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] Date Posted: 20:51:45 12/08/04 Wed In reply to: Ben.M(UK) 's message, "Joke" on 18:05:27 12/08/04 Wed I have a vague recollection of seeing a real elephant-based ballgame up that way once. It wasn't in Nepal, but some Himalayan part of India... Assam or Sikkim or one of these ghastly places. Might even have been Dharamsala, but frankly I don't think that the Tibetans would allow it in case they come back as elephants or, worse, mahouts (terrible snobs those Tibs). Basically, a chap mounts an elephant, and directs the elephant to a large ball about the size of a beach-ball, which the elephant is encouraged to kick in this or that particular direction, depending on which team the elephant and rider are members of. Elephant football. Really. Elephant polo, in my opinion, is not so bizarre when you think that elephant soccer is an established game. Perhaps Torquhil Argyll wouldn't be a bad choice for team captain either. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |