Pantomines

Post #50,054 by deSitter 8/21/02 4:27:49 PM Reply	Pantomines ..from the Rolling (wheelchair) Olympics. Name the sport as I act them out... (Answers below) 1. Roll, dribble, roll, dribble, roll, shoot! 2. Roll back with left arm, raise right arm holding long object, roll forward fast with left arm, throw object! 3. Roll, slap forehead, roll, slap forehead, roll, slap forehead... 1. Basketball 2. Javelin 3. Hurdles -drl
Post #50,113 by wharris2 8/21/02 11:24:00 PM Reply	Dribble? That's anyone with an injury of some sort that prevents control of the bladder. Can apply to any group. Elderly, spinal injured (Chris Reeves probably dribbles a lot), other problems. The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #50,127 by deSitter 8/22/02 12:13:22 AM Reply	? Say what? Dribble = advance the basketball without holding onto it. You do this by bouncing it off the floor as you move around. I mean, there's tasteless, and then there's cruel. -drl
Post #50,129 by wharris2 8/22/02 12:23:37 AM Reply	Context, sir deSitter, context People in wheelchairs often have no control. Christopher Reeves has no control regardless if he's in a basketball game or a television interview. Of course, many people in Special Olympics or wheelchair basketball have full control. Many probably don't. (I don't see the sense of a Special Olympics myself, they're crippled in some way, why advertise and even advocate it?) I say this as one who has 50% hearing loss and hip problems (avascular necrosis, which is a cute way of saying the blood supply to my joints has been impaired.) How much you wanna bet that I'd be able to get disability benefits and be eligible myself, if I tried? The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle

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