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Lake Polo
A jet ski version of the equine sport | |
I admit to not knowing much about Polo, though for me paying some attention to the lesser-known team sports is something of a hobby, but it seems that the game would be quite exciting played on a lake on jet skis, with a smaller version of the water-polo ball.
The history of polo
http://www.argentin...om/polohistory.html
"Don't give your son money," he later advised parents. "As far as you can afford it, give him horses. [normzone, Mar 20 2008]
An image is worth 1000...
http://www.worth100...is.asp?entry=261395
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 22 2008]
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Would it still have that hole in the middle? |
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There's a hole in the middle of something in Polo? Or are you just eating a donut? |
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They were the first mint to be brought
back from the New World by the Irish
explorer, Mark O'Polo, after whom they are
named. |
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Polos are wrongly called "Lifesavers" in the
colonies, much as "Marathon" is wrongly
called "Snickers". |
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I like it except you'd have to swing the mallot with your left hand to keep your right on the throttle. Unless there was some kind of throttle lock which seems dangerous, though I did put one on one of my motorcycles. |
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A throttle lock would be even more dangerous in the context of a fast-moving ball/motor sport. |
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I think, in fact, there's a reason there really are no ball/motor sports. |
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Speaking of which, did I ever mention that Rollerball (the original 1975 Jewison film, mind you!) is a work of genius? An art film in the guise of a bloodsport flick? Did I? Just checking. |
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It would be even more exciting on water skis. |
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Funny, [normzone], I thought of that first, but then I said "Boats? Crashing too much? Yes. How About Jet Skis?" Then the guy I walked past in the hallway looked at me funny. I had no bluetooth in my ear. |
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what's lifesaving about polos? |
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//what's lifesaving about polos?// |
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Apparently, if you're stranded on a
desert
island, you can use the hole as a 1x
magnifier to focus the sun's rays and
start
a fire. |
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You can also use them as a navigational
aid. You place one in the middle of a
flat rock; then place two polos on the
north side of the first one, three on the
south side, four on the east side and
five on the west. Then, by
interpolation, you can find any direction
you choose. |
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what if you don't have a compass? |
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Just float a magnetized polo in a bowl of
water, with the lettering uppermost. The
"o" will point north. |
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Whichever one is pointing toward the two
polos in the arrangement on the flat rock,
of course. |
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Can we play Lake Polo on Polo Lake in Rhode Island? |
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