Talk About The Olympics

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 12th, 2008, 10:56 pm

One of the finest young gymnasts is named Nastia Luken
she lives about 10 miles from where I do, local girl

I sure would have hated to grow up in Texas public school
with a name like Nastia Luken
(how long do you think it would have taken the boys to come up with the obvious variation: Nasty Lookin?)

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 14th, 2008, 12:46 am

Phelps is a joy to watch. He's like an android, some mutant creature, Aqua-Man. He makes it look like there is nobody else in the pool.

Now I'm watching badminton. It's much more satisfying to watch than tennis. I can actually see the cock. It's moving slow enough for my mind.

Post by **stilltrucking** » August 14th, 2008, 5:08 am

Georgia beat Russia at beach volleyball
Some consolation I guess.

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 14th, 2008, 1:22 pm

Olympic Soap Opera--Fairy Tale

The first thing that I thought when I thought when I saw the Chinese girls gymnastics team was, 'is this Romper Room?, kindergarten?'

They all looked like fairies.

Ok, I'm not too culturally literate in Chinese. Maybe they have a way to keep the girls small. You know, foot wrapping or something.

But these girls looked younger than 16 to me.

Now it looks as if there is a scandal brewing about this. The American team got the silver and would have a gold if the Chinese team was disqualified for trafficing in underaged girls. Olympic white (oops, yellow) slavery.

The Chinese say they have documents to prove that the girls were old enough. Of course the only problem with this method of verification is that the Chinese government made the documents. I could print a document that said I graduated Cum Laude from Harvard as a Doctor of Everything if I wanted, and hang it on my wall.

Personally I don't care how old the girls are. They performed beautifully. They deserved the gold. But when you enter a contest that has rules, it is always disappointing when someone, especially the winner, doesn't follow them.

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 14th, 2008, 3:04 pm

Better Than the Olympics

I was flipping through the channels
Texas has its own version of Olympic games
it's called the High Speed Chase

CNN had live coverage from Houston
it lasted forty minutes
the helicopter camera on every turn

It was like a Bruce Willis movie
the guy was good
gallant in his desperate way

he had a hundred cop cars
and several helicopters on his tail
he wasn't going to get away
surely he must have known that

but he kept running
dodging
making agile moves

maybe he was looking for his
forty minutes of fame
but watching it was
better than the Olympics
what a volley!

Gold Medal in the High Speed Chase!

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 14th, 2008, 10:49 pm

It's almost time for my favorite Olympic event:
the women's individual gymnastics competition

The Americans look like they have it this year
number one and two are Nasy Lookin and Shawn Johnson

they are like Astaire and Kelly
Nasty is elegant and graceful
Johnson is physical and powerful

This ought to be good

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 15th, 2008, 3:06 am

It was a joy to watch the girl's gymnasts win gold and silver
I thought that the judges were going to rob them but
no reasonable person could deny their excellence
Nasty Lookin was pure perfection with a steel gaze
and Shawn was a joy in pure pixie dust

Phelps continues his amazing performance
most decorated Olympian in history
If they put all his gold medals on him and threw him in the pool
he would drown

Post by **judih** » August 15th, 2008, 4:17 am

i saw shawn and nastiya and pavlova and the Chinese with the eye shadow
love these gymnastics.

Post by **mnaz** » August 15th, 2008, 4:41 am

Such compact control and skill! "Gymnastics" is a word I'll have to work more into my everyday conversation... as in maybe, "don't make me do all these mental gymnastics", or something like that. Oh my. That was almost a Jack Handey moment..

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 15th, 2008, 1:30 pm

wikipedia

the most iconic image of the Olympic games
its the discus thrower. We see Hercules.

nude and spinning like a dervish
the discus thrower hurls his ancient frisbee

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 15th, 2008, 9:16 pm

this is my question:

Why do the Swiss have a beach volleyball team?
I guess it's like the Jamaicans having a bobsledding team.

Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 16th, 2008, 12:15 am

When Nasty Lookin' got the gold
she was on her cell phone in the next minute

I thought she was talking to General Mills about
getting on the Wheaties Box

but it turns out she was talking to her mother

Post by **Arcadia** » August 16th, 2008, 10:14 am

there is also a discóbolo statue one block from my dep in the boulevard!!! (I´m sure this time about it!). Beautiful!!

amazing to see a lot of absorted people seeing salto con garrocha last night in a bar!!!!!

Post by **Dave The Dov** » August 17th, 2008, 5:56 am

Last time I was really into the Olympics was 1984.
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Post by **Lightning Rod** » August 17th, 2008, 1:08 pm

Dave The Dov wrote:Last time I was really into the Olympics was 1984.

I was watching the 1984 Olympics from the day room

this girl stole my heart, but I was easy at the time

Ecatarina Szabo

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