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Aug 14

New Olympic-Calibre Sport Invented: Noodle Racing

By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized

A new sport, soon to be submitted to the IOC for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo summer games, is noodle scull racing. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZo4Nj5C9yY?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=540&h=304] Here’re the rules: Your legs must be stationary, and at or above water level at all times. You move feet first toward the finish line using only your hands for propulsion. […]

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Dec 10

Swedish Ping Pong aka Pingis is Weird But

By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized

Germany Trumps that with Headis When I was teaching in Stockholm, my students introduced me to Swedish ping pong, known locally as Pingis. It’s the ping pong equivalent of drinking brännvin (alcohol distilled from fermented potatoes or grain) while eating a Swede favorite, maybe pickled herring, and dancing around a flowered maypole at Midsommar. It’s loopy, […]

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