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True Or False Golf
Cathie

GOLF Is An Acronym For Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

Was The Word Golf An Acronym? Golf is actually an ancient word, one that first appeared in written language in 1425. There are conflicting theories about its origin though. The most popular theory, one that the Oxford English Dictionary seems to endorse, claims that the word ‘golf’ is derived from the Dutch word ‘kolf’, a term used for sticks, clubs, …
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Wibit Water Sport
Cathie

Wibit Water Sport Products | Great Fun For All Ages

Build Your Own Waterpark Instead of rebuilding that old dock out at the cabin, replace it with something the whole family is guaranteed to love, your own waterpark! Just inflate, anchor and play. And at the end of the season, it easily deflates and stores for the next year. It’s a playground on water! Play tag, race your friends, bounce …
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Carlisle Indian School
Cathie

Greatest Defeat In School History | Carlisle Indian School Versus Lafayette College

Indian Athletes Just Don’t Stand A Chance In 1912, Harold Anson Bruce, coach of the undefeated Caucasian Lafayette College track team, had a team so good that other schools refused to even compete against them. Desperate to find some competitors and after hearing rumors that a coach, “Pop” Warner, at the Carlisle Indian School had a contingent, Bruce invited the …
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true or false snowbank
Cathie

Was The Stanley Cup Left In A Snowbank?

Was The Stanley Cup Left In A Snowbank? Hockey’s Ultimate Prize Donated by the Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley, in 1892, the Stanley Cup has the names of every team (and almost all of the players) who have won it engraved upon it. Now hailed as the holy grail of hockey, the Stanley Cup has had some pretty wild …
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The Gnarboard
Cathie

The Gnarboard – Retired Skateboarders Ride Again

For retired skateboarders, we’ve found the perfect board. The ‘Gnarboard’ electric skateboard has a range of sixteen miles before recharging, and can hit its top speed of twenty eight mph in only 1.9 seconds, which is faster acceleration than most cars. Joshua Tulberg, the board’s designer, advises riders to be cautious the first couple of times, because the board’s deceptively …
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Tough Mudder
Cathie

Tough Mudder – Where Playing Dirty Is The Name Of The Game

Looking for a new challenge? How about playing a sport where playing dirty is the name of the game? Mudders, the newest outdoor fitness craze, is based on ‘Tough Mudder’ events, the hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by Will Dean, a Harvard graduate and former British Special Forces counter-terrorism agent. Tough Mudder was created because of Dean’s frustration with …
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funny toilet leak
Cathie

It’s A Royal Flush And I’m Not Talking About Cards!

We were noticing a small leak from the toilet yesterday, so we are fixing it before it gets to be a major reno. I should mention that the hubby is repairing it, as I am not allowed to be around him when there are issues of a “plumbing” nature. I hear him in the kitchen rummaging through my baking cupboard. …
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Trike Drifting
Cathie

Trike Drifting Becomes The Latest Extreme Sport Craze

Bringing back their childhood days of riding ‘Big Wheels’, man children have introduced a potentially brain damaging new sport called, Trike Drifting. It is a new extreme sport that uses modified tricycles. To launch the trikes, these tri-wheeled Einsteins hang onto ropes and then get towed behind vehicles. Once they’ve reached limb breaking speed, they release the tow rope, and …
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Xappr Gun
Cathie

Xappr Gun Not Recommended For Use In Banks

Smart phones have long been forgotten by most gaming accessories, but all that’s coming to a screeching halt. Enter the Xappr gun, which promises to take first person shooter games to wild new levels. Now, instead of being tied to a television at home, Xappr works with smartphones for a portable and much more realistic experience. The cool accessory combines …
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Large NES Controller
Cathie

Largest Nintendo Game Controller

The world’s largest game controller has been revealed at London’s Liverpool station, to launch the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition. It is 30 times the size of a standard Nintendo controller, and was created by British Engineering student Ben Allen (23), who studies at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. It took five months to make, at an …
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Knokkers
Cathie

Missouri Is Famous For It’s Knokkers

Combines Pool With Bowling At some point, everyone with a pool table has played a game by rolling the cue ball with their hand instead of using a cue stick. Without knowing it, they’re playing a miniature version of Knokkers, only the real game is played on a table four times the size of a regulation pool table and is …
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Zorb
Cathie

Zorb Lets People Go Zorbing Over Land And Water

The zorb tumbled into existence in the mid-1990s in New Zealand, hitting the extreme sport scene in 1998. What has now become a worldwide phenomenon is a simple ride inside a plastic ball down a grassy, or even snowy slope. In areas where there are no natural hills, zorb operators may build a metal track down which the zorb rolls. …
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