[identity profile] clarienne.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
I lost interest in the football after England were kicked out.

I find tennis so loathsomely dull that seeing it on the TV sends me into a remote control bashing rage trying to get rid of it.

I'm given to understand there are people who enjoy cricket.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
Are there any sports you enjoy watching, or not?

(Um, this isn't intended as sarcasm at all! - just an interested query).

[identity profile] clarienne.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I never bother to seek it out, but if I find myself in front of a) anything with horses, or b) gymnastics or ice dancing, then it's not too terrible. :)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-05 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough :-)

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
You forgot one major sporting event in your list. (In terms of spectators watching in person far bigger than the three you do mention...)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
You are, of course, quite right.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I demand a new poll Mister Pollmeister!

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Your wish is my command :-)
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[identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I quite like dipping into the Tour de France. It's seems so civilised compared with other sports. And the views are so lovely.

And I like the way the spectators bring parasols and picnics in elaborate baskets, and the family dog, yet somehow don't need to be corralled behind monstrous fences.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That does sound civilised.

Presumably the lovely views depend on which bit of the country they are in. If they are going through the factory-strewn hinterland of Lille, the views might not be quite so attractive.
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[identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd think that, but it rarely seems to be industrial wasteland for long. I guess that smaller roads through scenic villages are easier to close off for cycle races...

The helicopter camera people always seem to be on the lookout for fabulous chateaux and so on, and on one memorable occasion diverted from the race for several minutes to show us a vulture winging awesomely across the Pyranees.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
The helicopter camera people always seem to be on the lookout for fabulous chateaux and so on, and on one memorable occasion diverted from the race for several minutes to show us a vulture winging awesomely across the Pyranees.

Cool!

You'd think that, but it rarely seems to be industrial wasteland for long. I guess that smaller roads through scenic villages are easier to close off for cycle races ...

And if they went through the 20eme arrondiseement of Paris, the bikes would probably get nicked from under the riders.
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[identity profile] chris-maslen.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
Spain for the World Cup hopefully as I have them in the office sweepstakes.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like as good a reason as any.
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[identity profile] el-staplador.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Who will win the British grand prix?

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
See my new poll ... :-)

[identity profile] tigerfort.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
My sporting high-point of the summer (so far, but I don't expect it to change) is the reporting (especially in the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jun/23/wimbledon-2010-tennis-live)) on the Isner/Mahut match from round about the 4pm mark onwards....

[identity profile] tigerfort.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I suspect that the match itself was quite painfully dull, however. (Quite apart from length, the descriptions suggest that it was the most boring kind of tennis possible in any case: two guys standing still hitting balls past each other.)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-05 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
The bit I saw of it was pretty dull - only really interesting in a voyeuristic way - "who is going to be the first to keel over".

[identity profile] jane-somebody.livejournal.com 2010-07-18 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you for that link, I hadn't seen it before. Brilliant.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-18 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hello! *waves*
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[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-07-06 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds as good a reason as any :-)