How We used To Play VI
Sports
Olympic swimming competitions like the 100m breaststroke or 400m medley may no longer pose quite the challenge they once did. To up the ante, consider bringing back the 1900 Paris Summer Games' “Swimming Obstacle Course.”
From Colombia with love
Transport, Happiness, The Road
Have you ever visited Colombia? Have you ever met a Colombian? No?
How We Used to Play V
Sports
In 1908, Great Britain managed to slip three motorboat races into the Olympic Games. But bad weather forced most of the competitors to give up mid-race, leaving the gold medal to the only two boats that finished.
The Love Commandos
Superheroes, Marriage
In a country where 90% of the population can’t fall in love, a motley group of middle aged men fight to protect those who do.
How We Used to Play IV
Sports
A long-lived event that ended only in 1932, the Olympic rope climb required athletes to shimmy up an 8-meter rope and whack a tambourine.
How We Used to Play III
Sports
In 1900, a Belgian sharpshooter named Leon de Lunden killed 21 pigeons to win the gold medal in live pigeon shooting.