The Olympics

[special_kb]

I despise the Olympics. Here are some reasons why.

AMATEUR STATUS. The Olympics at one time was composed entirely of amateurs, meaning that there were no professional athletes allowed in the games. In fact, Jim Thorpe, arguably the best athlete of all time, was stripped of his several gold medals after it was discovered that he had been a

Comments

[trappedkoalaua]

"how many hot dogs can be eaten by someone in one hour. That's not a record worth keeping"

is too.

[special_kb]

perhaps, but it's not a guinness book of world's records record worth keeping.

that should be for longest hair, tallest person, stuff like that. obscure records mean nothing, as do obscure sports.

[trappedkoalaua]

like those other records aren't obscure?

it's like a 600 page book filled with crazy records, such as fattest twins on motorcycles.

that book is all about finding something and doing it, just to see if it can be done. and then doing it better than the other guys.

[drunkensloth]

that shit belongs more on ripleys believe it or not instead of guiness. and yeah i watched syncrined divng and i too thought it was just ridiculous. its like they feel the need to come up with just stupid off the wall shit to throw into the olympics. i've always thought that olympians are supposed to be the worlds greatest athletes and some of these new events dont really require competetors to be atheltic.

[scatmann69]

for god's sake please change your live journal picture kenny, it freaks me out every time i see it.

[fancompany]

i don't like this torch bearing ceremony cuz it was started by the nazis in 1936.
They made all this shit up about the greeks being the aryans and all this pageantry.
And now tom cruise runs with the damn thing.
Jimmy Carter smelled.. his brother made a beer.

speaking of beer

I do like the high life... especially at 8.49 for 18 longnecks

-andrew