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Friday, November 13, 2009
I don't know whether to laugh or cry...
Given the origins of the Modern Pentathlon, this is just Theatre Of The Absurd. Maybe they could replace fencing with Rock, Paper, Scissors. And has anyone checked on the environmental impact of those horses?
I wonder how much it will add to competition times in biathlon this winter when the shooters have to police up their .22 rimfire brass before leaving each shooting station.
One of the Gold Medalists from the '70s teaches at the Cheyenne Fencing Club on Colfax Ave in Denver. I'll try to get his opinion on this. [hysterical laughter ensues...] OldeForce
Tam, I like your comment, "I hear the Norwegian judge has already given Barack a perfect 10.0 in the Men’s 10-meter platform dive."
Good thing for him that I'm not the Olympic organizer; the pool would be empty.
I wonder how long before all Westerm nations military will follow this same path? If we do it, won't everyone else? Nobody will actually use the dreaded " real guns"?
Why not just use old Nintendo light pistols?
ReplyDeleteThe first officially gay Olympic event.
ReplyDeleteHoplophobes again.
ReplyDeleteHopefully they will get boycotted. it looks like a competing Olympics is needed. One that doesn't pretend not to be a martial event.
I hope I just had a really bad night and have woken up in bizarro-land.
ReplyDeleteJim
Do you suppose they'll eventually be able to use laser sights on the laser pistols?
ReplyDeleteYou mean rochambeau isnt already an olympic event?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Rock_Paper_Scissors_League
Oh good Ghodz!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOg wins the thread.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much it will add to competition times in biathlon this winter when the shooters have to police up their .22 rimfire brass before leaving each shooting station.
ReplyDeleteEd, don't give them the idea of picking up recyclables as an olympic event. They're beyond parody at this point.
ReplyDeleteThe first officially gay event was "solo synchronized swimming."
ReplyDeleteWhen did Kafka start working for the OIC?
Uh oh. That tears it. Patton's coming back from the grave over this. A zombie is bad news to begin with, but a Patton zombie?
ReplyDeleteWith a Pattern 1908 saber, no doubt.
One of the Gold Medalists from the '70s teaches at the Cheyenne Fencing Club on Colfax Ave in Denver. I'll try to get his opinion on this. [hysterical laughter ensues...]
ReplyDeleteOldeForce
Tam, I like your comment, "I hear the Norwegian judge has already given Barack a perfect 10.0 in the Men’s 10-meter platform dive."
ReplyDeleteGood thing for him that I'm not the Olympic organizer; the pool would be empty.
I wonder how long before all Westerm nations military will follow this same path? If we do it, won't everyone else? Nobody will actually use the dreaded " real guns"?
Art
Next step: riding competition converts to hobby horses, since those fartin' bastards can sure kick up the greenhouse gases!
ReplyDeleteI hear there are plans for the Biathlon in the next Winter Olympics, as well - they're going to change out the rifles for blowguns...
ReplyDeleteOh, and the blowgun darts have to have those little suction-cup thingies, of course.