Today the Olympics start, I always try to watch the opening ceremony and after Beijing setting the bar so high London has its work cut out. I don't watch the events anymore, the idea of amateur sports left years ago, these are all professional athletes at least those from most countries and all those from first world nations. Athletes from places like Bangladeshi who have never won a metal will send their one or two hero's to wave their flag.

Of course who lights the torch is always a big surprise, I am betting it will be one of the royals, William and Kate come to mind but being that this is the year of the Queen, and that they have been celebrating that all year I would not rule her out.

So for the next 17 days, NBC will be the Olympics, we will get to hear all the special interest stories, you know the ones that tug at your heart, we will get to see the girls gymnastics, swimming, and some of the track events. You will get to see a splash of some events but all in all the events you really want to see will be preempted for that special interest story that you could care less about.

Finally when its over the last night I will watch the closing and remember this quote.

A Hero's welcome

"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. And a slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting."

I have a much better idea -- naked Olympics, just like the Greeks did the first Olympics. Wrestling and most gymnastics would be lots more fun. Four years ago in Beijing, several of those whole-body speedo suits for the swimmers actually burst and the swimmer were left with their bare buttocks hanging out. No one complained.

And those synchronized divers swimsuits that could be mirror images - great for women's diving but lousy on the men's speedos. I suggest mirror tattoos or body paint.

To make the synchronized swimming more interesting, I would add barracuda and sharks to the water. Kind of pping the level of anticipation.

I also think that beach volleyball should be performed without a ball after all it is the quintessential male game of scantily clad women jumping around. Hey, I'm not being sexist, I'm only taking the pretense out of it.

I think that the "hop, skip, and jump" should be required viewing in all legislative houses in the Congress and Fifty states in the USA.

I think BuffySquirrel (big frigging whoopee, I'm recycling another post from another site) can close her draperies, turn off the TV and sit next to her aromatherapy candle while reading Little Nell for the next ten days.

There is an effort to make POLE DANCING an Olympic Event in 2016. Lotsa Luck with that one.

Mitt Romney could sponsor the Olympic Food Fight in the cafeteria, after all, it's only Brit cuisine and no great loss to the culinary and gastronomic world. Twits for Mitt.

Several hazards in the Equestrian jumping events should be peasants bowing and pressed servants from the Queen's staff. ALSO, I want an Olympic horse poo shoveling event - farthest fling from a shovel, largest pile of puckies...

I want to resurrect Einstein, Bahnhofer, and Sigmund Freud to analyze and explain TEAM PURSUIT on bicycles on a oval track when they can just ditch the bikes and run across the track and beat the crap out of their opponents.

Taking that thought one step further, THE WINTER Olympics, Naked, So the guy is doing the giant slalom you know the ones blue flags on the left red on the right, you know now days they bend at the base because the skiers come so close, now change that a bit and drive those bad boys into the ground, NOW we will find out what kind of skiers we really are and how many of them will become members of this site.

Pairs Ice Skating, yea right.

Damn Dave, now I am going to be picturing that for the rest of the day.

Hurdles, steeplechase. :D

dammit Dave.

River

I wish to revise who I think will light the final torch.

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister

The first person to run the mile in under 4 minutes.

River

Hmm, the Olympics, I used to watch when I was younger, but have no real desire today. I heard they were going to try to have more covering for the ladies in beach volleyball. England has beaches?

Nude speed skating! I'd pay money to see that.

Of course, diving/swimming is about as close to nude as you can get.

I'm waiting for the false flag terror event, too, or the alien invasion, which will of course be faked.

Paolo wrote: Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:44 pm Nude speed skating! I'd pay money to see that.

Of course, diving/swimming is about as close to nude as you can get.

I'm waiting for the false flag terror event, too, or the alien invasion, which will of course be faked.

Men's gymnastics. Yum. Always reminds me of the year I dated a gymnast from the U of MN.

Paolo wrote: Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:44 pm Nude speed skating! I'd pay money to see that.

I would think there would be significant "shrinkage" involved with being naked on the ice. You might not see as much as you hope.

Of course whichever gender interests you, that powerful back and forth swaying motion that speed skaters use could be hypnotic.

There is this hot Greek jumper who has been disqualified by her nation over a joke.

Regarding the influx of Africans and West Nile Virus carrying mosquitoes, I thought it was funny.

( )0( ) the Geeks have their heads stuffed, so far, up . . . .

They P.C.'ed her out of the games.

I am not an athlete but, I respect the amount of time and energy she dedicated training and qualifing for this event.

A light hearted joke is not worth a disqualification. It isn't Child Abuse.

This Olympics has started bitter for me.

Also, the cute Aussie whose dance video went viral did not make her team. I would have loved to see her "Gold Medal" dance But, she was not booted over P.C. It was disappointing, but fair as can be.

Moi

I hope a future event will be Ladies Lingerie Football now that they dropped synchronized swimming.

Cainanite (imported) wrote: Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:55 pm I would think there would be significant "shrinkage" involved with being naked on the ice. You might not see as much as you hope.

LOL buddy