This is a playing field for a
delightfully
demented game.
The object? The players were to knock
a rubber ball, weighing 6-8 pounds,
using their elbows, hips or knees
through the stone loop at the top of the wall. The game could last several
days.
Spectators would stand along the
top of the walls in the blazing hot sun.
It's amazing what someone will do
out of absolute boredom.
Today we can use that same excuse
to explain the success of "Blind Date".
At the conclusion of the game the captain
of the winning team would then kill the
captain of the losing team...
And you thought present day sports fans
are obsessive barbarians
(well, for the most part, they are).
The moral of the story:
with the exception of more
comfortable stadium seating,
sports have not
really changed
over the centuries.
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This is what happens when
a sand blaster runs amok.
Sure, it's got great ventilation and
a marvelous view but
where in the hell is the door?
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