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Nutty - Jan 09, 2008 9:44:46 am PST #1874 of 10001

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

If jockeys are athletes than race car drivers are athletes.

I'm not convinced jockeys are athletes. On the one hand, they do have to do contortionist poses in the course of their competition; but on the other hand, they're not the ones running the race, you know?

I mean, if jockeys are athletes, then ditch-diggers are athletes, right? Using your body in the course of your work isn't the quailfying attribute, in my mind.

And, yes, they tend to have wonderful wee muscular bodies.

Oh, are they all wee? I had no idea. (Jockeys being wee, I knew about, but not race car drivers.)

Cass - Jan 09, 2008 9:45:33 am PST #1875 of 10001

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Don't have him take off the jumpsuit. Not all the way, anyway.

I like the way ita thinks...

Dude, you need ten years of therapy before you even approach that question.

Sadly, this is true.

Cass - Jan 09, 2008 9:46:48 am PST #1876 of 10001

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Oh, are they all wee? I had no idea.

They skew to the wee side but some are ginormatrons too. But they are all in excellent shape. An out of shape driver is ... fired, really.

Typo Boy - Jan 09, 2008 9:47:12 am PST #1877 of 10001

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Umm sitting on a horse is work. Requires some strength and a fair amount of skill. Sitting on a horse that is running or galloping. That takes more skill. Jockeys are definitely athletes. Race horses are athletes too - but that just makes it a team sport.

§ ita § - Jan 09, 2008 9:51:41 am PST #1878 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

if jockeys are athletes, then ditch-diggers are athletes, right?

Are discus throwers athletes? They're using their bodies in the course of their jobs too--their job happens to be a sport which is why I feel comfortable calling them athletes.

Cashmere - Jan 09, 2008 10:02:45 am PST #1879 of 10001

Now tagless for your comfort.

Umm sitting on a horse is work. Requires some strength and a fair amount of skill. Sitting on a horse that is running or galloping. That takes more skill. Jockeys are definitely athletes. Race horses are athletes too - but that just makes it a team sport.

One afternoon of horseback riding makes my entire body ache--back, ass, legs and arms. Those guys are athletes. Definitely.

Trudy Booth - Jan 09, 2008 10:04:52 am PST #1880 of 10001

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Are ballet dancers athletes?

Trudy Booth - Jan 09, 2008 10:05:42 am PST #1881 of 10001

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

One afternoon of horseback riding makes my entire body ache--back, ass, legs and arms. Those guys are athletes. Definitely.

Two and a half hours in a race car can take off ten pounds. It's a pretty intense workout.

-t - Jan 09, 2008 10:06:05 am PST #1882 of 10001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I mean, if jockeys are athletes, then ditch-diggers are athletes

Competitive ditch-diggers are athletes.

F - tater tots, C - french fries, M - hash browns. I've been pondering it all this time and took a trip to Mickey-D's to figure it out. When I eschewed the Value Meal, I knew the truth.

Cashmere - Jan 09, 2008 10:07:45 am PST #1883 of 10001

Now tagless for your comfort.

Two and a half hours in a race car can take off ten pounds. It's a pretty intense workout.

I know racecar drivers--even local stock and sprint cars knock the shit out of you. My sister's ex built and drove his own sprint and he worked out all the time because it took a lot of strength to drive that car.

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