Comments on: Ping pong reloaded

By: Frenchdoc

Frenchdoc — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:04:00 +0000

Chicagoland CT get together works too! French wine and cheese on me!!

By: Steven Crane

Steven Crane — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:46:29 +0000

I’m not very good at it…but isn’t that the point?

By: Eszter

Eszter — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:31:09 +0000

Steven – You didn’t say if you play ping pong.

Maybe what we need is a Chicagoland CT get-together regardless of ping pong interests.

Vivian – Good point, we can start a Series.

By: vivian

vivian — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:03:31 +0000

“why not a CT Galactic Table Tennis Championship… played in Eszter’s garage with lotsa beer and wine!”

Shouldn’t that be a CT Championship series, like F1, with rounds in each locale where there is a CT Principal?

By: Steven Crane

Steven Crane — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:15:16 +0000

I’m not faculty of anything.. in fact, not even a graduate of anything, yet, but I am both an avid CT reader and a resident of Chicago. (Clark/Broadway/Diversey, to be specific.)

By: Frenchdoc

Frenchdoc — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:18:37 +0000

I’m game and I’m in the NW suburbs of Chicago.

By: Eszter

Eszter — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:26:24 +0000

Well, if anyone's interested in a Chicagoland faculty ping pong (no need to shout) tournament, let me know.;-) The ceilings in my garage are too low for this, but I'm sure we can find a location. I hate beer, maybe I'll take chocolate as registration fee.

By: Frenchdoc

Frenchdoc — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:19:26 +0000

Now then, we definitely need a CT bloggers/readers TABLE TENNIS tournament!! After all, Daily Kos has its convention, why not a CT Galactic Table Tennis Championship… played in Eszter’s garage with lotsa beer and wine!

By: jamal

jamal — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:59:32 +0000

Whether electronically or manual, ping pong is a great game. But ystop slandering already, the name of the game is TABLE TENNIS!

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:44:28 +0000

“It’s only ping pong if (a) you’re doing it while drinking or (b) if you were doing it while drinking it wouldn’t make much difference to the quality.”

I know of a tournament in Belgium where the winner of a game had to drink a glass of heavy Belgian beer. No need to tell you that lower ranked players ended up beating top level players nearing the end of the tournament :-)

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:51:23 +0000

Yup, definitely table tennis (unless you are doing it in a garage)

I seem to recall playing hours and hours of table tennis, rather than ping pong, in garages. It’s only ping pong if (a) you’re doing it while drinking or (b) if you were doing it while drinking it wouldn’t make much difference to the quality. Admittedly, both criteria are much easier to meet in garages.

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:45:57 +0000

Yup, definitely table tennis (unless you are doing it in a garage)

Signed,

Former table tennis militant who could probably kick ass in the Chicago university faculty area if it weren’t for the fact that he stopped playing competitively years ago and is living nowhere near Chicago ;-)

By: Frenchdoc

Frenchdoc — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:43:19 +0000

How about organizing a TABLE TENNIS tournament among university faculty of the chicago area!! I only need to dust up my racquet and we’re game!!

By: Niall

Niall — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:12:51 +0000

what a great clip….and I agree with frenchdoc, its table tennis!!

By: Eszter

Eszter — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:51:08 +0000

And it’s a massively multiplayer online tennis game?:)