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Is muni a parody?!!

ivan · 2007-05-12T17:24:18+00:00

So, I was reading this wiki article on Extreme sports. I was quite liking it, until I read this: The high profile of extreme sports and the culture surrounding them has also led people to invent parodies, such as Extreme ironing, urban housework, extreme croquet, extreme unicycling, and house gymnastics. Okay, let's see: par•ody /'paer{shwa}di/ noun, verb noun (pl. -ies) ~ (of sth) 1 [C, U] a piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that deliberately copies the style of sb/sth in order to be amusing: a parody of a horror film * His personality made him an easy subject for parody. 2 [C] (disapproving) something that is such a bad or unfair example of sth that it seems ridiculous syn travesty: The trial was a parody of justice. * This article is a grotesque parody of the truth. verb (par•odies, par•ody•ing, par•odied, par•odied) [vn] to copy the style of sb/sth in an exaggerated way, especially in order to make people laugh syn Now, I don't see muni falling under either definition. It's a sport on its own, it doesn't try to copy or mock anything. This mention in the same list with extreme ironing and urban housework kind of made me angry. What do you think? ps. I looked up house gymnastics, I think it's cool. -- ivan Read me! thank you.entropy isn't what it used to be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ivan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12759 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60809 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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ivan
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12 May 2007, 17:24 UTC #1

So, I was reading this wiki article on Extreme sports. I was quite
liking it, until I read this:
Wikipedia Article said:
The high profile of extreme sports and the culture surrounding them has
also led people to invent parodies, such as Extreme ironing, urban
housework, extreme croquet, extreme unicycling, and house gymnastics.
Okay, let's see:
Oxford Dictionary said:
par•ody /'paer{shwa}di/ noun, verb
Quoted message said:
noun (pl. -ies) ~ (of sth)

1 [C, U] a piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that deliberately
copies the style of sb/sth in order to be amusing: a parody of a horror
film * His personality made him an easy subject for parody.
2 [C] (disapproving) something that is such a bad or unfair example of
sth that it seems ridiculous syn travesty: The trial was a parody of
justice. * This article is a grotesque parody of the truth.
Quoted message said:
verb (par•odies, par•ody•ing, par•odied, par•odied) [vn] to copy the

style of sb/sth in an exaggerated way, especially in order to make
people laugh syn
Now, I don't see muni falling under either definition. It's a sport on
its own, it doesn't try to copy or mock anything. This mention in the
same list with extreme ironing and urban housework kind of made me
angry.
What do you think?
ps. I looked up house gymnastics, I think it's cool.
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Brian O.
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12 May 2007, 17:25 UTC #2

Where is the article? We can fix it if its a wiki.
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We only need one 36" rim, one that doesn't suck. A properly sized KH rim
(like the 29er only larger) would be awesome.
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ivan
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12 May 2007, 17:27 UTC #3

'Linkity' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_sports).
We can, I even have an account(not that you need it for that). I just
wanted to hear other people's opinions before modifying it.
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Brian O.
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12 May 2007, 17:30 UTC #4

Muni is certainly not a parody, it (to us at least) is a legitimate
sport. I removed that reference of it though I think we should add it
to a different section of that article as a serious reference.
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mscalisi said:
We only need one 36" rim, one that doesn't suck. A properly sized KH rim
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Mikefule
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12 May 2007, 17:31 UTC #5

Extreme ironing or extreme wheeelbarrow are parodies. Extreme
wheelbarrow may be sufficiently skilled to become a genuine sport in
its own right. MUni is a valid and genuine sport that has existed
since the first unicycle. Anyone who categorised it with extreme
ironing was writing from a position of ignorance about what can be
achieved on a MUni. I am only a fair to middling MUniist, and I
regularly ride stuff that I see so-called mountain bikers hesitating
over or avoiding.
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ivan
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12 May 2007, 17:33 UTC #6

Well, it doesn't fit their definition of extreme sports, but it's not a
parody either. They say extreme sports are sports where the most likely
outcome of a mistake is death. Not true for muni(or any extreme
unicycling), unless you take people like Kris Holm, but they're
minority.
Most people break their hands or legs, they don't die(I'm not
disappointed, mind you).
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12 May 2007, 17:43 UTC #7

The definition of extreme sports is another matter, but MUni is a sport
in its own right, not a parody of something else. Whoever categorised
it with ironing clearly had visions of people dressed as clowns riding
in procession over undulating meadows.
I have done scuba diving. I ride an 800cc motorcycle nearly every day
on the public highway. In either case, certain mistakes could result
in death. Neither of them is an extreme sport. Scuba diving is a
hobby for active grannies, and motorcycling is an enjoyable means of
transport.
MUni is more of a sport than either, in that it is more physical, and
more focused and challenging (apart from riding the motorbike fast -
when the two are of comparable mental intensity).
MUni has put me in hospital a couple of times. I chipped a bone in my
wrist once. I needed seven stitches in my chin after a fall in a
quarry. I cracked a rib last year in the middle of the forest. MUni
has put me in danger of hypothermia, dehydration, sunstroke and
complete physical exhaustion. I have done descents where the risk of a
fall has been present, and the potential consequences of such a fall
could have been major fractures and skin grafts.
It's extreme enough for me, compared to sitting watching East Enders,
going for a pizza, or clubbing - which are the extreme sports of many
of my work colleagues.
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12 May 2007, 17:44 UTC #8

I saw the house gymnastics page a year ago....looks so cool😄
but then i saw the extreme ironing page.....wth:eek:
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