I tuned in for about 40 min of Olympics last night and got the whole Olympo-tainment spectrum. There was the tear-jerker about the 33-year-old gymnast who competes for Germany after bringing her young son from Russia to get needed treatment for leukemia. It's her FIFTH Olympics...and the leukemia is in remission. Then there was some ill-defined, pseudo-scandal about a hot French swimmer who was dating a hot Italian swimmer who broke up with the former to date another hot Italian swimmer. The latter two may or may not have posted nude pics of the hot French swimmer on the web. Well, um (as Owen would say), the BEST part was in the showdown between the two hot swimmers, a homely Brit took the gold!
None of that compared to the thrilling underdog U.S. men's 4x100 freestyle relay win over the haughty French ("We will smash them" they said -- sure, there may have been some laxity with the translation; the actual quote in French was probably "I hope we are victorious"). I was actually shouting at the TV, which I can't remember happening with a non-major sport.
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NON-MAJOR sport? Are you crazy? Swimming is as major as it gets...remember the thorpedo?
we have to turn to the late, great George Carlin to answer this one:
"...People think hockey is a sport. It's not. Hockey is three activities taking place at the same time: ice skating, fooling around with a puck, and beating the s$%^ out of somebody. If these guys had more brains then teeth, they'd do these things one at a time. First go ice-skating, then fool around with a puck, then you go to the bar and beat the s&*^ out of somebody. The day would last longer, and these guys would have a lot more fun. Another reason why hockey isn't a sport is that it's not played with a ball. Anything not played with a ball can't be a sport. These are my rules, I make 'em up.
Soccer. Soccer is not a sport because you can't use your arms. Anything where you can't use your arms can't be a sport. Tap dancing isn't a sport. I rest my case.
Running. People think running is a sport. Running isn't a sport because anybody can do it. I can run, you can run. For Christ sakes, my mother can run! You don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated, do you?
Swimming. Swimming isn't a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense. Sailing isn't a sport. Sailing is a way to get somewhere. Riding the bus isn't a sport, why the f%^& should sailing be a sport?
Boxing is not a sport either. Boxing is a way to beat the s#$% out of somebody. In that respect, boxing is actually a more sophisticated way of hockey...
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