Pool C

[Knightstalker]

It would only be flesh wounds, they will heal.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hey, I was willing to accept 'Stalker's paintball amendment, but apparently he has withdrawn it.  Again, I would maintain, shots to the meaty part of the leg only, with penalties if the shooters mis-hit some other body part.  And maybe we can use bb's or something that is less destructive.

[Knightstalker]

Hey, I was willing to accept 'Stalker's paintball amendment, but apparently he has withdrawn it.  Again, I would maintain, shots to the meaty part of the leg only, with penalties if the shooters mis-hit some other body part.  And maybe we can use bb's or something that is less destructive.

Paintball is for the putt putt tournaments.  There should also be snipers in Figure Skating.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hey, I was willing to accept 'Stalker's paintball amendment, but apparently he has withdrawn it.  Again, I would maintain, shots to the meaty part of the leg only, with penalties if the shooters mis-hit some other body part.  And maybe we can use bb's or something that is less destructive.

Paintball is for the putt putt tournaments.  There should also be snipers in Figure Skating.

Honestly, I always thought figure skating would be better if they had five or six competitiors on the ice at the same time.  Not only do you have to impress judges, but avoid collisions.

[Knightstalker]

Hey, I was willing to accept 'Stalker's paintball amendment, but apparently he has withdrawn it.  Again, I would maintain, shots to the meaty part of the leg only, with penalties if the shooters mis-hit some other body part.  And maybe we can use bb's or something that is less destructive.

Paintball is for the putt putt tournaments.  There should also be snipers in Figure Skating.

Honestly, I always thought figure skating would be better if they had five or six competitiors on the ice at the same time.  Not only do you have to impress judges, but avoid collisions.

Better yet, make them perform during a hockey game.

[Gregory Sager]

Paintball is for the putt putt tournaments.  There should also be snipers in Figure Skating.

Snipers, schnipers. The judges in figure skating should be given sticks of dynamite, and if they don't like the routines they should be allowed to lob the dynamite over the boards at the skaters.

[Knightstalker]

Snipers would make it much more entertaining, they wouldn't be required to hit the skater, in fact that would earn the skater a bonus point.  The snipers job is to distract the skaters while they perform.  Instead of on a traditional rink they should be skating on a layer of ice that is over say twenty feet of water.  There would be booby traps in the ice such as thin spots.  Maybe some magnetic mines that the skate blades could set off.  Sharks under the ice, all pure entertainment value.

[Gregory Sager]

Dynamite offers two advantages over snipers:

1) Stuff blows up.

2) Subsequent skaters have to maneuver around the craters in the ice and all the shards.

[Knightstalker]

The magnetic mines serve the same purpose and we wouldn't have to worry about the russian and french judges.  I am willing to compromise, snipers with grenade launchers.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Ok, so my serious sport proposal has morphed into some semi-realistic version of GoldenEye; I'm launching an official protest.  Back to basketball with snipers...you seriously think FOX wouldn't give that a try; it could be a huge hit for F/X.

[Warren Thompson]

Dynamite, schminamite. Better yet, mandate that ice-dancers and figure-skaters dribble a basketball as a part of their routines ....

[Gregory Sager]

The magnetic mines serve the same purpose and we wouldn't have to worry about the russian and french judges.

The instructions on how to use the dynamite are in English. That should give pause to the French and Russian judges who wish to use their weapons injudiciously. And it'll increase the likelihood of a spectacle when Pierre or Ivan doesn't handle the dynamite properly in the judging booth.

Dynamite, schminamite. Better yet, mandate that ice-dancers and figure-skaters dribble a basketball as a part of their routines ....

I like the way you think, Warren. You definitely have a second career ahead of you as a creative consultant for the Fox network.

[Warren Thompson]

Dynamite, schminamite. Better yet, mandate that ice-dancers and figure-skaters dribble a basketball as a part of their routines ....

I like the way you think, Warren. You definitely have a second career ahead of you as a creative consultant for the Fox network.

The Fox Network? Drat! That means I'd have to be both fair and objective.  Don't know if I can handle that.

[Gregory Sager]

Dynamite, schminamite. Better yet, mandate that ice-dancers and figure-skaters dribble a basketball as a part of their routines ....

I like the way you think, Warren. You definitely have a second career ahead of you as a creative consultant for the Fox network.

The Fox Network? Drat! That means I have to be both fair and objective.  Don't know if I can handle that.

It's just the news division that holds to "fair and objective." The entertainment division at Fox requires you to be "lowbrow and iconoclastic." You hide it well, but the figure-skaters-dribbling-basketballs idea indicates that you have a surprising facility for the former as well as the latter. Perhaps you were more poisoned influenced by years of exposure to 18-year-old minds than you let on. 

[Warren Thompson]

Yeah, well, Greg, my wife constantly reminds me that I "hide" [many things] well" -- except for my age and increasing decrepitude, that is.

Exposure to undergraduates can, indeed,  be hazardous. One often finds oneself inclined to sport a baseball cap worn with brim to the rear while wearing jeans composed mostly of holes and rips ....