12-31-2003, 04:02 AM
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| 2003 - The year that was!
Hi!
It it the time when the papers do the annual summing-up articles. I just read one such article "X of the year". Most X´es are not all that interesting to non-Swedes, but one should invoke interest in 50% of the population.
Mattias Bemstam, (a Swedish icehockey player) got the title "man of the year" for this statement, after ending up on the wrong side of a slapshot: "One testicle burst open. I did manage to play out the rest of the match, but it hurt quite bad afterwards."
Just imagine the the frustration of the shooter of that puck! If that does not take him out of the game, what will?
Annika Sörenstam did not get the title "Swedish Sportsperson of the year" (she got #4) or "Swedish Sportswoman of the year" - lost out to the heptathlon World Champion (among others) in both races. Shows that golf does not command the airwaves, and hearts&minds everywhere. I like that, at least.
Have you read any memorable statements worth sharing? Any funny/interesting "X of the year" awards in your neck of the woods?
Share your wishes, predictions, whatever about 2004!
Happy New Year!
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12-31-2003, 01:09 PM
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| Re: 2003 - The year that was!
Quote: Originally posted by PeterGustafsson
Mattias Bemstam, (a Swedish icehockey player) got the title "man of the year" for this statement, after ending up on the wrong side of a slapshot: "One testicle burst open. I did manage to play out the rest of the match, but it hurt quite bad afterwards."
| Man... that guys got balls... well... you know what I mean 
But honestly... Thats the epitome of determination. [Hey, i'm in a world of pain and I'm missing a testicle but I'll be damned if I quit]
Verdict: He's a man's man
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12-31-2003, 02:40 PM
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| Ouch, ouch ouch ouch. That guy is made of iron. I have high pain tolerance, but I cant imagine doing that. Man, you have to respect that.
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12-31-2003, 03:45 PM
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| Amen.
That is stuff legends are made of...
Imagine this you're 60 and you're telling your grand kids about how things were so much harder in the good ol' days...
You: Now listen here kids, this is a true story I heard from a friend of a friend of mine. Back in the old days when men were real men and chickens were still natural there was a man... a man of steel
Children: Really?[Excited]
You: Yeh There was this time when he playing ice hockey in a competition when he was hit by another competitor... now this happens a lot but his testicle burst open. Yup his testicle burst open... but he didn't quit... no sirree he kept on playing on. Now THATS whatreally happened in the good old days.
Children: *speechless* [Permanently scarred for life] 
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12-31-2003, 07:14 PM
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Man! I bet that hurt, I mean, I'm a female, so I have no idea what he went through, but, HOW THE HELL COULD YOU KEEP PLAYING WHEN THAT HAPPENED!??!
OUCH!
I wonder if anything that bad, or close, has ever happened to fencers (since FIE rules about safety gear were invented). | |
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12-31-2003, 08:36 PM
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| I know someone who got flicked on the crotch by a lefty who missed his chest flick...
He's fine but it must have hurt.
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01-01-2004, 12:33 AM
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| That reminds me of a question (maybe better for a new thread?) ... Why, oh why, do some guys fence without wearing a cup? I've met a lot of guys who don't wear any protection. I wouldn't dare fence without it... on the rare occasion that I get hit down there, I'm reminded how crucial it is...
I can understand the younger guys (teens) who don't think it's necessary... I'm sure they'll change their tune the day they get pegged and crumple to the floor. But I'm astonished by the (supposedly wiser) older fencers who also don't wear a cup. What's up with that?
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01-02-2004, 08:55 AM
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| at my last tourney, My kneecap got smashed by a stiff maraging epee. I didnt notice till after the match when I started to scream and I had two kneecaps on my right leg.
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01-02-2004, 06:03 PM
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| Were you wearing a kneepad when it happened?  Quote: Originally posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!
at my last tourney, My kneecap got smashed by a stiff maraging epee. I didnt notice till after the match when I started to scream and I had two kneecaps on my right leg. | | |
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01-02-2004, 10:30 PM
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| yowwzers I got hit in the back of the head with the hilt of a sabre boy did that leave a nasty cut
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01-02-2004, 10:45 PM
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| i got a bruise on my arm once. . . That hurt too!
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