"Peter C. McCluskey" wrote:
>
> spike66@ibm.net (Spike Jones) writes:
> >In the spirit of survivor, I propose a new sport, the optimal
> >strategy of which is unclear. The game is to see who can
> >walk (or run) the greatest distance, assuming that the competitor
> >must carry *all* necessary supplies, food, water, whatever else
> >might be needed.
> >
> For a truly new (and not yet feasible) class of sports, I suggest ones
> where contestants can't learn from direct experience, but instead need
> to learn by observing copies of themselves. My inspiration(?) for this
> class of sports comes from Monty Python's "Being Eaten by a Crocodile"
> competition (which should provide a hint about how serious it is), but
> I haven't been able to work out details that would make it a good test
> of skill.
Ah, yes, like the old Vogon favorite, "Toss a hitcher out into space"
competition.
All current forms of competition typically rate by one or more of the following
criteria:
time
distance
height
quantity
speed
style
accuracy
smarts/stupidity
memory
beauty/ugliness
strength
dexterity
smelliness
brutality
anything else???
Coming up with a new sport would obviously require combining criteria that have
not in the past been combined, in environments not encountered, with equipment
not yet devised.
Now, things like the slalom boogieboarding through an alligator infested squamp
(in an evening gown) might be interesting.
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