Are you a tennis extremist?

[ktncnttl]

Look out for the following telltale signs.
1. You want to ban the 2handed backhand.
2. You want to ban anyone who doesn't play like Pete Sampras from playing tennis.
3. You want to ban anyone who doesn't use a >12oz flexy 27in player's stick from playing tennis.
4. You want to ban women from playing tennis.
5. You think people should serve time in jail for pushing.
6. You go to St.Vincent once a year to meditate.
7. The name Pete Sampras flashes in your mind every ten second or so.
8. Ironically you have no problem with the 2handed forehand because you think Santoro is cool since he gives Federer fits.
9. You have part(s) of your body blown/cut/knocked off while trying to use a shotgun/samurai sword/baseball bat with one hand.
10. You ignore this thread and think it is a poor joke.

If you display one or more traits above please contact your nearest Alquida/Alqueda office. If you don't know the number of your nearest Alquida/Alqueda office please ask your local FBI office, they will be more than happy to assist you.

 

[sinatra161]

Praise be to Sampras!

 

[yvp]

3 5 7 10
Do i qualify?

 

[companzo]

Whew! I'm not an extremist!! =D

 

[35ft6]

Number 7 is funny.

 

[callitout]

I would include everyone who gets hothead on this board and calls people rude names for what they post about tennis: "Only a complete jerk, who drinks goat urine would think that Roddick is better than Safin. Thanks a lot for polluting this board, Jerk. Oh btw your a jerk." Those posters are extremists, the ones you list are merely passionate about the game but theres no real hostility.

 

[@wright]

I would call these individuals purists, not extremists.

 

[ohplease]

I would call these individuals purists, not extremists.

I'd call them the tennis taliban.

The game already has rules and did just fine before we got here. It'll do just fine after we leave. I surely don't care what you swing or what you wear, but somehow when someone else does something to their dissatisfaction - 100 post thread! 1000 views!

Whatever. No different than busybody old ladies in close-minded little towns clucking in their knitting circles.

Frankly, I wish the purists would vote with their feet and leave if they're so annoyed. If the game were truly in such a sorry state of disrepair - why isn't your TV tuned to something else? Why persue these boards at all?

To the original poster: nice post.

 

[ktncnttl]

3 5 7 10
Do i qualify?

An individual showing one sign or more would be qualified. Since you are showing 4 you are more than qualify.

 

[bismark]

No.1-5 sounds more like elitist than extremist. Purist is another word to describe it.

 

[fjgarciap]

3 and 7 me. LOL, Sampras name does actually come to mind quiete several times a day ... !

 

[Docalex007]

I like to move it move it....I like to move it move it....you like to....MOVE IT

 

[BreakPoint]

"IF GOD HAD INTENDED THE BACKHAND TO BE ONEHANDED, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN US TWO HANDS"

Then why does God allow us to hit one-handed serves, volleys, overheads, and forehands then? Shouldn't ALL tennis strokes be hit with two hands then since God gave us two hands? No, God gave us two hands so we could eat with one and wipe our ass with the other.

BTW, I'll bet God himself plays with a one-handed backhand since he is all powerful, so has the strength to hit with only one hand. I even have proof since God = Roger Federer.

 

[West Coast Ace]

Must be sad to be stuck on a player who's long retired. Might as well go find another sport to follow.

 

[sinatra161]

Sampras is to Tennis what Michael Jordan was to Basketball,Tiger Woods to golf,Babe Ruth to Baseball,Wayne Gretzky to Hockey,etc...

 

[asman]

Oh my God! Ten out of ten!!! I'm the ultimate tennis purist!!! Don't shoot me!!!

I add my eleventh symptom....to mimic Sampras' serve every now and then at home or elsewhere, gripping pens, spoons, knives, cordless phones!!!!
And the #12: no other tennis dressing than total white look (as my avatar confirms)!
That's sickness.....please help me!
:mrgreen:

 

[vkartikv]

What about wearing shorts that look like pjs were cut in half (the sampras look)? does that qualify?
And sticking my tongue out before serving?