Monday, July 21, 2008
New Sports for the Post-Apocalympics
I've been doing a bit of youtube-scouring of late, searching for candidates for the world's first Post-Apocalympics. I came up with three, at least.
Extreme Knockdown Chess
You've no doubt heard of Chapay that Russian version of checkers that is really a game of billiards played on a checkerboard with, well, checkers, and of course pool cues. And yet, oddly enough, you probably haven't heard of the American equivalent - Knockdown Chess. Actually, not so surprising, given that it was only recently invented, by, actually, this guy.
Bicycle Tire Toss
Then there's the equally recently invented sport of Tire Toss - a giant quoits-like game requiring a porch, fire hydrant, and several many bicycle tires.
Sock Fighting
As modeled by Ashley and Sophie, the invention of Sock Fighting anticipates a time when we might have to things like this for real, or face a future of blistering socklessness.
From Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
Extreme Knockdown Chess
You've no doubt heard of Chapay that Russian version of checkers that is really a game of billiards played on a checkerboard with, well, checkers, and of course pool cues. And yet, oddly enough, you probably haven't heard of the American equivalent - Knockdown Chess. Actually, not so surprising, given that it was only recently invented, by, actually, this guy.
Bicycle Tire Toss
Then there's the equally recently invented sport of Tire Toss - a giant quoits-like game requiring a porch, fire hydrant, and several many bicycle tires.
Sock Fighting
As modeled by Ashley and Sophie, the invention of Sock Fighting anticipates a time when we might have to things like this for real, or face a future of blistering socklessness.
From Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
Labels: Junkyard Sports, playfulness
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