Things that are more boring than watching a tennis match on TV

[trof]

Poll question: Things that are more boring than watching a tennis match on TV

OK, I'm in someone else's home, so I don't really have any choice about what channel they 'watch'.
I say 'watch' because it's just background noise and no one is really watching it.
But if there's a lag in the conversation, it's really boring to watch the ball going back and forth.
I'd rather watch pong.
:eyes:

[auntAgonist]

1. golf

[baldguy]

2. +1000

I hate golf.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Golf's great 'napping TV,' though.

[Graybeard]

4. ding-ding-ding

Golf on TV......snoooooozzzzzzzzze.

[elleng]

6. DITTO!

except, much to my surprise, watched the British Open at St. Andrews a while ago, and as to the weather and scenery, and characters, it was SMASHING!



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCh-gAJte7Y/TD8Ln39AD4I/AAAAAAAANR0/jcevNKjpVaM/s400/British+Open+2010.jpg

[tigereye]

23. I love those pot bunkers and the scenery is beautiful

yes, I am boring. But oh well. :D

[elleng]

25. Nothing boring about Scotland! Watched it faithfully!!!

[sarge43]

33. Yup. Hits a little ball, walks to where ball landed, hits it again.

The tension is almost unbearable.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

42. women's golf

at least some of the men are nice to look at

[HopeHoops]

5. Golf. My grandmother would say, "Grampa's in the family room watching golf." Translation:

Grampa's in his easy chair with the foot rest up taking a nap.

His favorite joke:


Jesus and Moses are out playing golf one day. Moses is getting really pissed off because Jesus keeps getting a hole in one (regardless of the distance). On the eighth hole, Moses drops his in the drink. He walks up to the pond, parts the water, walks out and pops his ball up onto the green. Jesus accuses him of cheating.

Coming back from the far end and on the 14th hole, Jesus drops is teeing off and Moses sneezes REALLY loudly (intentionally) causing Jesus to drop his ball in the pond. He walks down to the water and out over it, reaches down, picks up his ball, places it on top of the water and shoots it from there up onto the green and into the hole.

A guy coming down the front nine sees this and comes over to Moses. "Who the hell does that guy think he is, Jesus Christ?"

Moses snaps back, "Heck no, he thinks he's Arnold Palmer."

(NOTE: Grampa never used swear words except for one time long before I was born. My father witnessed him smashing his hand while doing something at his work bench. The air went dark blue. That was the only known time in his entire life to the best of my knowledge, which includes my dad's in this case. My version of the story is a little more profane and uses Tiger Woods instead because most kids at a bar don't know who the fuck Arnold Palmer is.)

[petronius]

7. Listening to a tennis match on the radio?

Hearing someone describe a tennis match that they once saw? :shrug:

[Iggo]

8. Other: Golf.

[Bennyboy]

9. Watching the SF 49ers play football (2010 edition)

Alex SWmith? BOOOO>

[KamaAina]

40. Or the Raiders, for that matter

the only advantage there is that at least most of their home games are blacked out. :P

[Mopar151]

10. An infomerciall for anything

The Gaither Family

[bigwillq]

11. Love watching tennis

Live and on TV

[cwydro]

15. Me too.

But I grew up playing it.

Hated to miss the match today. Who won?

[bigwillq]

21. Got postponed due to rain

Now the final is tomorrow at 4 p.m.

[eShirl]

12. the current PBS "Begging Week" programming

they've taken to playing hours-long videotaped self help seminars on the weekends

that they also tend to repeat

when I was a kid they used to bust out awesome old movies and Fleischer cartoons

[tigereye]

24. isn't it awful? Now they are showing a Christmas Concert! from last year!

:wtf: At least they had the decency to show Mystery inbetween. Why do they show such boring pap? Why? :banghead:

[Capn Sunshine]

13. Atari Pong

Kind of Tennis boiled down to its basic video elements. If you're not playing it's horrible.

[EFerrari]

27. LOL. My MIL worked at one of those plants and we had one.

It was unbelievably bad.

lol

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Golf. I'd rather watch the Weather Channel. Or an old-fashioned test pattern.

[flvegan]

16. Heh heh...you said "caulk harden"

Heh heh, uhh...heh.

[elocs]

17. Golf, golf, golf and finally, golf. n/t

[Bucky]

18. A Shirley Temple decapitation

[tigereye]

19. no help since I'm a tennis junkie... I paid extra to get the tennis channel

:hide: I love watching the strategy and the way they place their shots..

[UTUSN]

20. BecKKK & PALIN trying to have sex together?!1 n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Not very goddamn much, that's for sure. Even golf and baseball are more interesting on TV.

[Skittles]

26. I like doubles tennis matches

the singles are as boring as golf

[Lyric]

28. Golf

There is nothing less entertaining than watching a bunch of spoiled, privileged asshats whacking balls with clubs and calling it a "sport". At best, it's a mere "game"--NOT a sport any more than checkers is a sport.

Flame away, golf nerds. :P

[PassingFair]

29. Golf, football or baseball. Soccer can be boring as well.

Sometimes I care who wins in tennis.

[HipChick]

30. Cricket

[Rob H.]

31. If you think WATCHING golf is bad

try READING about golf. I got stuck reading a golf magazine in a barbershop once (it was the only kind of magazine they had and it was a long wait) and probably shouldn't have bothered. Sitting there staring at my shoes the whole time would've been more entertaining.

[Awsi Dooger]

32. Baseball is nothing more than group loitering

Steroids should be prescribed for fans, even if it sent them to the hospital. Anything to escape.

Golf is the most fascinating sport on the planet, a diabolical mental and physical test. If you know the tendencies of every PGA or LPGA player it's amazing to watch them struggle through them. Sunday provided two more examples. Paul Casey had a 3 shot lead then started coming over the ball, his tendency under pressure. Three straight bogeys did him in. Michelle Wie also had a 3 shot lead but she tensed up on the back nine while playing alongside Yani Tseng, who has a tendency to win only when she is in come from behind stalking position. Sure enough, Tseng shot a terrific 30 on the back nine. Michelle got tight for several holes and wasn't even finishing her swing in typical fashion.

I love tennis also; boxing minus blood.

[old mark]

34. Other-Golf, one of the dumbest things ever devised by mankind.nt.

[xchrom]

35. I love watching tennis. So I'm no help. Nt

[liberaltrucker]

36. Other: Baseball

Flies fucking and paint drying are more riveting.

:boring:


:hide:

[kwassa]

37. You don't play tennis, do you?

I think it takes playing tennis to really understand and appreciate what those players are capable of doing.

[cwydro]

39. Today should be a great match.

I'm hoping anyway.

(Tennis fans will know of what match I speak ;-) )

And the others won't care.

[Systematic Chaos]

38. Tennis is awesome, and golf is pretty good too. Just my opinion.

:shrug:

One of my favorite video games is Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds for the PlayStation 3.

[ElboRuum]

41. Nothing more boring than that. Tennis wins.

[applegrove]

43. Golf. My grandmother used to always watch golf on the Tv. ZZZZZzzzzz

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. The only thing more tedious than watching tennis is watching The View.