Ce Ce Peniston provides surprise help for man with memory loss.

[wardytron]

I went out for lunch last weekend with Mumward, James Ward and James Ward's girlfriend Alexa. Mumward had phoned me and said she thought it might be a nice idea if the four of us went out and Mumward and I split the bill. Immediately I saw a glaring flaw in this plan, but because I didn't want to appear mean I agreed. Then as soon as I'd

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[rhodri]

I have to say that your description of the triple jump is to be found wanting. Simon Bates runs down a runway until he reaches a takeoff mark, from which the jump is measured. The takeoff mark is a "board", which is commonly implemented as a physical piece of wood or like material embedded in the runway, or a rectangle painted on the runway surface. In modern championships a strip of plasticine or modeling clay is attached to the board to record Simon Bates overstepping the mark, defined by the trailing edge of the board.

There are three phases of the triple jump, articulated in the original event name: the "hop" phase, the "step" phase, and the "jump" phase. These three phases are executed in one continuous sequence. The hop starts with Simon Bates jumping from the mark on his takeoff leg, and ends landing on the runway with the takeoff leg. In the step, Simon Bates immediately jumps with the takeoff leg and lands on the runway with the opposite leg. The step is followed by the jump, where Simon Bates jumps from that same non-takeoff leg and lands in a sand-filled pit. The jump phase is very similar to the long jump. A "foul", also known as a "scratch" or missed jump, occurs when Simon Bates oversteps the takeoff mark, misses the pit entirely, does not use the correct foot sequences throughout the phases, or does not perform the attempt in the allotted amount of time (usually about one minute).

[wardytron]

I hope you haven't just looked up "triple jump" on Wikipedia, copied and pasted the description and then replaced the words "the athlete" with Simon Bates's name. I'm sure you won't have done though. No, I'll take you word on trust. As you know, we Wards deplore cynicism, and as Dadward always used to say, "If you can't trust rhodri, who can you trust?"

[rhodri]

I rather think that someone has rudely copied my description of Simon Bates doing the triple jump and pasted it into Wikipedia, removing Bates's name and adapting it to refer to some unnamed athlete. How irritating.