“It’s like if hockey, soccer, and baseball had a baby, and they joined a gang that liked to balance eggs.”
It’s always pretty funny to see people who aren’t Irish react to hurling.
Even if you show a brief clip of a hurling match to someone from a different country, they react like you’ve just shown them the most horrible video they’ve seen in their lives.
And as confusing or barbaric as it may seem to non-Irish folk, we understand it, and we love it.
Which is why it’s always good to see it get a bit of a mention on the global stage.
On Sunday night’s episode of the animated comedy Bob’s Burgers, Irish comedian Sharon Horgan was a guest star, and the Belcher family popped round to her house for a visit.
Horgan’s character, Cathleen, had a game of hurling on in the background, which intrigued the Belchers.
Teddy asks: “What sport are you watching here? What is this? Grass Hockey? People polo?”, to which Cathleen replies: “It’s like if hockey, soccer, and baseball had a baby, and they joined a gang that liked to balance eggs.”
Fairly spot on description, to be honest…
It looks like they’re showing an animated version of Cork vs Tipperary, so they probably picked a good game to watch too.
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