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Offline PBurke

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« on: June 05, 2008, 01:35:13 PM »
i was sitting here thinking about what you guys would consider to be the toughest sport/athletes? i will have to vote for bullriders/fighters. just cause i have done that and most of the others in the poll. and rodeo cowboys are some really tough sob's. let's hear it. keep it clean guys.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 01:47:17 PM »
You have to be part cave man to play rugby.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 01:55:17 PM »
Gotta agree with Tom, ruggers.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2008, 02:14:11 PM »
Definitely Rugby.
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2008, 02:18:08 PM »
i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2008, 02:22:06 PM »
Quote from: PBurke on June 05, 2008, 02:18:08 PM
......... are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

So does a rugby team >:D
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2008, 02:23:10 PM »
In absolute terms the rodeo guys who are bull riders and fighters are the toughest, but ruggers, who else can say that their sport requires leather balls?
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2008, 02:27:04 PM »
How come golfers aren't on the list?
I mean, the choice between pink and lime pants is tough.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2008, 02:31:14 PM »
Quote from: schro on June 05, 2008, 02:27:04 PM
How come golfers aren't on the list?
I mean, the choice between pink and lime pants is tough.


we are talking about physically tough schro. not mentally challenged  err challenging
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2008, 02:35:13 PM »
Quote from: PBurke on June 05, 2008, 02:18:08 PM
i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2008, 10:37:58 PM »
Quote from: TomGallagher on June 05, 2008, 02:35:13 PM
Quote from: PBurke on June 05, 2008, 02:18:08 PM
i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.

The ride may only last 8 seconds, but if you get hung up it could be close to 30 and feel like a lifetime. Once you're off that bull, it ain't over. Not until you get a fence or gate between you and that bull.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2008, 04:21:19 AM »
Quote from: PigPen on June 05, 2008, 10:37:58 PM
Quote from: TomGallagher on June 05, 2008, 02:35:13 PM
Quote from: PBurke on June 05, 2008, 02:18:08 PM
i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.

The ride may only last 8 seconds, but if you get hung up it could be close to 30 and feel like a lifetime. Once you're off that bull, it ain't over. Not until you get a fence or gate between you and that bull.



.....and for the bullfighter it is way worse. we had to stay out there and protect yall crazy arses. may be 8 seconds per ride, but when you turn out 50 bulls a night, it makes a long night. i saw a video one time where a bullfighter explained what he did. "It is like standing on a street corner waiting for a wreck, then jumping into the middle of it"   
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2008, 06:46:04 AM »
Quote from: PBurke on June 06, 2008, 04:21:19 AM
Quote from: PigPen on June 05, 2008, 10:37:58 PM
Quote from: TomGallagher on June 05, 2008, 02:35:13 PM
Quote from: PBurke on June 05, 2008, 02:18:08 PM
i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.

The ride may only last 8 seconds, but if you get hung up it could be close to 30 and feel like a lifetime. Once you're off that bull, it ain't over. Not until you get a fence or gate between you and that bull.



.....and for the bullfighter it is way worse. we had to stay out there and protect yall crazy arses. may be 8 seconds per ride, but when you turn out 50 bulls a night, it makes a long night. i saw a video one time where a bullfighter explained what he did. "It is like standing on a street corner waiting for a wreck, then jumping into the middle of it"   

That's a perfect example! The bullfighters I worked with always got my utmost respect. I may have been stepped on a time or two, or got into a pretty bad wreck, but it could have been a lot worse had there been no bullfighters.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2008, 07:56:47 AM »
I didnt see Dodge Ball listed.......

that ball hurts when you get hit in the face or head....or on your back when you have to be skins.
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Re: tough athletes?
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2008, 08:08:42 AM »
The poll means nothing if you don't define tough first.

Tough as in taking a beating -- MMA

Tough as in bravery -- bull-fighter

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