Definitely some Olympic sports out there that make me question the life

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Tafkam Hokie

choices required to be THAT good at that particular sport. All the marquis sports make sense. Swimming & Diving, Track & Field, all the martial sports, gymnastics...I get all those. The established sports also: hockey, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, rugby, etc. But then you get into the backyard games like table tennis, badmitten, trampoline, and flag football that make me wonder.

Posted: 07/31/2024 at 03:32 PM ET

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what makes a person dedicate their life to badminton? I mean I played golf -- bigbadbird Jul 31, 2024 at 09:08 AM ET

bigbadbird • 07/31/24 09:08 AM ET

Definitely some Olympic sports out there that make me question the life ◄ -- Tafkam Hokie Jul 31, 2024 at 03:32 PM ET

Tafkam Hokie • 07/31/24 03:32 PM ET

Man, I used to play the heck out of some badminton with my best friend... -- MP4VT2004 Jul 31, 2024 at 12:20 PM ET

MP4VT2004 • 07/31/24 12:20 PM ET

Same. Loved badminton. I mowed my backyard court so the grass where -- Coach McGuirk Jul 31, 2024 at 12:39 PM ET

Coach McGuirk • 07/31/24 12:39 PM ET

Love the creativity! I think we would have been good friends, Coach.** -- MP4VT2004 Jul 31, 2024 at 12:41 PM ET

MP4VT2004 • 07/31/24 12:41 PM ET

Waiting for the BadMilton movie: -- MEHOKIE Jul 31, 2024 at 11:43 AM ET

MEHOKIE • 07/31/24 11:43 AM ET

I actually won the 8th grade mix doubles badminton tournament in gym class -- jdkhokie Jul 31, 2024 at 10:35 AM ET

jdkhokie • 07/31/24 10:35 AM ET

shun** -- bigbadbird Jul 31, 2024 at 11:24 AM ET

bigbadbird • 07/31/24 11:24 AM ET

I mean, you could say that about most occupations... -- HokieNoVA Jul 31, 2024 at 09:39 AM ET

HokieNoVA • 07/31/24 09:39 AM ET

Both define net income.** -- Tank Jul 31, 2024 at 03:02 PM ET

Tank • 07/31/24 03:02 PM ET

I worry about my Urologist......** -- UTPr0sim Jul 31, 2024 at 10:08 AM ET

UTPr0sim • 07/31/24 10:08 AM ET

Mine's fine. It's ME I worry about. ** -- TomTurkey Jul 31, 2024 at 11:35 AM ET

TomTurkey • 07/31/24 11:35 AM ET

Who knew?** -- MEHOKIE Jul 31, 2024 at 11:40 AM ET

MEHOKIE • 07/31/24 11:40 AM ET

You are doing okay, right!?! 🤒🤕** -- TomTurkey Jul 31, 2024 at 11:41 AM ET

TomTurkey • 07/31/24 11:41 AM ET

Don't forget there are different accounting fields. -- EDGEMAN Jul 31, 2024 at 09:46 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 07/31/24 09:46 AM ET

most cost accountants are vampires - sun haters ** -- bigbadbird Jul 31, 2024 at 09:47 AM ET

bigbadbird • 07/31/24 09:47 AM ET

Here I was thinking I got a bad case of tinnitus, but it's just you people.** -- Hokie CPA Jul 31, 2024 at 10:01 AM ET

Hokie CPA • 07/31/24 10:01 AM ET

his comment would sting me personally- as a CPA- if it weren't true -- bigbadbird Jul 31, 2024 at 10:04 AM ET

bigbadbird • 07/31/24 10:04 AM ET

i think i agree with this ** -- bigbadbird Jul 31, 2024 at 09:41 AM ET

bigbadbird • 07/31/24 09:41 AM ET

Easier to qualify for the Olympics?** -- EDGEMAN Jul 31, 2024 at 09:26 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 07/31/24 09:26 AM ET

maybe- im not sure i would see the thing- and the ping pong- i mean ** -- bigbadbird Jul 31, 2024 at 09:31 AM ET

bigbadbird • 07/31/24 09:31 AM ET