalities with each of our erstwhile discussants. with GGH, you share past experiences of Ireland... and with Dave3544, you co-inhabit a certain, shall we say, 'avuncular' position in the cosmology of Lex Dexter.

    tell us of quoit - becuz goddammit, i forget the rules.

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  6. lex dexterOctober 21, 2008 at 10:55 PM

    oh, and r + b,
    with wobs, you share a TN background.

    full disclosure: R+B is from TN's "tri-city" area. can you name that trio of villes, fair reader?

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  7. wobblieOctober 22, 2008 at 8:57 AM

    The Tri-Cities = Johnson City, Kingsport (Land of 10,000 smells) and Bristol (home of an important race for motorsports enthusiasts). Boom!

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  8. AnonymousOctober 22, 2008 at 12:42 PM

    I'm from the land of 10,000 smells, Wobs. Where are you from? I have a complicated relationship with such locales as Gate City, Erwin, Jonesboro, Greenville, and Boone.

    Coit (also an acceptable spelling) is a special game involving a smallish object, a small room with a relatively low ceiling, at least three players, and uncle vanio. Player one attempts to bounce the object off of both the ceiling and wall in one throw. If successful, the others follow. The first player to be unsuccessful is the "loser" and receives various kinds of harassment, abuse, and vitriol.

    It's much better than it sounds. Just ask Senator Wayne or Shellfish.

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  9. wobblieOctober 22, 2008 at 12:56 PM

    I'm from the land of mercury-laden streams and nook-yoo-ler weapons production, otherwise known as Oak Ridge.

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