Me? Lazy? No?!

Welcome to my 20th post! We are constantly bombarded nowadays with talk of obesity and the need for exercise and you may have read in Interviews that I am not the sportiest person in the world, due to my shock when the Head of my school presumed that I was sporty. I enjoy some sports such as eating and sleeping and the more contemporary ones such as rounders and netball. But there are some sports which really get in on my pip, due to the fact they are not real sports.
Here are my top five most annoying sports:


5. Running - One reason I think it is annoying is probably because I cannot do it, but most of all I do not see the point. To quote Miranda Hart, "Running should only be done professionally, or as a child. Or when your close to a train station, but check your watch first" and I have to say I agree with her. Yes, running gets you from one place to another quicker, but running 100 metres down a school field has no benefit to you whatsoever other than having an excuse to lie down in the middle of P.E.

4. Dance - I realise this is probably a bit controversial as I am a massive fan of Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing with the Stars for the Americans). I agree it is a great form of exercise and takes a lot of skill, which I lack considerably. But realistically it is not a sport, it is great to watch but hardly promotes team spirit and in my opinion can get a bit boring after a while, especially when you're five years old (yes, I got kicked out of dance class when I was five).


3. Rhythmic Gymnastics - Generally I draw the line as gymnastics full stop. This is because my gymnastics lessons usually consisted of the other two in my group doing some sort of clever trick while I just stood there and nodded, but rhythmic gymnastics is just, well, ridiculous. Gymnasts are very talented people, with all their back flips and handstands and....stuff, but the rhythmic gymnastics, simply put, is a lot of fancy ribbon waving. Yes it's very pretty, and probably tiring, but it is not a sport.


2. Table Tennis - Now, something I actually quite like. It is fun on holiday, when it is cold in the sea or the pool, to go into the games room and play a game of table tennis. Not in school. It is not exercise. It is tennis for lazy people. I enjoy playing it, but not as exercise. I was discussing this in said table tennis 'lesson' with my friends, we were all unanimous in our decision. TABLE TENNIS IS NOT A SPORT.


1. Wii Fit - Need I say any more?


Other things that annoy me are putting 'Engineer' after every profession such as "Underwater Crockery Engineer" is believe it or, someone who does the washing up, but that's a whole other story...