Comments on: Whirlyball: Perhaps the Finest Sport Yet Created http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/ Where every man is king. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:43:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Didn't You Hear... http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-56324 Didn't You Hear... Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:19:29 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-56324 <strong>…It’s Stockpile Saturday: Link Fest #1?</strong> The New York Times wrote a great article about the changes that tea is going through lately in response to its surging popularity. [New York Times - Tea’s Got A Brand New Bag] Designers Laura and Paulina make these Bibi iPod covers that turn yo... …It’s Stockpile Saturday: Link Fest #1?

The New York Times wrote a great article about the changes that tea is going through lately in response to its surging popularity.
[New York Times - Tea’s Got A Brand New Bag]

Designers Laura and Paulina make these Bibi iPod covers that turn yo…

]]> By: TDiaz http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1310 TDiaz Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:00:27 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1310 We've got it here in Atlanta as well. Was a frequent company party spot until the open bar started to overshadow the game. Or maybe it was the blatant bribing of the "officials".... I like the hockey angle - you pick one guy to be the enforcer and have him just slam people. We’ve got it here in Atlanta as well. Was a frequent company party spot until the open bar started to overshadow the game. Or maybe it was the blatant bribing of the “officials”….
I like the hockey angle - you pick one guy to be the enforcer and have him just slam people.

]]> By: mjbraun http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1267 mjbraun Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:32:31 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1267 What greatly amuses me is the rule prohibiting drunken whirlyballing. Whirleyball courts are arranged around a bar, and a good drunkening elevates the activity from fun to hilarious. I can't imagine how drunken whirlyballing could ever happen. No... not at all... What is nice about whirlyballing is that, generally, everyone sucks. Unlike, say, pool where a bunch of the players are hustlers and the rest are incompetent, you can pretty much guarantee an even skill level across the board. It's nicely egalitarian, and gets everyone involved. What greatly amuses me is the rule prohibiting drunken whirlyballing. Whirleyball courts are arranged around a bar, and a good drunkening elevates the activity from fun to hilarious. I can’t imagine how drunken whirlyballing could ever happen. No… not at all…

What is nice about whirlyballing is that, generally, everyone sucks. Unlike, say, pool where a bunch of the players are hustlers and the rest are incompetent, you can pretty much guarantee an even skill level across the board. It’s nicely egalitarian, and gets everyone involved.

]]> By: mikelite http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1263 mikelite Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:01:12 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1263 joel, you can come to chicago and take ours. joel, you can come to chicago and take ours.

]]> By: Jeff http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1252 Jeff Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:04:31 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1252 The gay-est activity ever, after actual gay sex. The gay-est activity ever, after actual gay sex.

]]> By: JoeM http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1249 JoeM Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:17:02 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1249 If you put it near a bar, or a bar near the court, I'm in for a B Franklin or two. Best sport ever. If you put it near a bar, or a bar near the court, I’m in for a B Franklin or two. Best sport ever.

]]> By: SRD http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1245 SRD Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:41:49 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1245 Bring on the Brooklyn Whirlyball! I'll pitch in $100. I grew up in Miami and everyone who was anyone had their pre-teen birthday parties there (also a mecca for camp field trips). I couldn't appreciate the bars at that age, but now... Bring on the Brooklyn Whirlyball! I’ll pitch in $100. I grew up in Miami and everyone who was anyone had their pre-teen birthday parties there (also a mecca for camp field trips). I couldn’t appreciate the bars at that age, but now…

]]> By: chris http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1236 chris Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:25:35 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1236 We have a Whirlyball center in Dallas. I've been twice, both times as part of a recruiting event for my wife's old law firm. I told the Recruiting Coordinator of all the recruiting events I'd been to over the years, Whirlyball was definitely the best. Alas, my wife left the firm to go in-house, and I haven't seen the Whirlyball court in years... We have a Whirlyball center in Dallas. I’ve been twice, both times as part of a recruiting event for my wife’s old law firm. I told the Recruiting Coordinator of all the recruiting events I’d been to over the years, Whirlyball was definitely the best. Alas, my wife left the firm to go in-house, and I haven’t seen the Whirlyball court in years…

]]> By: Bob Sherron http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1235 Bob Sherron Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:24:36 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1235 Hell yeah! In St. Louis, this is called Demolition Ball. There's a place in the (cough, white flight, cough) bedroom suburb of St. Charles that offers this, along with an arcade and a fully stocked bar. We started my bachelor party there as well, and it was an excellent opener for the rest of the night. Highly recommended. Hell yeah! In St. Louis, this is called Demolition Ball. There’s a place in the (cough, white flight, cough) bedroom suburb of St. Charles that offers this, along with an arcade and a fully stocked bar. We started my bachelor party there as well, and it was an excellent opener for the rest of the night.

Highly recommended.

]]> By: brian cors http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1227 brian cors Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:06:25 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1227 I've played this a few times - and wow, is it fun. More interesting is that the venue I've done it at actually ENCOURAGES you to bring along beer and drinks. Heh. If you ever have a chance, I highly, highly recommend trying it out. Spectacularly fun. I’ve played this a few times - and wow, is it fun. More interesting is that the venue I’ve done it at actually ENCOURAGES you to bring along beer and drinks. Heh. If you ever have a chance, I highly, highly recommend trying it out. Spectacularly fun.

]]> By: Eddie C. http://dethroner.com/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1218 Eddie C. Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:05:47 +0000 http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/17/whirlyball-perhaps-the-finest-sport-yet-created/#comment-1218 Yeah, this is what we did for my brother-in-law's bachelor party. Cheaper than a strip club, and almost as fun. Yeah, this is what we did for my brother-in-law’s bachelor party. Cheaper than a strip club, and almost as fun.

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