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December 28

HIMYM Cast Reenacts “Best of 2008”

August 22

Some people think gymnastics isn’t a sport because the result is determined by judges. I think gymnastics isn’t a sport because puberty is a career-threatening injury.

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Jeff Neuman, Notes Of An Olympics Junkie (via mattlehrer)

(via therandomnessofyes)

August 17

Suck it twelve, sixteen, twenty year olds

nojoyinmudville:

Oksana Chusovitina silver medalist gymnast is a 33 year old mother. Her and Dara Torres are my new heroes.

Fucking word.

August 16

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sarahchristine:

nostrich:

Some jackass thinks there’s some big conspiracy around Phelps’ 100m fly win, which he won by one hundredth of a second.

My favourite part: it’s a conspiracy because Phelps, his coach, and his mother thought he had lost. Excellent point; what kind of an idiot can’t differentiate 1/100th of a second by eye?

In summary: this is stupid, but stupid enough to share.

(via Fimoculous)

We thought he lost. My fellow watcher was convinced he should have gotten the silver… I don’t think we went as far as thinking it was a conspiracy but I could see why someone would proffer the idea.

Best quote:

“How is it that the official timekeeper of the event is the same company that sponsors Phelps since 2004? Isn’t there a clear conflict of interest here? That’s like having sex with your own sister and then bragging around that you get laid a lot.”

Except… not.

August 15

Athletes have received free condoms at every Olympics since Barcelona in 1992 to help raise awareness of AIDS, and Beijing is no exception.

“There are many young, strong, single people in the athletes’ village and, like everywhere, some will fall in love or other things so we need to make condoms available,” Ole Hansen, spokesman for UNAIDS China, told Reuters.

“A lot of these young people are not married or in relationships so we want to make sure they have the information and tools to protect themselves if they have sexual encounters.”

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Beijing provides 100,000 condoms for athletes

What’s sad is that this surprises me. I’ve become too used to living in America, where we ignore things like common sense.

August 14

It’s baffling that nobody involved in the picture — from the photographers to the players — even seemed to consider that this ad would be looked at negatively. Did it not occur to somebody that it might not be a good idea to mock a large portion of the continent before the world’s largest athletic competition that, by the way, happens to take place on that continent. Were they not aware of an invention called “the Internet” that allows pictures taken in Spain to be transmitted all over the world for the eyes of everyone?

Spanish basketball team poses for offensive picture - Yahoo! Sports

The Communist Party of China today introduced the man who will stand in for General Secretary Hu Jintao at all future public appearances. The less-attractive elder statesman will be replaced by 24-year-old prefessional underwear model Zheng Li Luo.

A statement from the National People’s Congress explained the substitution is in the best national interest of China: “We must put the country first and project the right image. Our ruthless totalitarian dictators must appear to be flawless.”

China’s General Secretary Replaced by More Photogenic Stand-In - The Specious Report

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