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gotti
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Anybody else on here play squash? the game?

guarantee first post is a picture of the fruit.
May 17 2012 9:19PM
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Lansfield
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First post not fruit and no but it looks like fun
May 17 2012 9:20PM
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railbomber
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such an awesome sport, semi-steep learning curve i guess, but once you get good its bomb! Been playing for like a year and a half now.

My biggest pet peeve are glass walled courts, they deaden the bounce so harshly
May 17 2012 9:22PM
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ThundaKilla
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squash is a vegetable, but squash is sooo much fun. Wear goggles though my uncle lost his eye playing now hes like a pirate.
May 17 2012 9:23PM
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SpaghettiWizard
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Didn't read the word like right away but still a very funny way to describe them
May 17 2012 9:24PM
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2_fadez
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false.
it is a fruit.
The leaf and stalks of plants are the vegatables (spinach, lettuce, celery)
The stuff that is bore from the plant that grows off of it (containing seeds) is the fruit.
May 17 2012 9:24PM
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Batman.
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Squash looks like the dumbest sport until you actually play it once.

Then you realize it really is most boring/uninteresting sport ever.
May 17 2012 9:36PM
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2_fadez
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I prefer racquetball
May 17 2012 9:36PM
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ThundaKilla
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so thats why a tomato is a fruit? interesting
May 17 2012 9:37PM
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Batman.
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little known fact, Squash used to be called "Squash Racquets"

but yes, racquetball is 50 times more fun. when your sport is named after a fruit it definitely does not help attract new players.
May 17 2012 9:40PM
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2_fadez
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people think because it's in a salad, it's a vegetable.
thats usually why people get mixed up.
May 17 2012 9:51PM
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ThundaKilla
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does that mean a pumpkin is a fruit too?
May 17 2012 9:53PM
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2_fadez
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yes.
and your tim&eric icon suits the revelation you are having very well
May 17 2012 9:54PM
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ThundaKilla
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I never ate pumpkin pie 'cause i thought it was weird to eat a vegetable pie, might have to try it now.
May 17 2012 9:56PM
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2_fadez
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eat pecan pie instead. its fruit too
May 17 2012 10:00PM
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ThundaKilla
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WTF, why aren't they nuts.Is a peanut a fruit too?
May 17 2012 10:01PM
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2_fadez
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yep
May 17 2012 10:03PM
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ballsofsteeze
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walnuts too. one nut is in a case on top of its fruit. you can eat the fruit. i've tried it and it is disgusting.
May 17 2012 10:09PM
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2_fadez
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marijuana is also a fruit
May 17 2012 10:11PM
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SpaghettiWizard
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Dirt is a fruit.
May 17 2012 10:47PM
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Chief.Queef
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Eheath is a tomatoe.
May 17 2012 10:49PM
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iFlip
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I enjoy squash. I have played a lot more racquetball than squash, but actually prefer squash. It is more refined. Definitely harder to learn to play decent squash than decent racquetball. I also enjoy tennis. Racquetball and tennis are not complementary pursuits, as their strokes are so different. Taking a break from racquetball for a while I think.

Trivia fact: Putting that you play Squash on your application to Cornell gains you one point.

May 17 2012 11:24PM
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Caspaaa
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Pizza is a vegetable
May 17 2012 11:27PM
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e_strapp
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This thread is lulz
May 17 2012 11:28PM
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gotti
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Ya it definitely helps u for college. Ive been playing for 3 years now and play about 4 times a week. One thing that sucks is that the season is in the winter. So half my weekends r taken up with squash matches while my friends r shredding the hills.
May 17 2012 11:45PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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nope. its a flower. thats why its called "bud," because its a budding flower.
May 17 2012 11:52PM
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will_powder
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So you prefer old person squash?
May 18 2012 2:06AM
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