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A collection of jokes and riddles about sports, such as "What do a bat and a fly swatter have in common? They both hit flies." ... Read more

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A collection of jokes and riddles about such sports as football, baseball, basketball, soccer, fishing, and hunting. ... Read more

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A book of sports jokes. What do earwigs sing at football matches? Earwigo, earwigo, earwigo! If there were two elephants in a mini what game would they be playing? Squash. What have a snooker table and a coat got in common? They both have pockets. ... Read more

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A collection of 101 jokes and riddles about such sports as football, baseball, basketball, soccer, fishing, and hunting. ... Read more

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A good humoured look at the pleasures of community living in the Maritimes, with only a few elbows raised. ... Read more

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Shameful!
Released in 1993, this book is a written collection of some of the most shameful, outrageous, and often hilarious happenings in the sport of golf.

From an escaped circus lion who made himself at home on a Bahamas' golf course, to a caddie who lost his golfer's clubs while searching for a lost ball, to a crane operator who conned his way into the qualifying competition for the 1976 British Open, this book will show you the bad, worse, and worst that golf has offered over the years. ... Read more

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Presents an illustrated collection of jokes and riddles about sports. ... Read more

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Very Punny.
My 8-year-old checked this out of the library, and we had a great time giggling at the silly jokes and riddles, from "The Holy Roman Umpire" to lame athletes competing in the "'Lympics."

Cute pen-and-ink drawings add to the humor.

Perfect for elementary-aged kids. ... Read more

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Sumo? Very amusing!
Sumo is a very humorous and informative book about a esoteric (to Americans) Japanese sport. Especially amusing are comparisons to American sports and athletes. An easy, fun read.

The Goods
If you enjoy sports, any sport, you will enjoy this book. If you enjoy sumo, you will LOVE this book. It is deliciously irreverent, to be sure, but at the same time it comes from someone who truly knows and loves the sport. Not stuffy, but full of good stuff. One warning: If you read this with anyone else nearby, you are going to want to read parts of it aloud. You're going to want to, but first you'll have to stop laughing and catch your breath. Makes me want to go back to Japan at the earliest opportunity.

Well written, amusing and educational
I felt I learned a lot about sumo from this book. It is both entertaining and educational.
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A collection that's bound to be a winner for sports buffs, joke collectors, or anyone who enjoys fun with words.Over 2,000 of the funniest, wildest, wittiest cracks and comments ever uttered inside or outside a locker room are presented here in A-to-Z format.No sport is too sacred as everyone, from coaches and managers to athletes and fans, puts his or her two cents in. ... Read more

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Hilarious from beginning to end,
This is the first in the series of seventeen one liner books I have done on sports. This book was so much fun to compile. If you love the great characters of sports and the things they said, then you will love this book. They're all here from Ali to Jordan. If you would like any info about this or any of my books, please contact me at glennliebman.com. Thank you. ... Read more

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In No Dribbling the Squid, armchair athletes--and anyone who enjoys tales of the strange and unusual--get a front-row seat at some of the world's most mind-blowing feats of strength, endurance, and eccentricity.

Here are profiles of more than 70 fringe, far-fetched, and frightening sports, all featured in up-close-and-personal photos. With everything from wayward warfare (Japanese mudflinging, team snowball fighting, professional shin kicking) to displaced races (swamp soccer, outhouse racing, underwater cycling, or elephant polo), to toe- and finger-wrestling, chess boxing, extreme mountain unicycling, spitting and hurling contests, city-wide brawls, and recess games gone grown-up, there's something here to tickle any competitor's freaky streak. ... Read more

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Dribble it!
Michael J. Rosen and Ben Kassoy's No Dribbling the Squid: Octopush, Shin Kicking, Elephant Polo and Other Oddball Sports is a vibrant and hilarious account of the world's most quirky and unconventional competitions, which includes such bizarre sports as wife carrying, sauna endurance contests, and professional rock, paper, scissors.

Each page is a spectacle in itself, exploding with high-action, full-color photos (whether of snowball fighters, lawnmower racers, or mountain unicyclists), along with clever and punchy writing that gets you in, out, and onto the next eccentric contest.

With the holidays approaching, I bought several copies for family and friends, even those aren't sports fans (being a lover of the weird and whacky will do). I could picture my nephew practicing his cannonballs off the high dive after reading about professional splashdiving or, in winter, mounting a toilet on skis to prepare for the outhouse racing season. My sister, the world traveler and festival-seeker, might have to stop by Spain's giant tomato fight, England's shin kicking competition, or Scotland's Bog Snorkelling Championships after reading about them in No Dribbling the Squid.

I also love checking out the Featured Freaky Sport of the Week on the book's website, [...], and, as a fan of Squid on[...], I took the Find Your Inner Oddball Athlete quiz to discover, with great amusement, that I am destined to be a chess boxer. My areas of expertise: brains, brawn, and books! Squid is a knockout (or, if you will, a checkmate)!

Worth Adventures

If you often find yourself looking at an odd assortment of objects, and come up with a MacGyveresque sport or game, then this is the book for you. It is a humorous attempt to find the world's wackiest and zaniest sports, and I have to admit I often found myself wanting to join in.

This makes a great stocking stuffer for anyone, but especially those wild and raucous individuals who need a few suggestions on how to spend that extra time on their hands. Whether it is bog cycling, wife carrying, or Zorbing they will certainly get some laughs and new ideas for wild and zany sports.

