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The funniest man alive probably lives in a mid sized town somewhere, has a job unrelated to comedy, and his humor isnt appreciated by his wife or kids. He goes unacknowledged.
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I totally agree with Andres here.
Reducing the tour to 64 players can definitely solve some problems the tour has, but doesn't solve the problems the game has. It would probably make it worse.
Just by cutting them off the tour the 64 players wouldn't vanish ... 1/x
Anyone speaking about "cutting the tour to 64 or less" is giving zero shit about games future.
Just watch how any normal sport works. Higher ranked players get places in main draw, lower ranked players play 2-3 rounds of qualifiers and eventually play the main event
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Hmm, hardest "singular task" in sports (so "hitting a 147" doesn't count as that's 36 tasks). I'm going for:
- batsman facing a 90mph bowler
- taking an uppercut to chin in boxing/UFC
- MotoGP rider taking a bend at 150mph+
All of them can involve death if you go wrong
Hitting a baseball from a professional pitcher is the hardest singular task in all of sports, and that's not debatable nor is there a close comparison. Say what you want about baseball players' athleticism, but baseball is the purest, most challenging sport in existence.
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Just bumped into 1986 World Champion Joe Johnson in a restaurant. Happy to stop for a handshake, big warm smile, lovely fella. Certainly doesn't look his age either, should have asked him what moisturiser he uses. Opportunity missed.
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There is an emergency shelter on top of Ben Nevis, invaluable for injured or exhausted walkers to get out of the weather. This is how it looked yesterday.
Beer cans, abandoned rucksack, cigarette packets, mouldy food… I despair sometimes.
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Lake Baikal in Russia has *so* much water that if it were emptied over Africa, it would cover the *entire continent* in 0.78 metres (2 ft 7 in) of depth.
And this is despite Baikal being only 1/1000th of Africa’s surface area.
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“Endtroducing.....” by DJ Shadow turns 30 years old today.
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DMAX is a freeview channel showing all the daytime sessions plus semis and final of the northern Ireland open in October. It is channel 147. Handy if you don't have TNT sports.
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A credit score but for how efficiently you board/get off a plane
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Being in your 40s just means you have more text messages for one-time passcodes than you do from friends.
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In less than four weeks, Salman Ali Agha has captained Pakistan in the First Test, been dropped, held a sensational catch as a sub in the Second Test, been sent home for reasons not altogether clear and now scored 300 not out off 336 balls.
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Painting I have done of Ronnie O’Sullivan. Please share 😊 @ronnieo147
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Congratulations Jak Jones. Televised tournament win and a baby on the way imminently, what a week for the lad who always seems such a nice young man.
And loved Selbys interview too, never thought it'd be him the telly have to apologise for...
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✍️ “Keegan's Newcastle offered the visiting supporter the same implicit promise as Newcastle's nightlife: something *might* happen” @northumbriana
A must read for NUFC fans and any travelling supporter who has ever sampled Newcastle (a)
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