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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1920<br />
| date = November 24, 2017<br />
| title = Emoji Sports<br />
| image = emoji_sports.png<br />
| titletext = No horse has yet managed the elusive Quadruple Crownโwinning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes, and the Missouri Horse Hole.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Emoji<br />
!Sport<br />
!Description<br />
|-<br />
|๐คฝ๐<br />
|Lavaball<br />
|Throwing a ball into the an active volcano would quickly end the game <br />
|-<br />
|๐คพโโ๏ธ๐คบ<br />
|Bladeball<br />
|Would also lead to the quick destruction of the ball <br />
|-<br />
|๐๐โฝ<br />
|Fancyball<br />
|It would be difficult to kick a giant football while wearing high heels (though possible with a normal sized one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GykP0XsLIA)<br />
|-<br />
|๐ณ๏ธ๐๐๐<br />
|Horse hole<br />
|Horses might not cooperate or be serious injured when raced into a large hole. Not to be confused with horse golf, which is one way of describing polo.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ช๐โ๏ธ<br />
|Basketball Shredding<br />
|Another sport which would be destructive on the equipment<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฅ๐ญ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ<br />
|Eggspotting<br />
|A popular sport on Pinterest <br />
|-<br />
|โท๏ธ๐<br />
|Alligator Jumping<br />
|Fast paced and popular spectator sport but limited season when both snow and alligators are readily available. This is actually a crocodile emoji. Not to be confused with "jumping the shark".<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฉ๐ฃ๐งโโ๏ธ<br />
|Merfishing<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|๐จ๐ธ๐ง๐ธ๐ฉ<br />
|Tinkerball<br />
|Playing badminton with a fairy, named after [[wikipedia:Tinker Bell|Tinker Bell]]<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ<br />
|Hedgehog Curling<br />
|Hedgehogs are generally perfectly capable of curling without assistance (although they may get stuck on the ice)<br />
|-<br />
|๐๏ธ๐<br />
|Burger Clamping<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฉโ๐๐น๐ฐ๏ธ<br />
|Consequence archery<br />
|Archery on a space station would lead to the decompression of the space station, and necessitate the evacuation of the astronauts aboard.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฆโก๏ธ๐ฌ<br />
|Owlstuffing<br />
|Although the flag is up, the mailbox seems to be missing mail. Possible reference to Harry Potter owls carrying mails.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ด๐ฏ๏ธ๐ด<br />
|Candle Eating<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|โณ๐ฃ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ<br />
|Consequence Golf<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|๐๐๐<br />
|Snake Shaming<br />
|A Judeo-Christian ritual; reminding serpents that their legless nature is an act of divine shaming.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฅ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ<br />
|Hell Escape<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ<br />
|Multiplayer Avocado<br />
|May lead to guacamole. Very different from the adult version, multiplayer eggplant.<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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