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    Diversions

    Aug 27, 2021 4 minutes

    NOTES & QUERIES

    Winning ways

    Which sport gives you the best all-round skill set?

    Boxing: fitness, balance, speed, skills and physical courage/confidence. Table tennis: renowned as a rehab tool for brain injuries/diseases – there must be something to it.

    karlrgibson 
    via theguardian.com

    • Tiddlywinks calls for the finger dexterity of a concert pianist with the strategic acumen of a chess grandmaster.

    Graham Davey
    Bristol, England, UK

    • Darts. Balancing a pint in one hand, cigarette in the other, not to mention the requisite aim, accuracy and precision to hit 180. Takes nerves of steel.

    Waterdam
    via theguardian.com

    Passing the screen test

    What is good television?

    It is bad television that is good if

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