http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49868 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:22:56 +0000 riesler 49868@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>From The Times November 2, 2009</p> <p>"Historic high board to be dismantled after ‘tombstoning’ accidents"</p> <p>"A diving board that is 70 years old will be pulled down after several youngsters have been injured jumping from it. </p> <p>The 60ft platform was built in the 1930s in Plymouth and closed off since 2003" </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49854 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:02:15 +0000 IABP 49854@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Plymouth Hoe - that was my highest leap into water.<br /> There was some sort of sea water pool - coldest water I've ever been in.<br /> I leapt off some concrete platform there.<br /> It was all a very long time ago.<br /> Anyone know the old Plymouth Hoe? (There's a joke in there somewhere) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49851 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:55:50 +0000 riesler 49851@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>definitely not, I'm not ready for the world to end! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49850 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:54:08 +0000 Golgo13 49850@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Are you suggesting that the experts in the pub might not know what they're talking about? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49846 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:42:33 +0000 riesler 49846@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>depends on your angle of entry - get it wrong and it feels extremely hard! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49845 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:31:41 +0000 Golgo13 49845@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well, the experts in The Cap in Hand reckon it couldn't be that hard. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49843 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:27:29 +0000 riesler 49843@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have dived off a 10 metre board, and it is bloody scary! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49838 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:51:13 +0000 Golgo13 49838@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Magic darts. </p> <p>One of them is a 147 finish...little treat for the snooker fans there. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49815 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:14:21 +0000 IABP 49815@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Zara Phillips won it for staying on a horse that does all the work.</p> <p>2 9ers from Phil in one match <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnP2VwQb6E" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnP2VwQb6E</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49814 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:09:26 +0000 Golgo13 49814@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If Taylor doesn't win, I will literally tear up my TV licence in the BBC car park!<br /> When you look at Phil 'the Power' Taylor's achievements this year and over his career, only snobbery could prevent him from winning SPOTY. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49805 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:08:00 +0000 Tristan Shout 49805@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Re: Sports Personality of the year:-<br /> Swann or Phil Taylor for me </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49028 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:26:49 +0000 Malcum eggs 49028@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>brill. 5 . </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-49001 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:54:34 +0000 Golgo13 49001@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=18145#post-48809 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:02:57 +0000 Golgo13 48809@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>One of the ten sportsmen and women shortlisted for this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Tom Daley, the world 10-metre platform diving champion, has been hailed as a diving prodigy from an early age, but the concensus of a group of experts at The Cap in Hand pub in Chessington was that this shouldn't be confused with being the world's best at something people care about.</p> <p>While the group conceded that his performances did indeed require skill and dedication, the fact that so few people ever had a go at 10-metre platform diving, let alone tried hard at it, meant that it was unlikely that the 16-year-old Daley would really be the world's number one if everyone else had to try their best, and that what it really meant was that he was the world number one at <em>trying really hard</em> at diving.</p> <p>The group estimated that there were probably only about 50 people who took 10-metre platform diving seriously enough to enter competitions in Britain, and no more than a couple thousand active divers globally, which meant that being world number one in 10-metre platform diving was like being in the top thousand at Angry Birds or the best at snooker in Kingston. </p> <p>'Most swimming pools won't actually let you dive in, so none of us has tried properly', commented group spokesman Tony Newman, 'nevertheless I'm confident that any one of us could probably be diving prodigies if we wanted to be. But even if we did have a go and found out we were good at it, how likely would we be to carry on with it if we were any good at a proper sport where we could have a laugh with our mates and get some real money and respect if we got good at it?'</p> <p>The group acknowledged that much the same could be said about Olympic skeleton gold medallist Amy Williams, also in the running for Sports Personality of the Year, but that because she was also really good at running and darts, it was less weird. </p>