Who Invented...

[kovan]

Soccer = ?
Footbal = ?
Basketball = Canada
Hockey = Canada
Synchronized Swimming = Who carez
Rubgy = ?

Add yours, what ever you want,
lets keep this thread on track (now i know thats a modivation NOT to keep it on track)

[chrisjk]

Soccer & Football are the same thing = England
Rubgy = England

[kovan]

nope, football and soccer are not same thing (we call "football" soccer, and football is footbal (like the NFL)

are you sure England invented soccer?

[chrisjk]

Yes the english did invent football, a bunch of cambridge university students.

[kovan]

i always thought it was South America
cool

[goudabuddha]

Nipple Implants?

[chrisf]

Originally posted by goudabuddha
Nipple Implants?

Men

[goudabuddha]

Penile implants?

[aknisely]

Originally posted by goudabuddha
Penile implants? Women.

[SteveCRM]

basketball was invented by the americans! Springfield massechussetts. and there is a myth that hockey started in russia, but since no one could even get out of russia no one knows :rolleyes:

[kovan]

noppies, basketball was invented by canadians
(we have like a heritage commerical)
and if it wasnt invented by us, i think US would take over Canada for airing those commercials if it wasnt true :)

[chrisjk]

I thought Nike invented basketball :rolleyes:

[SteveCRM]

commercials? When I went to the basketball hall of fame (springfield mass.) they had a whole story...a gym teacher invented it with peach baskets.

[SteveCRM]

Originally posted by goudabuddha
Nipple Implants?


I thought that was crptblade :p

[kovan]

Originally posted by SteveCRM
commercials? When I went to the basketball hall of fame (springfield mass.) they had a whole story...a gym teacher invented it with peach baskets.

yep, thats the commerical that gets aired here
i think they might have that there even though its canadian

i am pretty sure its part of heritage, than again i wasnt THERE when it was invented so i am going with what i know

[SteveCRM]

I was there! :p hehehe jk

well, ego's are stopping us from the truth :rolleyes:

[kovan]

he he yap you are correct..
the only reason i think we invented it is cus

they run all these commercials on how canadians did good things in the past, like women getting into medicine.. etc

and that basketball commercial is one of those heritage stuff
:)

[kovan]

This proves you are correct
now my question is why the hell do we air that commercial? :)
if i have time i will email CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Copr..) and tell them to piss off or tell us the "real" history


Basket Ball (the original name of the game) was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. At Hoophall.com, the official site of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, we learned that, "The game of basketball was the result of a challenge from a teacher to his student to pique the interest of an incorrigible class during the usually dull winter months."

Apparently, the class was tired of calisthenics and Naismith's instructor assigned him the duty of inventing a new indoor sport. Taking to the task at hand, Naismith rounded up two peach baskets (the janitor didn't have any boxes handy) and a soccer ball. Next, he developed 13 rules for the new game.

He divided his class of 18 into 2 teams of 9 players each (the team today would be the equivalent of 3 guards, 3 centers, and 3 forwards) and set about to teach them the basics of b-ball.

The object of the game was to throw the soccer ball into the peach baskets nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. Every time a point was scored, the game was halted so the janitor could lug out a ladder and retrieve the ball. Of course, that didn't happen too often -- the score of the very first basketball game ever played was an amazingly low 1-0.

A lot has happened since the introduction of the game and basketball has undergone many changes, both in equipment and rules.

For more information about the game, be sure to visit the Sports > Basketball category in the Yahoo! directory

[chrisjk]

Canada is reposible for inflicting the following on the world:

Celine Dion
Bryan Adams
Terrance and Phillip

[RyeBread]

Originally posted by SteveCRM
commercials? When I went to the basketball hall of fame (springfield mass.) they had a whole story...a gym teacher invented it with peach baskets.

Yes, and the Canadians claim they invented for one reason: The coach was Canadian!!!

LOL LMAO. Still, it was in Springfield like the the Hall of Fame says. I've been there too. The whole story about the coach is on the Internet somewhere too.

<edit> I see you guys already found this out. Funny story anyway, I always get a kick out of a proud canadian who tells me the story about how they invented basketball. I used to live in Springfield, MA. Know who else lived there? Dr. Suess! No kidding.</edit>

[SteveCRM]

ARG! he invented it in amercia but was canadian!?!?!?! so all of this was basically for nothing since we were all true :rolleyes:

good o'l dr seuss...red fish blue fish one fish two fish.....hehehe :D



so whats up rye? haven't seen you around in a while

[SteveCRM]

i see you got your posts back :D :cool:

[goudabuddha]

Butt cheek implants?

[kovan]

i would say butt cheek implant can be linked to Steve..

