The Darts
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@stockcar86 noooo.....the front is definitely over/across, it goes alllll the way around the top of the forehead from one side to the other - it's so awful I can only imagine he's taking the piss?
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@majorrage said in The Darts:
@majorrage maybe also just experience and the tough road he's had there? Not that Wright had it massively easier, but I can't say he looks markedly more fit than Smith...
Dunno. Wright is much older and I think he just has a natural sort of pot gut which is more age related than anything. Smith is way overweight for a 30 year old.
Most of them are like throwbacks to a few decades ago where people looked much older eh. I was shocked to see Wade is only bloody 38! He's 5 years younger than me and looks 10 years older.
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@stockcar86 noooo.....the front is definitely over/across, it goes alllll the way around the top of the forehead from one side to the other - it's so awful I can only imagine he's taking the piss?
It is across, but sourced from the back - you can see more clearly from the side view
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I love Darts.
Have just set up the board in the garage. The potential future Mrs MN5 insisted I got a big backboard for it but I pointed out the wall is old and pretty fucked anyway and neither of us are quite unco enough to miss the board completely very often.
Shit it is good fun, My aim this year is to beat my previous best ever score of 140 ( triple 20, triple 20, 20 ). Throwing a 180 at least once in my life would make me very happy.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in The Darts:
I love the darts.
Still in my top five of sports I actually watch on TV
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@MajorRage said in The Darts:
Incredible final last night. This leg the highlight on an evening full of highlights.
Mardle, the commentator, had to step away from the mic as he blew his voice up.
This is just unreal sports entertainment.
Van Gerwen showed great humility in defeat I thought.
I got some of his darts for Xmas actually, same shade of Fluro green as the tops he wears.
Now I’ve had a really good run at home in the garage, unbeaten actually. I played a game of round the world at the beach house in Hawkes Bay ( we actually nailed the dusty board that had been in the garage for years to a tree ) and CAME SECOND to the girls brother.
I definitely blame the away conditions and getting used to my new darts. No other explanation.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in The Darts:
I love the darts.
Still in my top five of sports I actually watch on TV
One of those events/sports that you can really enjoy from afar and the crowd add a lot of atmosphere.
I’d never go to the Ally Pally though. Would be like the airport Weatherspoons at holiday time. I saw enough of the afters on the tubes to tell me that it’s not a place for me. -
@Daffy-Jaffy said in The Darts:
I love the darts.
Still in my top five of sports I actually watch on TV
One of those events/sports that you can really enjoy from afar and the crowd add a lot of atmosphere.
I’d never go to the Ally Pally though. Would be like the airport Weatherspoons at holiday time. I saw enough of the afters on the tubes to tell me that it’s not a place for me.It's not just for darts. Lots of other great things there.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in The Darts:
I love the darts.
Still in my top five of sports I actually watch on TV
One of those events/sports that you can really enjoy from afar and the crowd add a lot of atmosphere.
I’d never go to the Ally Pally though. Would be like the airport Weatherspoons at holiday time. I saw enough of the afters on the tubes to tell me that it’s not a place for me.Don’t be such a snob. Hanging with lager louts and singing along at the darts would be great fun.
Probably only once though. I’d imagine the novelty would wear off.
Just like the sevens but with no perving opportunities.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in The Darts:
I love the darts.
Still in my top five of sports I actually watch on TV
One of those events/sports that you can really enjoy from afar and the crowd add a lot of atmosphere.
I’d never go to the Ally Pally though. Would be like the airport Weatherspoons at holiday time. I saw enough of the afters on the tubes to tell me that it’s not a place for me.Don’t be such a snob. Hanging with lager louts and singing along at the darts would be great fun.
Probably only once though. I’d imagine the novelty would wear off.
Just like the sevens but with no perving opportunities.
I'm not a snob. I just have standards
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@MajorRage said in The Darts:
Incredible final last night. This leg the highlight on an evening full of highlights.
Mardle, the commentator, had to step away from the mic as he blew his voice up.
This is just unreal sports entertainment.
One of the best passages of play in any sport I’ve seen
And Smith’s handshake when MVG just missed was all class
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in The Darts:
I love the darts.
Still in my top five of sports I actually watch on TV
One of those events/sports that you can really enjoy from afar and the crowd add a lot of atmosphere.
I’d never go to the Ally Pally though. Would be like the airport Weatherspoons at holiday time. I saw enough of the afters on the tubes to tell me that it’s not a place for me.I would absolutely lose my mind after the tenth rendition of "Stand up if you love the darts".
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in The Darts:
I love the darts.
Still in my top five of sports I actually watch on TV
One of those events/sports that you can really enjoy from afar and the crowd add a lot of atmosphere.
I’d never go to the Ally Pally though. Would be like the airport Weatherspoons at holiday time. I saw enough of the afters on the tubes to tell me that it’s not a place for me.It's because you are old, nothing more, nothing less.
I went a couple of times when I was younger. It was an incredible day out, huge laughs, huge atmosphere, huge banter. Just fantastic. Crowd is actually a huge mix of posh / trash.
Now, not so much interest. Do enjoy it on the telly though.
Related story - Once of my dutch colleagues is a very hot 27 year old and she was telling me she came over for it with her stepfather a couple of years ago and and said it was her best day of the year! Was pretty surprised to hear that.
