Watching the World Cup I'm always struck by how ugly the trophy is. It looks like a smelting mistake and it melted into an indistinguishable lump. Which brings me to what do you thnk is the ugliest sports trophy? Our own Stanley Cup would be a major contender, I think. We're used to how it looks, but essentially it resembles a multi level garbage can. Wimbledon's platters are pretty pathetic, too but at least they could be used for serving roast chicken.
Ugliest Trophy
- Thread starter Cock Throppled
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What's your choice for the prettiest trophy?
Good = NFL trophy. Simple and to the point. No mistaking what it is for.
Bad =
That hockey world cup trophy from a couple of years back. That weird cup thingy.
Baseball world series trophy. Just a bunch of flags?
Good = NFL trophy. Simple and to the point. No mistaking what it is for.
Bad =
That hockey world cup trophy from a couple of years back. That weird cup thingy.
Baseball world series trophy. Just a bunch of flags?
H
Hardatwork
I've never been fond of this type...
Call me a hypocrite, but the hunting of other game like deer and moose don't bother me as much, maybe because I can justify it by saying that most people that hunt deer and moose do so for food. I know that you can eat a bear, but it seems that the primary reason people hunt bear is for sport, which seems wrong to me.
Call me a hypocrite, but the hunting of other game like deer and moose don't bother me as much, maybe because I can justify it by saying that most people that hunt deer and moose do so for food. I know that you can eat a bear, but it seems that the primary reason people hunt bear is for sport, which seems wrong to me.
^ dang, that's the one I meant. I loved watching the Canadian players handling that thing when they were skating around the ice.
I know what you mean H@W, there's something about bears that make them a little harder to killHardatwork said:
I think its that they seem a little closer to us, some more than others (the ladies who've seen me naked know what I'm talking about ) then a deer or elk.Not exactly, the info contained in the BC Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis states:Sir Jim said:
17.to kill wildlife (with the exception of grizzly bear, cougar or a fur bearing animal other than a black bear) and fail to remove from the carcass the edible portions of the four quarters and loins to the person’s normal dwelling place or to a meat cutter or the owner or operator of a cold storage plant. A person who kills wildlife is exempted from the requirement to remove the edible portions if that person transfers possession of the wildlife to a recipient who complies with the requirement. Edible portions do not include meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of taking. Of grizzly bear, cougar or a furbearing animal other than a black bear, the hide must be removed to the person’s normal dwelling place or to a meat cutter, the owner or operator of a cold storage plant or to a taxidermist,tanner or a fur trader. A person who kills wildlife is exempted from the requirement to remove the hide if that person transfers possession of the wildlife to another person who complies with the requirement.
Interested in selling any of them?Sir Jim said:
I would never sell any of my trophies but most taxidermists have plenty of mounts that people order and never pay for that would be available. Black bears are so numerous in BC that they sell for quite cheap. (Certainly so if compared to pooner / SP prices!)
Cock Throppled said:
The Stanley Cup is nothing more than a punch bowl.
Lord Stanley had one of his aides, Captain Charles Colville, purchase a silver punch bowl from G.R. Collis & Co. (a silversmith shop) in London, England for $50.
The punch bowl was engraved with it's name (Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup) and voila... it became a hockey trophy.
Interesting note... nowhere is the trophy called 'The Stanley Cup'. The trophy's name is the 'Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup'.
'Stanley Cup' is just a nickname.
There are also 8 women's names engraved on the Stanley Cup.
I personally like what the Stanley Cup has evolved in to. It may have started out as a punchbowl, but the extended base has taken it a long way from the original look. It looks like a trophy to me.
As for the ugliest trophy ever, that Frank Gehry abomination has got to take the cake. Looks like a fuckin' vase. Guess we all know which way Frank swings.
I personally like what the Stanley Cup has evolved in to. It may have started out as a punchbowl, but the extended base has taken it a long way from the original look. It looks like a trophy to me.
As for the ugliest trophy ever, that Frank Gehry abomination has got to take the cake. Looks like a fuckin' vase. Guess we all know which way Frank swings.
