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January 29

Sweaty game

Which game can give us great sweat during playing — Preceding unsigned comment added by SIVA SUBRAMANIAN.S (talk • contribs) 16:38, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All of them if you play in a sauna. --Jayron32 19:13, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lol I thought of the same answer when I read this yesterday. Shadowjams (talk) 08:09, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The World Sauna Championships? But "game" and "playing" may not apply well. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:30, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It also depends on your level of fitness... The more unfit and larger person you are, the more likely you are to sweat... An old family friend of mine would have sweat patches form just playing cards - the stress of it would make him sweat... gazhiley 09:30, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking of a game that requires protective clothing. Fencing is a very good option, but it can be done in air-conditioned premises. So I'm going for cricket, nearly always played outdoors in the heat of summer, and much of it in hot climates, such as India. Batsmen will wear a fair bit of protective clothing as well as the usual whites. --Dweller (talk) 12:50, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a study that says the sweatiest Olympic sport is Men's singles tennis. I'm sure I read somewhere that Squash (sport) is the sweatiest sport, and it's certainly high on the list of cardiovascular exertion, but I can't find a decent reference right now. - Cucumber Mike (talk) 13:06, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We might do better to list games which don't make you sweat. Games played in water come to mind, like water polo. Winter sports can still make you sweat, though. Games played at a comfortable temperature, with little physical exertion, and which aren't stressful, would also be sweat-free. StuRat (talk) 21:21, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As someone who used to swim many laps, remembering how sweaty I became on hot days after leaving the water and drying with a towel, my pure OR tells me that one does sweat in water sports, but the sweat remains in the water. (Don't think too deeply about this next time you're at a public pool.) HiLo48 (talk) 21:40, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's sweating after leaving the pool. I believe pores close when submerged in water. If they did not, then the body would absorb too much water (if in fresh water) or lose too much water (if in salt water), upsetting your water balance. StuRat (talk) 21:51, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Studies on sports like waterpolo and swimming show a small to moderate sweat rate can occur when you exercise in water at high intensity. Many people do not realise you can sweat underwater. Adapted from: Rehrer, N. J., and L. M. Burke. Sweat losses during various sports. Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. 53(4): S13-S16, 1996" [1]. Alansplodge (talk) 17:45, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's a reason Wrestling matches are limited to (3) two minute rounds. My son demonstrated this last night. Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 20:15, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Where to find lyrics

i would like to know were to find the lyrics of a song — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.119.232.214 (talk) 21:57, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are the above two posts in any way related to each other? -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 23:06, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the earlier question as vanity/spam and added a new header. Astronaut (talk) 19:41, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The proper, legitimate way to find lyrics is to see if the artist has published them somewhere, on a CD booklet for example. You might have to ask their publisher/label. However, I find the easiest way is to search the internet for "lyrics" plus the song title or a fragment of the lyrics you do know, using quotes to ensure you are searching for the whole phrase rather then the individual words. Lyrics websites are very easy to find, though the publishing of the lyrics is probably unlicensed and likely to be created by someone simply listening to the song - so they could contain errors (see mondegreen). Astronaut (talk) 19:51, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Those online lyrics sites are definitely error-laden, and often also spam-laden. So they're not reliable sources, but they are a reasonable guideline, especially for trying to figure out what someone is saying in a semi-garbled line of a song. Not necessarily correct, but at least a clue. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:42, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]