As the Olympics continue to plunge forward, a few more random thoughts crossed my mind:
- How exactly did someone come up with the biathlon? Cross country skiing, and rifle shooting. Hmmm. I get the cross-country skiing part. That epitomizes winter athletics. But rifle shooting? After a good hard ski, who does not like to hunker down and cap some stuff with your rifle? "Say honey, I think I need a good ski to get the juices flowing. I think I'll carry my rifle for good measure in case the crazy Yeti boogeyman gets in my way. Feel like some rabbit or squirrel for lunch?" As an aside, in Canada, the Sasquatch, the biggest winter boogeyman of them all, is also the mascot for an extremely popular line of beer. If someone actually saw one, rather than run, they'd be inclined to ask for a free six-pack.
- I remember when the X-games first rolled out. Extreme sports, extreme action. Crazy events with young people from across the world, trying things like doing handstands on skis or performing awesome flips and flops in mid air whilst strategically placed advertising adorns their boxers. Those crazy kids. Now, lo and behold, an X-Games event, the appropriately named Half-Pipe, is an Olympic sport. Wasn't the whole point of the X-Games to promote non-conventional sports. Now here it is in one in the most conventional competitions ever. Whats next? Competitive Driveway shoveling? "Joe, from Maine, is the Worlds fastest snow shoveler out there. He can do 5 driveways per minute, and he gets great style points for his snow piles and shovel manipulation. Bravo Joe, bravo. Can I get your autograph?"
- Another event I'd like to suggest. For those artistic types, how about the Snowman making competition? Kids will love it! Everyone starts with the same box of crap, you know, odd shaped buttons, dead tree branches, raw carrots and Where's Waldo scarves. Points scored for artistic merit and endurance when put under extreme warm temperatures. "Oh no, the head of the Polish snowman has just rolled off! That will cost them significant points!. They are devastated! You just cannot put such a big head on without building a proper body. Not at this level of competition!"
By the way, saw the Tiger Woods interview this morning. I trust millions will be commenting on the obvious topics, so I'll avoid that. What I noticed was once the camera flipped to a side view of Tiger, did anyone else notice he hardly ever changed pages of his script he was reading from? He spoke for easily 5+ minutes straight and changed pages maybe once. What size font did he write with? Maybe he had scrupulous notes like "Apologize to Wife...yadda-yadda-yadda." I dunno. Seemed kinda weird to me.
OK, time to be quite again.
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