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Wimbledon - the tournament of the film
Posted by busker_du on 29 June 2009 - 8:51pm.
Anyone else completely bemused by Wimbledon and the public hysteria surrounding players (British) and a sport that they don't seem to give two stuffs about for 50 other weeks of the year?
Meh.
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yes I am. Jonathan Ross and Jimmy Carr play it which is enough for me. I cant wait till its over so the telly gets back to normal.
I can't Defend
All the strawberries and pimms c**p, which is to be fair no worse than the rugby in terms of class. But i'm writing this watching Murray v Wawrinka, fifth set, which is just gripping sport full stop. Not a patch on the Federer/Nadal final last year though.
You're saying this as millions are gripped by Murray's match?!
Nice timing!
But where are they the rest of the year?
But the point is how many of those millions watch presumably similarly gripping matches at other times and if not, why not.
Maybe..
they are watching other tennis events (played abroad) on Sky Sports. These cynical non-sports fans who get pissed off coz play at Wimbledon's has delayed Eastenders do me in. The same people that moan about flags being in the way at Glastonbury - when they're watching it on the f*****g telly! If you don't like the tennis - don't f*****g watch it!
Whether you like tennis or not
It's stonking good television!!!
well it was on HD as well
That was superb drama
Im not normally any kind of tennis fan, being of a frankly Scottish disposition,but that was up there with any World Cup I've bit my nails through.
It may be partly due to Murrays corresponding Jockoriety but I dont think so. Tennis is such compelling psychological drama that I now routinely watch tournaments that , 5 years ago, I didnt even know existed.
Now I also have the added attraction of mindless nationalism, the opportunity to drink "vanilla" alcohol (white wine, pear cider, Pims) at times which would have me screaming to AA were it to be proper brown booze and the possibility of ogling creamy skinned and buxom English girls which we are often denied up here in chilly jocko land.
Dont be so cynical. Tennis has opened to me a middle class valhalla the likes of which football denied me with my prior snobbishness about slurry pies and meat based beverages.
'Mon the strawberrys and Pims!! Ya Bass!!
Two week tennis fans
It's the sporting equivalent of the Last Night of the Proms.
Or people suddenly liking a pop star.....
..that moments ago were calling a weirdo paedophile.
One week tennis fan
Only a fule would watch the first week of Wimbledon.