Dodge bull ?
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Viva El Toro
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 RE: Viva El Toro
March 22, 2017 at 4:06 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2017 at 4:11 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 22, 2017 at 3:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: There is evidence that there were some sort of sporting events involving bulls in the Minoan communities on Crete. I don't know the exact details but I believe the humans involved were unarmed and the main purpose was to dodge the bulls. No dodging. According to wall painting, The game seems to involve young boys and young girls facing charging bull wearing no protection other than loin cloth. No weapons, no padding, no red capes to distract the bull. At the critical time the contestant is to face the charge bull square on, gasp the bull by horns literally, and sumersault over the head and back of the bull and land on his or her feet behind the bull. Modern bullfighters are absolute wusses by comparison to the minoans. 
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 (March 22, 2017 at 4:06 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(March 22, 2017 at 3:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: There is evidence that there were some sort of sporting events involving bulls in the Minoan communities on Crete. I don't know the exact details but I believe the humans involved were unarmed and the main purpose was to dodge the bulls. Yes, that's the one. Thank you. I was going to mention the bull jumping but couldn't remember if that was from a legit source or if I had read it in some fictional account somewhere. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" (March 22, 2017 at 3:57 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Dodge bull ? Imagine how much more seriously students would take PE if that was the case in modern schools. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" RE: Viva El Toro
March 22, 2017 at 4:15 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2017 at 4:16 pm by Cyberman.)
Adds a whole new meaning to "school bully".
Yeah, ok, Vorlie already took the best one.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
(March 22, 2017 at 2:19 am)Minimalist Wrote: "Senor, sometimes ze bull wins." A real Minoan's honorable bullhorn wounds ought to be on the front, not up the back end.  RE: Viva El Toro
March 22, 2017 at 5:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2017 at 5:07 pm by Minimalist.)
(March 22, 2017 at 4:06 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:I wonder what the casualty rate was?(March 22, 2017 at 3:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: There is evidence that there were some sort of sporting events involving bulls in the Minoan communities on Crete. I don't know the exact details but I believe the humans involved were unarmed and the main purpose was to dodge the bulls. |
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