January 1, 2005
Column 176
The Carnival Miracle, Darts and the Little Bird
Here is some advice for male darters everywhere, notably those of you who are approaching an important anniversary with your significant other and are thinking of taking a cruise: pack either your darts or your woman, NOT both.
To think you can …
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December 14, 2004
Column 175
Babel Darts
One dark and dreary night, almost ten years ago, I wrote my first column about darts. It was a horrendous piece of writing (not that I have improved over the years) and a sad, sad day for the sport of darts.
I posted it from Beijing (a city …
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December 1, 2004
Column 174
A NICE Story about Tonya Harding and Darts
There is one thing I want to make perfectly clear: it was my wife, Marylou, who put it in my mind to track down Bad Girl Tonya Harding, arrange to hook up for a few games of darts, and then write this …
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November 1, 2004
Column 173
We’re Called the Little Willies. We’re BAD. We lie.
I joined a new darts league recently. It’s called the BAD League. I’m not sure what it was called before I showed up.
I’m also not sure why my other league threw me out.
And I sure as hell have no …
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October 12, 2004
Column 172
Call Samuel N. Zammuto and tell him what YOU think!
LONDON (Reuters) — In a move that sent shock waves throughout the international darting community yesterday, Tim Darby, Chief Executive of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) announced that eleven-time World Champion, Phil Taylor, is to be banned from all PDC-sanctioned …
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October 1, 2004
Column 171
Mr. Blobby Visits DARTS CHAT
One of the really nifty things these days is that you don’t have to actually go to a bar to talk about darts. Nope. All you have to do is log onto the Internet and click your way to any number of electronic chat “rooms” …
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September 1, 2004
Column 170
Save Money! Attract the Opposite Sex! Improve your Game!
At a darts tournament there are many rituals shared by both the novice and professional darter. Off the oche, throughout the ebb and flow of a weekend, we each participate in a series of routines that, just like following a 180 …
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August 4, 2004
Column 169
Stop the Caterpillars!
PLEASE HELP NOW!!!
Children in Vietnam are being ATTACKED by caterpillars!!
YES, it’s amazing but true.
Billions of wiggly caterpillars have descended like a plague upon a remote village in Kon Tum province. In the small schoolhouse there dozens of very poor deaf and hearing impaired youngsters …
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July 5, 2004
Column 168
Images…
Late one morning, just outside the hall, a lone man stood.
Dressed in pressed black trousers, shined black shoes and a loose-fitting, dark collared shirt accented with licks of red and orange fire across the front, he stood apart from the milling crowd, absorbed in private thoughts that were …
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July 4, 2004
Column 167
It’s Showtime!
One week ago, some 350 men and women from all over the world, including England, a country somewhere in Europe, began to gather in Las Vegas for the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) 3rd Annual Desert Classic darts tournament. Following four qualifying rounds and four days of intense stage …
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