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Muddy Waters

I have been told this is not a sport.I disagree with that,but in fairness to the English Police!lol!I have thought of a new one,Drum roll!!!!!!! LOBBY THE HOBBY!!!LOL I will use this from here on out just to keep the english po po happy.See you at the Auctions!!

9/9/2012 6:48:59 AM

canal winchester ohio

It is a hobby. If you can smoke drink and eat cheeseburgers while doing it I don't think that qualifies as a sport

9/9/2012 9:11:41 AM

Michigan,up North

Drink? Ive been watchin youtube vids on make your own beer,3 gallons for the price of a 6 pack,iam allover it.

9/9/2012 9:23:23 AM

Wi

Sports require athletic ability.

9/9/2012 9:27:06 AM

canal winchester ohio

That gives me a thought Robert. Basically we are gardening so other hobbies that I guess are sports. Home brewerys, scrap booking, fantasy football, video games. It safe to say only a handful of us has a patch larger than a quarter acre. That's gardening...a hobby

9/9/2012 9:30:59 AM

South Hero, VT

That guy running around after woodchucks in "Lords of the Gourd" made gardening into a sport... lol

9/9/2012 9:39:46 AM

Michigan,up North

they say sport fishin is a sport ,i quess if you can get a sponcer to give you millions it be a sport?i love fishin always wanted to get a cool shrit with patches bassmasters ,i still want a 1000lber patch club patch.

9/9/2012 9:41:31 AM

Princeton Kentucky

I think we ourselves are "Sports" for the "Hobby". Its like all of you above here that enthuse me to be ingulfed in this insanity. I enjoy Handyhomegrowns and others attitudes that keep me from being as pap says, "Like a humingbird being here for a little while but never to return." I see in my second year here that this Hobby is like the Hummingbirds that are tagged at my feeders here at home. They are always there every day, all day and return the following season. That demand for substinance is corillated to my honesty for this hobby. I would compare these pumpkins as close to a sport as sumo wrestlers..they start out small and get huge by eating everything we throw at them, and fight the whole season long lol.

9/9/2012 9:46:10 AM

Princeton Kentucky

LOL,LOL..VTSteve I thought the same thing.

9/9/2012 9:48:35 AM

formerly RGG

Mark, one of the definitions of sport (definition #3)is:"diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime" according to dictionary.com If you want to see for yourself here is the link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sport

Personally, I will always refer to giant vegetable growing as a sport. I won't let the opinions of other bother me about this.

9/9/2012 9:52:36 AM

Michigan,up North

i think its a sport to ,its alota work to do ,butt i dont think well see it in the olymics.3 hrs to go till lions get there 1st win of the season.

9/9/2012 9:59:04 AM

South Hero, VT

All the physical activity that goes into growing AGs for the sake of competition definitely would lead one to consider our hobby as a sport.

And isn't billiards a sport?

9/9/2012 10:02:50 AM

Upa Creek, Mo

Like Chris said, sports require some sort of athletic ability. Even with fishing, to be competitive you have to be able to cast far and accurate. Presentation is just one factor. Another thing with fishing and billiards as mentioned by Steve is you have to be there or present at the location at all times to be successful. Not the case with growing.

With AG's, I think the hobby\sport (whatever you call it) requires more patience and prep than most hobbies\sports out there. I am far from understanding how to be good at it, and not sure if I ever will. lol

9/9/2012 10:13:44 AM

Bottom of ohio

I'm with Huffer...

9/9/2012 10:19:25 AM

Omaha, Ne.

Its not a sport or a hobby. Its an obsession!

Stay thirsty my friends.;)

9/9/2012 10:55:44 AM

Mass

its an occupation!

9/9/2012 12:39:08 PM

More of a sport than lawn bowling or shuffleboard and you don't have to be over 85 to play!

9/9/2012 1:07:41 PM

formerly RGG

The great thing about our sport of giant growing is that anyone can be involved. If you are 6 or 96, you may be able to grow a giant pumpkin. It is a family friendly sport that can become very contagious.

9/9/2012 2:35:08 PM

Princeton Kentucky

Off the subject but when I was in the Airforce and played Golf, the back nine holes were meant to be played as fast as it took to run down the Beer Cart, lol...now thats a sport lol. I agree with sweet1 an occupation!

9/9/2012 4:23:23 PM

Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia

Not a sport, not a hobby, A WAY OF LIFE, is what it is!

9/9/2012 4:58:48 PM

Colorado

I play a lot of pool.Pool takes more hand eye coordination than growing pumpkins(except measuring).were involved in competition gardening.It can be good exercise but not a sport.Pumpkin regatta is a sport.

9/9/2012 5:51:18 PM

West Michigan---Hasekg39@gmail.com

if you bring your pumpkin to a weight off it is being competitive and that in it's self classifies it as a sport......IMO

ya just had to bring it up didn't ya LOL

9/9/2012 9:09:22 PM

Michigan,up North

Nice lookin kin handy,looks nice n wide and heavy,in the pic were your head popin out in back,looks huge in that pic.

9/9/2012 9:50:42 PM

So. Maine

Kuhn's wife nailed it years and years ago . IT'S A SICKNESS !!!

9/9/2012 10:54:44 PM

Muddy Waters

With all these mixed views I will stick with my new coined phrase LOBBY THE HOBBY!LOL!When I buy my first 1161 this tear at auction.You might hear this phrase.I hope to drive the price up to 500$ for the clubs.My first 1161(Jackson) was a trade for melon seeds.The next one I will purchase and take a hit for the team.But not looking to argue just saying.I have never ate a cheeseburger in my patch I dont like picking fly poop out of my pepper.lol I dont smoke in the patch or allow it since I read it can spread the tobacco moasic virus.I do shoot some pretty good shots in the basket when I ball up weeds(standing in the tall kin leafs)& make 3 point shots into the trash bin at 15 feet.I also make some very good shots at the woodchucks laying like rambo in the patch!Is shooting a Sport??I sweat like Nuns in a Kingdom Hall when weeding.Do pool players & bowlers sweat??I think only the next morning when they have caught the brown bottle flu.Ma Ma always said I should of been a lawyer I can argue the bark off a tree.lol Have fun! Thats what it's all about!

9/10/2012 6:42:35 AM

Johnston, R.I.

hobby for sure

9/10/2012 7:42:36 AM

canal winchester ohio

I guess you win. How can I debate with a man that argues with trees...LMFAO!!!!!

9/10/2012 8:38:05 AM

Muddy Waters

& sometimes looses.LOL!

9/10/2012 10:23:34 PM

formerly RGG

I think it is all a matter of semantics and perception. What the hobby is to you may not be what it is to me. If I believe it is a sport to me then it is. And if you believe it is just a hobby to you then it is just a hobby to you. It's all good. What a silly argument !

9/11/2012 7:55:17 AM

Torrance, Ca.

What ever it is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, its consuming my whole life!

9/11/2012 10:56:11 AM

Rhode Island

it neither a sport or a hobby its a "SPOBBY"

9/12/2012 9:17:58 AM