Let's .. Play.. DARTS!

I never used to watch darts, nor have I ever really played it (except the time I made holes at a friend's place when they had a darts circle), but it is an exciting sport to watch. I think it is one of the things I picked up here.

Now its the Bavaria championship, and you see the world's best competing. The Dutch and world best is Raymond van Barneveld. Before the start of each match, the fat announcer (also ref.) begins by the typical sentence, "lets play darts", similar to the sentence "lets get ready to rumble". Each darts player comes down accompanied by his own choice of music, and a hall full of fans start cheering and singing or dancing. For example, Raymond's piece is Rocky, Fitton's piece is madness and Fordham has I am too sexy for your shirt, too sexy for your shirt..(you know the song, we all bought the single when it came out). Then they start playing. It is intense sometimes, the match can hang on one dart.

Most of the players have a big belly, mostly from drinking beer, and some have odd jobs, like undertakers.

You have to watch a few games so you can enjoy it, same with other sports, such as baseball or American football, once you watch a few you get hooked.

"Lalala lalala...lalala lalala...
ik Ik kwam jou tegen ooh weeee oooo,
jij was verlegen ooh weeee oooo.
Loop nu al dagen ooh weeee oooo,
want ik wil je wat vragen ooh weeee oooooooooooo

Heb je even voor mij,
maak wat tijd voor me vrij.
Ieder uur van de dag denk ik steeds aan jouw lach alleen jij maakt me blij."