Health warning: Wii can be bad for your relationship

As seen on BBC3 sketch show The Wrong Door.

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Long John eschews shirt, socks, shoes

If there’s a finer role model for an aspiring golfer than John Daly, Polite Applause would like to meet him. Who needs a fancy shirt or spikes anyway? Let those man breasts breathe - Colin Montgomerie, take note.
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Daly tees off on a beer can…

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The Undertaker’s decision is final

Don’t expect too much wrestling action on Polite Applause (try our fictional sister site Arrogant Whooping), but if those steroid-fuelled hoodlums attack our beloved tennis then you need to know about it.
This Sky Sports HD advert show how different life would be if wrestlers were in the umpire’s chair. Andy Roddick [...]

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Two sports collide for advert

While golf and rugby are both equally worthy of Polite Applause, the politeness of exponents of the two sports on the field of play is not so equal. The point is demonstrated by this advert for Singapore Open…

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US captain admits secret addiction

American Ryder Cup captain has revealed he made a trip to what he described as “a crack house” to feed his cravings for table football. The 48-year-old is apparently obsessed by the game the Americans call foosball.

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Maintenance team take handcuffs off US team

US Ryder Cup skipper Paul Azinger has given a pep talk to the course staff at Valhalla to thank them for catering to his every whim. Who knows exactly what he has asked them to do that has helped the American team so much, but there is definitely no [...]

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Perfecting the ‘Jesus shot’

Tiger Woods may not be able to heal himself in time for the Ryder Cup, but on the evidence of this video he can walk on water. This EA Sports viral shows Tiger taking his shoes off and heading into the water Jean Van Der Velde-style. Golf’s messiah does not get his [...]

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Scottish tennis ace reveals dream composite tennis player

Have you ever played that game where you create the perfect tennis player out of the individual strokes of other players? No, neither have we - although we did watch Weird Science once and this is a bit like that, but without Kelly LeBrock - but just go [...]

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Classic Partridge for your lunch hour

If Polite Applause had a son, we’d call him Seve in tribute to the most famous Severiano in the world. The world needs more Seves.

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Man down!

Oh come on, we’ve all been there - just not in front of thousands of people.
Full marks to Sky commentator/ex-wafty England batsman David Gower for analysing the FAIL in such a professional manner.

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