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Originally Posted by Skybird
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Originally Posted by Marcantilan
Well, is widely known Tennis started in the First World War, when a german soldier threw a grenade at a british one.
Then the british threw it back...then the german...
Voleyball originated the same way, only with taller soldiers involved.
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Hence the German games of "Brennball" and "Völkerball".  |
And hence the name "tennis", as
ten is the number to count to before the delayed action grenades go off. :p