Wimbledon And Snooker.......

[10ClarionSt]

...........the only sports where the players get a round of applause for having used the toilet when they come back to the arena. Oh, I say! (Dan Maskell voice!)

[Cloverjo]

I know. A bit strange, isn’t it?
I would guess some players do that just to get a little boost.

[jno]

yonks ago I remember the Carol Burnett Show where she and Julie Andrews (a frequent guest) were answering questions from the audience, and a woman put up her hand and asked "Where's the ladies' room?" Carol kindly pointed her in the right direction, but when she came back to her seat Carol and Julie led the whole audience in chanting "We know where you've been, we know where you've been..."

[DTCwordfan]

15 - love
30 -love
30 - 15
30 - 30
40 - 30
40 -40 - Deuce and 'Poop' - did the original 'Jeu de Paume' 'clock scoring-system' allow for toilet-breaks? Maybe that's why someone reduced it from 45 to 40 seconds...?

[ichkeria]

The slow handclapping when players contest calls at Wimbledon really bugs me.

As an aside, I was listening on the car radio yesterday to Svitolina v Sviatek, and was infuriated by possibly the worst tennis - or even sports in general commentary I have ever heard. Marion Bartoli was the co-commentator and she wasn't the chief culprit: her colleague rarely described a point properly, or made it clear who had won it, and managed to talk over our only remaining hope of finding out: the umpire. At one point they were gossiping as a rally was in progress. When she was replaced: what a difference.
They'll never properly replace Max Roberston :-)

[New Judge]

To be honest, tennis was not designed for radio.

[ichkeria]

It's not, but some commentators (Jonathan Overend notably) do it well.
Max Roberston tho was amazing.

[Hopkirk]

As one comedian said when an audience member came out of the toilets
"Could you hear us in there? Because we could certainly hear you out here."

[Arrods]

The crowd at Wimbledon would applaud a dog turd if it rolled onto the court.