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Hello, Sweetie

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Our poor Doctor. He’s so harangued by River Song. LOL. Even the brief, surprise greeting of, “Hello, Sweetie,” elicits such a hangdog response that you just want to put your arm around The Doctor and tell him that everything will be okay. Being out of the loop, I had no idea there was a current running through fandom with theories about River. I’m pretty bad to take a plot point at face value and just let the story play out, but now I’m dying to get into the conspiracy theorists’ minds.

That’s the big difference with the new series; it’s smarter. Certainly not to disparage RTD’s helm, which was still largely better than anything else on television, but the nuances now are just a bit more mature and cerebral. Perhaps the least cerebral clue, as I mentioned before, is “The Crack” and though I did not spot the crack in the episode, it’s FINALLY being seen by The Doctor in the preview for next week’s episode. Next week’s episode, by the way, looks to be full of excitement, and motion, and intrigue.

In what I consider to be the mark of greatness for a show, a Twitter friend of mine is just getting into Doctor Who, and I’m proud to have him jump on board with Eleven and Amy. Welcome to the greatest show on Earth. Or Gallifrey. Or Raxacoricofallapatorius. Or, well, you get the picture. With The Doctor and the TARDIS, anything is possible!

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  14. My name is Mike, a normal American guy, and back in 2018 I accidentally
    discovered one of the weirdest sports on Earth: car jitsu.

    In case this sounds unfamiliar, don’t worry. The entire concept sounds like a joke.

    Two competitors climb inside a tiny automobile and try to grapple each other while being trapped between the cramped interior.
    Yes, really. In most sports you have a ring, but in CarJitsu your battlefield is a cramped car interior.
    That is why people laugh when they first hear about
    it.

    The sport has tournaments, championships, local events, and exhibition matches.

    Athletes travel to compete and try to prove who can adapt best to the strange environment.
    Different from most athletic competitions, every movement is limited by the vehicle’s
    interior. That creates hilarious moments. One second someone looks like a champion, and the next second they are trapped near the steering wheel.

    At that time I was heavily interested in competitive sports.
    I watched football, basketball, MMA, and wrestling.

    I also spent time reading about sports betting. Friends often discussed sportsbooks.
    Sometimes names like 1xBet would appear in conversations about major sporting
    events, although CarJitsu was usually too strange to be the main topic.

    Late one evening I saw a video clip online. At first I thought it was satire.
    Competitive fighters were trying to wrestle inside a
    parked car while spectators were laughing, cheering,
    and recording videos. I laughed so hard that coffee nearly came out
    of my nose. Yet the more I watched, the more fascinated I became.

    A few weeks later, I found a local event and decided to attend.
    The event was unforgettable. There were fans discussing athletic techniques and sports culture.

    Some people even joked about which athlete would be the favorite
    if a sportsbook ever offered odds on the matches.

    Watching was not enough. I signed up for beginner training.

    My first session was a disaster. I hit my head on the roof, got stuck near a
    seat, and accidentally opened a door at the
    worst possible moment. Even I laughed at myself. Yet I kept coming back.

    Week after week, I improved. I learned how to use positioning,
    leverage, balance, and timing. The car stopped feeling tiny.
    Soon I was entering small tournaments. My friends thought I was
    completely crazy. Whenever someone asked what sport I practiced, the conversation usually went
    like this:

    “CarJitsu.”

    “What is that?”

    “Imagine wrestling inside a car.”

    “You’re joking.”

    “No, that’s the actual sport.”

    The funniest and wildest experience happened during
    a tournament a few years later. My opponent was built like
    a truck. He looked like he could bench-press a refrigerator.
    Before the match started, he smiled and said, “You’re going to need luck.”
    I should have listened.

    The match began, chaos exploded. We bounced between seats, bumped into doors, and nearly tangled
    ourselves in everything inside the vehicle. The crowd was roaring.
    Everyone was losing their minds.

    Then came the moment I will never forget.

    My opponent grabbed the car seat belt and accidentally turned it into what looked like a crazy lasso.
    As we struggled for position, the belt snapped
    across the cabin and wrapped around me in the strangest way imaginable.
    For a second I thought, “I can’t believe this is happening”

    He pulled, I twisted, the seat belt locked, the door opened slightly,
    and both of us somehow ended up tangled together like two confused octopuses.

    The audience was laughing so hard that some people could barely stay in their seats.
    It looked completely ridiculous.

    For a brief moment, I genuinely thought my opponent was
    going to crush me. Fortunately, the officials quickly intervened when things became unsafe, and the situation was resolved without serious injury.

    Afterward we both burst out laughing. Spectators cheered.

    Even today people who were there still talk about “the legendary belt tangle.”

    When I remember those years, CarJitsu remains one of the weirdest athletic competitions I have ever
    experienced. It gave me countless funny moments. Whether people are discussing sports, betting, sportsbooks, competitions,
    or events, very few things create reactions like CarJitsu.

    When people want to hear a crazy sports story, I always tell them about the
    day I climbed into a car in 2018 and accidentally
    became a CarJitsu competitor. The reaction is always the same.
    But after hearing about tournaments, athletes,
    training sessions, sports fans, betting conversations, sportsbook discussions, and my unforgettable seat
    belt battle, they usually agree on one thing:

    CarJitsu is wonderfully ridiculous.

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