And for today's 'learn something new everyday' piece, I give you this.....

[Burney]

It was invented in the Vedic period. 1,500-500BC. That's slightly before we had public school playgrounds. It's long before we (or anyone else) saw us as British.

You goras didn't invent every sport, you know?

From wiki:

the god Krishna played [kabaddi] in his youth, while the Mahabharata contains an account of Arjuna being able to sneak into hostile areas also take out enemies unscathed, which they are claiming that parallels the gameplay of kabaddi.

It was a joke.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

It was a joke.

I know.

I just wanted to put the bit about Krishna using His divine kabaddi skills to drive Arjuna's chariot behind enemy lines and back.

You should read the Mahabharata. It's full of juicy bits. One guy gets so pîssed off he goes off into the forest and meditates or a sex change. Things like that.

[Burney]

I know.

I just wanted to put the bit about Krishna using His divine kabaddi skills to drive Arjuna's chariot behind enemy lines and back.

You should read the Mahabharata. It's full of juicy bits. One guy gets so pîssed off he goes off into the forest and meditates or a sex change. Things like that.

Pffft. If I wanted to be bombarded with fantastical nonsense, I'd listen to a Labour leadership debate.