Darts - possible career path?

[Mike McCarty]

I was motoring through the TV channels over the weekend and came across the ESPN coverage of the Embassy World Dart competition.

For those interested, it was John 'Boy' Walton who took his first ever Embassy World Darts title - and the

[Michele Rushworth]

Seems like the same hand/eye co-ordination would be required in darts as in painting. Fine manipulations of long pointy objects, and that sort of thing.

I used to have a dartboard up behind where my easel is now. Maybe I should never have taken it down....

[Steven Sweeney]

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Thanks to all for playing, and we'll see you next time.

[Mike McCarty]

Hmmm, whole number you say, would that be Celsius or pints? Steven, that looks a little like Dartanion without the hat.

I keep trying to think of that right angle.

Burt Rutan was able to fund a manned space flight because there was a rich dude, Paul Allen, that cared. Someone bankrolled team tennis. That little Asian dude is touring the country singing the national anthem in baseball parks, and Tom Hankey came in second place in a dart competition in Frimley Green, and won $47,611.20!

All this is going on while our brethren are winning chump change at the international portrait competition.

All can rest assured that I am thinking on this matter. There is no off position on the genius switch. Now if I can just find a genius.

And I would like some consideration for editing out what I was going to include in this post.

[Mike McCarty]

For some reason this really bugs me.

Binion's 2003 World Series of Poker Tour:

20th place $ 45,000
12th place $ 80,000
5th place $ 320,000
3rd place $ 650,000
1st place $2,500,000

The 2004 event will be $5,000,000 to the winner!

International Portrait competition:

Grand Prize best of show $5,000
1st place $2,000
2nd place $1,500
3rd place $500

[Mike McCarty]

There is no off position on the genius switch. Now if I can just find a genius.

I think I found my genius, he