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Explain an Olympic sport badly

213 replies

Mylobsterteapot · 27/07/2024 19:28

People, alone or with a second human, throw themselves off bouncy and non bouncy slab into water whilst making pretty shapes in the air.

OP posts:
mitogoshi · 27/07/2024 21:34

Two people hit each other whilst another person gets close but avoids being hit

notprincehamlet · 27/07/2024 21:35

Pedal a stick bike round a freshly painted road while wearing a stormtroopers hat and spanx

CharliesAngles · 27/07/2024 21:36

Pool party with 7 of your mates doing your “routine”.

MeouwCat · 27/07/2024 21:36

mitogoshi · 27/07/2024 21:34

Two people hit each other whilst another person gets close but avoids being hit

But still holds hands with them at the end

mitogoshi · 27/07/2024 21:39

You ride a skittish animal you haven't ridden before, hit people with a pointy thing, swim, fire a fast tiny ball from a metal thing then run around a course. Love this event!

CharlotteRumpling · 27/07/2024 21:40

titchy · 27/07/2024 21:21

Humans have two gaits. You have to go from A to B in the fastest possible time. But not using your fastest gait because, well, you'd get there quicker and that would be cheating.

Brilliant!

OldTinHat · 27/07/2024 21:41

You wear a tiny bikini and jump up and down whilst playing with balls.

MrsMoastyToasty · 27/07/2024 21:42

You get in a form of transport on water but on discovering that it has no engine you find some triangular material and run it up a pole and hope that it is windy.

If the wind changes you dash to the other side of the transport narrowly avoiding being twatted on the head by a horizontal bar.
Sometimes you even need to hang off the transport with most of your body over the water whilst holding ropes.

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 27/07/2024 21:44

CharliesAngles · 27/07/2024 20:14

Run really fast towards a giant sandpit before launching yourself wholeheartedly into it.

NB. Making sure said sandpit is child free beforehand is considered a bonus 👌

Sandpit also being free of cat shit is a huge bonus

BronwenFrideswide · 27/07/2024 21:44

You don an all in one condom then lie down on your back on your grandma's tea tray and woosh down an icy road.

InMySpareTime · 27/07/2024 21:45

Several people hold sticks and waggle them at the same time to go where they aren't looking. One person looks where they are going and shouts at the rest.

Howtoeatanelephant · 27/07/2024 21:46

ErrolTheDragon · 27/07/2024 20:58

This is a lighthearted thread, not requiring a literal description of the equipment!
Of course I know how fencing works, however ...
It doesn't matter, you've missed the point

As a fencer should, I suppose.

🤣🤣

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 27/07/2024 21:47

Run four different distances, throw three different things and jump three times. And be very good at all of them.

MeouwCat · 27/07/2024 21:49

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 27/07/2024 21:47

Run four different distances, throw three different things and jump three times. And be very good at all of them.

If you win the gold medal, change sex

leeverarch · 27/07/2024 21:53

Run around a lot swapping sticks and see which team drops their stick first.
<clue - it's usually the Americans>

FrenchBean7 · 27/07/2024 21:58

Ride your bike very fast towards the right sort of wall. Reach V1. Rotate. Park bike on top of wall. Do a roly poly on your bike on the way down.
NB don’t try this with your average brick wall

FadedRed · 27/07/2024 22:00

BronwenFrideswide · 27/07/2024 21:44

You don an all in one condom then lie down on your back on your grandma's tea tray and woosh down an icy road.

Or lie on your tea tray, on your front, and go down same icy road head first. Exactly in the manner that you were told to “Absolutely DO NOT do that, it’s dangerous!” as a child.

murasaki · 27/07/2024 22:00

Do an entire school sports day yourself.

murasaki · 27/07/2024 22:03

Flail your arms simultaneously over your head while pretending to glue your legs together and waggling them, in a very large puddle. This may go on for different distances. Be glad you are not in actual water with actual sharks as this is woefully ineffective as an escape strategy.

ErrolTheDragon · 27/07/2024 22:03

CharliesAngles · 27/07/2024 20:14

Run really fast towards a giant sandpit before launching yourself wholeheartedly into it.

NB. Making sure said sandpit is child free beforehand is considered a bonus 👌

Ah, I've just realised - you may need to do a hoppity skip first if you need to check the sandpit for children/cat shit before launching yourself

BronwenFrideswide · 27/07/2024 22:05

FadedRed apparently two people can lie on the tea tray one on top of the other now. I can hear the parents shouting NO at their children trying this!

CharliesAngles · 27/07/2024 22:05

Play "the sideboard is lava" whilst break dancing in midair.

viques · 27/07/2024 22:05

Fulfil your cycling dream. Ride on your own ,as fast as you can, through a city which has been cleared of all traffic, randomly wandering pedestrians, their pesky crossing places and traffic lights.

jannier · 27/07/2024 22:07

Mylobsterteapot · 27/07/2024 19:36

I can’t work this one out…

These are great, keep them coming.

Fencing maybe

CharliesAngles · 27/07/2024 22:09

@ErrolTheDragon
Aaah of course one must do the hoppity skip first, thanks Errol, my mistake.