Ancient Sports Too Awesome For Modern World

[Scotty]

These sound brutal !!!!

http://www.cracked.com/article/180_6-ancie...e-modern-world/

[Guest]

That first one reminded me that I have been invited, by a shipmate, up to Kirkwall at New Year to watch Scotland's original football game, the Ba' where up to 3 or 4 hundred blokes try to get a cork filled leather ball to either end of the town. Broken bones are a common injury and during certain circumstances the spectators are allowed to get involved, old wifies hitting 18 stone guys with umbrellas etc. I usually consider myself quite handy but I think I'd be a little too ***** for this one.

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/740-ba-ba-black-eyes

[Yngwie]

I've been on a mesoamerican ballgame pitch/court. No idea how they scored into the basket without using their hands, it was pretty high up!

They told us that losing captain got decapitated, and the walls round the court were certainly carved with heads being chopped, complete with carved spurting blood. Nice.

"Erm, right guys, we lost again. Who wants the honour of being new captain? Anyone? Hello?"

[PullMyFinger]

:cold01: I wonder if Grant reads these pages. :huh:

[DornochCaley]

Well people have been saying football is boring recently...........