A very impresivve and amusing book
I'll admit that I had my doubts when I first looked at a friend's copy of this book- I mean there's only so much craziness that I'm interested in reading about. But as soon as I started to read it, I was riveted. The writing style was very interesting and engaging, and the book fluidly transitioned from one description to the next. From toe-wrestling to wife-carrying, one sport was more hilarious than the next. Rosen has done an impressive job researching and tracking down descriptions of all of these "sports" from around the world, and he does us all a great service by putting them to text. A very funny, very amusing book that I would recommend to almost anyone- buy it!

Perfect gift!
Michael Rosen and Ben Kassoy have done it! They've put together the perfect gift this holiday season. I initially picked up 'No Dribbling the Squid' with the intention of buying my 21-year-old nephew something he could read on his flight abroad this winter. The underwater cover jumped out at me as offering an interesting spin on the average sports book. I began flipping through the pages and found the graphics and descriptions totally engaging. I've never taken an interest in sports but the quirkiness featured in this book could entertain anyone (check out the section on wife carrying)! I highly recommend 'No Dribbling' to anyone looking to brighten his or her (or someone else's) book collection. You can't go wrong!

No Dribbling the Squid
Giving books as gifts always seems to be more a guessing game than anything. Will it be too boring? Not the recipient's cup of tea? Will I even like it myself?

`No Dribbling the Squid' solves this, simply because it's not an investment. In my experience, some of the most enjoyable books are ones you can read for a few minutes, put down, and come back to days later. This is one of those, because it's a collection of short descriptions. It's perfect bathroom reading material, or even just for a quick distraction while working. Not to mention, the writing is fresh and funny. Seldom do books make me laugh out loud, but on occasion, this one did just that. Rosen fills the pages well by not just `filling' them - but by making each description of each wacky sport a cohesive and well-written story. Not just a description, but a story.

The premise is simple: Wacky sports with humorous descriptions. The pages flip easily, and it's thick enough not to get old. And honestly, who wouldn't want to impress the friends and family this holiday season by describing something as astounding as `retro cycling'. Don't know what that is? Then order the book!
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Original humor by Patrick L. Halliwell
Drawing by Kayoko Halliwell
Series: Short Humor, #1
Revised and expanded 2nd edition published Oct. 21, 2010.
(Note: this item is now also available in the author's Kindle collection, "Spying in the 21st Century and other selected humor/satire")

An introduction to the enjoyable sport of canoe-tipping.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Choosing your Equipment
3. Choosing a Location
4. Choosing a Time
5. Basic Tipping
6. Intermediate Tipping
7. Advanced Tipping

(Warning: this work is humor. Do not try these methods yourself!)


About the Author
Patrick L. Halliwell is a Canadian author, composer and musicologist. His publications include fiction, humor, serious essays, practical items, and scholarly articles on traditional Japanese koto music. He is also creator and producer of "Phonobites," a unique set of exercises for English pronunciation. His original music combines musical principles and elements from a variety of the world's great traditions. His official website is www.lakipi.com
In the past, Patrick and his brothers have tried most of the methods of canoe-tipping described herein. And lived to tell the tale! ... Read more

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This is a soccer spoof following the tradition of Henry Root. It contains the correspondence of "Bootsy Egan" for a season with the great and good of the British footballing scene, from Alex Ferguson and Howard Wilkinson, to the Prince of Wales and Graham Kelly. ... Read more

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An alternative view of football, some say soccer
This is a great romp through the alternative side of the world's favourite sport. It's "an eclectic collection of amazing true stories from the world of football, revealing the bizarre and hilarious reality behind the beautiful game." That's football, or soccer here in the US. (There is actually a great section explaining how the original US soccer league was closed down by worried baseball owners!) There are chapters on sex, drugs, violence, music and movies, and more. You'll also be able to find the answer to these questions:

Who is the former top-flight footballer now living as a fully post-op transsexual?
What possessed a World Cup superstar to kidnap 120 Cameroonian pygmies?
Which ex-goalkeeper genuinely believes he is the Son of God?
Why was a former Southampton fullback offered the throne of Albania?
And whatever happened to Maradona's fake rubber [...]?

If you like soccer/football, then this book is for you. It could also make those who don;t like football change their minds! Recommended - and also the UK's Independent newspaper recently named it one of the sports books of the year. ... Read more

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The Big Book of More Sports Insults offers a uniquely jaundiced perspective on such memorable sporting events as Pizzagate, Colegate, the return of Ken ('at least he's not Norman') Bates, the epic clash of Beattie and Butt-head, the triumphant emergence of England's rugby union team as the worst world champions in history, and the strange case of Manchester United and the billionare stalker. It will also tell you the exact details of what Craig texted to Alan, what Alan said to Roy, and -- last but not least -- the true identity of the football manager known to tens of thousands as 'Colin Wanker'. Quotes include: He travels about as well as the most unstable real ale. (David Hopps on England's homesick fast bowler Steve Harmison) Footballers are scum ...if they weren't football players, most of them would be in prison, it's as simple as that. (Alan Sugar) You only score in a brothel. (Welsh fans to Wayne Rooney) A Toon Called Malice. (Headline in The Mirror on Newcastle's Souness-Bellamy spat.) You've bought the wrong Ronaldo. (Chelsea fans taunt Manchester United. ) Kelly Holme's outfit on Sunday looked like something a transvestite builder might favour.(Matthew Norman on the dress Holmes wore for the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year awards.) ... Read more