[SteveCRM]

:rolleyes:

[kovan]

0 = Indian Mathematician.. i wont say who implemented because i dont want to brag, if you want to know it, look it up

[SteveCRM]

yep....good old zero....helped math very much..... :D :D :D :D

[kovan]

i would say MOST of the advancement of computer
or even the invention of computers would go to that mathematician AND the people that actually put 0 to use

without it

what would binary be? ahh lets not go there and be thankful for 0 :)

[nishantp]

WEll without his work, computers wouldnt be possible yes(nor would virtually any modern math)...but he isnt directly responsible for its development.

Anyways...B-Ball was invented my James Naismith in Springfield. But he was canadian. You can make your own conclusions from that:p

[kovan]

Originally posted by nishantp
WEll without his work, computers wouldnt be possible yes(nor would virtually any modern math)...but he isnt directly responsible for its development.

Anyways...B-Ball was invented my James Naismith in Springfield. But he was canadian. You can make your own conclusions from that:p

yes he invented 0, but i dont know if he was high on something
but didnt implement it
arabs muslims implemented it and put it to use
(there i said it, o wait i am not arab so i am not bragging i guess)

cheers to that guy
truely one of the best things for humanity
0
:)

[JungleMan]

Originally posted by aknisely
Women.

what is this word association :D :D

[goudabuddha]

No, I just asked who invented penile implants.

[aknisely]

Yeah jeez.

[goudabuddha]

Yes, come on people, we're trying to stay on topic here.:mad:
;) :)

[aknisely]

I forget.... somethin' 'bout cottage cheese?

[kovan]

"Scroll Key" = ? (this guy should explain what this key does)

[RyeBread]

Originally posted by SteveCRM
ARG! he invented it in amercia but was canadian!?!?!?! so all of this was basically for nothing since we were all true :rolleyes:

good o'l dr seuss...red fish blue fish one fish two fish.....hehehe :D



so whats up rye? haven't seen you around in a while

Oh my life that was previously missing has been found.:) I'm always around, just not posting so much anymore. Kinda depressed about the loss of posts too, not so interested in posting.

[kovan]

DVD = phillips?

[aknisely]

Originally posted by Bloodeye
Let's be serious Peeps, is there anyone who considers this a legitimate Olympic Event? Raise your hand please.*shoots his hand up in the air*

Have you seen synchronized swimmers??

[nabeels786]

philips came up with the predecessor of the DVD.

remember CD-I? never really sold and wasnt very popular, but i remember my dad brought one home. i still have it, it played movies on CDs with better than video quality(i still have the 20-30ish # of movies i bought for it). then the DVD came out maybe a year later

CD-I was never really advertised(i think) thats why there didnt sell many..

it also had some awesome games. gotta find that sucker


it was basically a DVD players on which you could also play games/go online. it was pretty cool

[goudabuddha]

Who invented left handed scissors?

[thinktank]

Anyone know who invented Web Bulletin Boards/forums ?

[kovan]

Originally posted by goudabuddha
Who invented left handed scissors?


Ned Flanders

[Alakazam]

Canada so did not invent basketball.
The aztecs did. It was played in a sunken court, with two teams, one "ball" and two "baskets." The ball was A VERY LARGE rock passed by groups of men, due to its large size. The object was to put the Rock through a large Carved Hole protruding from either end of the court. The hole was sideways, compaired to our verticel baskets. If your team lost, you were killed, provided you did not die durring the game. It was custom group together to get the rock and press it over a single individual on the opposing team. SPLAT!
ONLY DIFFERENCE is that there is no dribbling and sideways baskets.


...Oh yeah, and that whole death thing.
This is really the origion of Basketball. look it up.

[beachbum]

Today's Raab award for digging old threads goes to Alakazam!! Woohoo.. speech speech...




ps A show i saw on the Aztecs suggested that the ball itself was a human skull (of an enemy) and not a rock. :)

[SurfDemon]

Yip, you're right. it sounds just like basketball, except for the fact that rocks don't bounce, so no dribbling, oh yeah, and they had a different number of players on the pitch, oh yeah and the baskets were in fact holes in the wall, and they probably didn';t have time-outs (or whatever they're called), and it needed multiple men to shift the bloody great rock, and you could kill the opposition... but yeah, you're right apart from that it's exactly the same :rolleyes: :D

SD

[Patoooey]

Originally posted by chrisjk
Yes the english did invent football, a bunch of cambridge university students.


The British might claim to have invented football, but no one really knows where it originated. The Chinese played shooting at a goal and dribbling games about 2,500 years ago, while other civilisations with a claim include the Japanese and Greeks. Football is the oldest British national sport and may date back to the Romans who invaded Britain over 2000 years ago, introducing a game called Haspartum.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/getyourkiton/field/history/footindex.shtml

[chrisjk]

I bet you spent the last hour looking for something that might contradict something I said. Interesting how you picked my quote rather than the several other posts saying the same thing :rolleyes:

It is widly accepted general knowledge that the version of the game that is played today was invented by some cambridge students. That's it, no debates.