in thinking that televised darts is a pile of shite?

[LadySybilPussPolham]

and before you all tell me not to watch it, I'm stuck with it as I'm confined to the lounge with the ironing board, where DH is watching it.
Bloody moronic repetitive singing and the inane commentary.
Oh and the lovely introduction where the players walk in with the sexy ladeez

YANBU. It is insanely dull. My DH has been watching it too, and what's worse is that he feels the need to tell me what he thinks about it as its happening. He doesn't seem to grasp that I couldn't give a flying fuck.

YABU the darts is brilliant.

Tension, incredible skill and matches thatcn switch on hitting a double. get beyond the cliches of beer bellies and Elizabeth Duke jewellery and enjoy the spectacle.

It is really bloody boring.

yabu to do the ironing.
let dh do it.

We love it here, watch it as a family every year, prepared to overlook the sexy laydeez as a feminism fail. The tension, the skill, the personalities, the atmosphere, just great.

"One hundred and eighty"...
Df used to watch it. He had nicknames for all his favourite dart players which used to make us laugh. I can only remember "Fatty belly" as one. It's even more boring in black and white I can assure you.

The snooker was probably worse in black and white although we did all laugh when the commentator said in all seriousness "For those of you with black and white sets, the pink ball is next to the brown ball..."

Sod off, mine love it!

My ds3 can work out in his head the numbers needed for each player to win the round. It's fab for mental arithmetic!

Come on Michael! Sod Phil!.

See I've always liked snooker - much more exciting!

Completely unreasonable I love a bit of arrers. I also love snooker and cricket though.

Golf. Now that's boring

Yes, come on Michael!!

YABU I love watching the darts. Though it's a far cry from the 80's where they were positively encouraged able to have a pint and a fag on the go

I enjoy the relaxing pace of the snooker as well.

Can't get into the BDO though, PDC all the way in this house.

Shakey I'd forgotten that - the table full of pint glasses!

It's excellent. We've watched lots this year.

I hate cricket though. And American football.

Ironing boards are for the bedroom with wine and iPads

Remember that sketch on Not the 9 o'clock news? He's going for a double - vodka!

Oh god - hold my hand here - My only sonsolation is that its over tomorrow. And i won't have to look at the oaf Phil taylor again.

I hope this shows up if he google searches himself. Mr Taylor - you are an egocentric, unsporting, feckwit. Please retire, and you aren't eloquent enough to commentate either.

off my chest now

I am missing Gary Barlow for this crap

Hate it too!

I love the darts! Lots of tension and it's really easy to understand even for sports ignoramuses like me. Also the atmosphere seems really nice, very down to earth rather than all the corporate overpaid shite of most other sports these days. I love all the nicknames, in-jokes, drunk spectators wearing antlers, etc etc.

Oh yes and the BLING. Not so much in evidence tonight but I remember being agog at Bobby George

There is no finer lazy afternoon viewing than darts. Snooker equals it. YABU.

There was some great characters in the era. Eric Bristow, Jockey Wilson, Bobby George. Does anyone remember John Lowe's 9 dart finish? You could hear a pin drop in our house!

that era

I'd watch this in preference to Gary Barlow any day.