(Lighthearted) alternative Olympic sports

[MrsMoastyToasty]

I would compete in

Getting around the local ring road with all the traffic lights on green. Personal best is 6. (There are 15 sets)
Number of loads of washing dried on the line in one day. Personal best is 7.

Not at the checkout I hope. That's a rule violation of the highest order!

Spotting, walking briskly towards, then sweeping into open bag, free plants/plant pots left on local walls. Elbows may be deployed if another competitor nearby

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Oh yes. Get all your bags ready and waiting in the trolley first, obviously. 😁

It can be done.
<gives self pat on back>

No!!, still against the rules. Those in the know (we Northerners [now in south]!), put stuff on the belt, throw it in your trolley as it goes thru' till, pay, retreat to packing area...
That was original strategy to get customers through checkout quickly, keep costs down because - no dawdling and faffing packing bags at till - and obvs, worked where Aldi and Lidl were born
We brits couldn't cope, so in true Brit (actually Southerners only) fashion, we adapted to suit our traditional habits!!
You have clearly discovered a goldilocks compromise, so I'll let you off! 😊😊

Eating crisps, reading books and jigsaws.

I've spent the best part of my life perfecting all 3 😂

Grandma Wrangling.

Points awarded for -
Getting Grandma in the car and seat belt fastened correctly.
Making a Nice Cup of Tea.
Listening to endless stories about Sandra's bunion surgery.

Love the solo mattress one. My better half once moved a double mattress up a narrow staircase while I was at work… ended up stuck underneath it for a good 15 minutes. Wish I’d been there to see it (and take photos obviously) …

@ErrolTheDragon and @TeaOrCoffeeOrHotChocolate Sorry ladies, my bichon makes a late sprint for gold… she did this once, got to the claws on the edge of the sofa bit… and promptly found something to eat on the floor and so… just kinda stayed in position for a while!

Me too. This would be hysterical.

How about getting the right bins out before the bin men arrive? Or the pyjama sprint to catch them before they go. And the classic 'catch the delivery person/ postie before they complete the form that says they tried to deliver but you were out....

Speed Jaffa cake eating

Interior caravan set up on site

Theses are so so good making me laugh-I’m reading them out to DP in car on way home (obvs he’s driving ) lol!

Just the “couch” part of couch to 5k.

I can tetris anything and even sing the tune in my head!

Love a flat pack challenge.

Loving the thread. 🥰🥰😂😂

Reading.

I am really good at reading.

I'd like to see a sport of people telling the TV how to do a sport, when they have no clue. Like competitive sporting-related gogglebox

Light bulb changing with progressive degrees of difficulty (cumulative):

1. Furniture balance
2. Hungry toddler
3. Long-awaited callback from GP which will end in 4 rings

I assume the qualifier is correctly identifying the required bulb, screw or bayonet, candle or golfball, dimmable or undimmable, blue white or yellow?

Putting the wheelie bins out in your Crocs.

My dog would want to enter the “who-can -snatch -the -quickest - the cheese/tea towel/cake of the kitchen counter “ competition.

Synchronised WhatsApp conversations
While not sending the wrong messages to the wrong chat

PB 5

My work commute - Off tube and onto escalator - first = Gold, second = Silver, third = Bronze. Involved getting the correct door to escalator (pole position, being at the front when doors open). I'd try and get to the bottom of the escalator in medal position too ...

Getting an angry toddler dressed when they don’t want too. Round two would be dressing an octopus and comparing the difficulty of the two