More Olympic Thoughts

More Olympic Thoughts

1. Is it me or does everyone on the girls' Romanian gymnastics team look exactly alike every year, and also look like every one who ever came before them? Seriously. Can any of you tell any of them apart? I think the Romanians have a gymnast-making factory, with Nadia Comenici and her female relatives strapped to beds and injected with fertility drugs hourly. Incidentally, I came THIS close to being named Nadia because my mom was watching her during the 76 Olympics when she gave birth to me. But my dad took away the remote. Thank you Dad.

2. Here's my take on the whole Paul Hamm controversy. If the scoring error would have changed the lead order or scores at the time, and were known to the gymnasts themselves, then NO, he should not have to give up the medal. Because gymnastics is mostly mental. They all have similar abilities, it's just who performs the best under pressure. Someone who goes into the final round in third place may perform differently than if he were to go into it in first. And let's face it, the South Koreans weren't very impressive in the last two rounds. They did just enough to pass their routine off as "good." But they played it too safe and lacked any ooomph. For an Olympic gold you should have to wow the crowd. But if the scoring error wouldn't have changed anything except who actually won, meaning the order in between the rounds wouldn't have changed and Paul Hamm wouldn't have thought he needed an extra tenth of a point to win, then YES he should give the gold back. I feel though that there's a reason the law that all complaints need to be dealt with before they move on to the next apparatus exists. Otherwise, I have some complaints of my own to make. Primarily that you all KNOW Tom Grady fumbled that fucking ball two playoffs ago, against the Raiders. Incomplete pass my ass. We all saw the instant replay. FUMBLE. Go back and change that and then we need a replay of the Conference Championships and Super Bowl, only this time the Pats can stay home. You think I'm kidding but I'm fucking getting heated all over again.

3. Geo still can't believe the results of the women's 100-meter dash. He just stared at the television screen after an incredulous "Holy shit you all got smoked by a white girl!!!!!" I informed him however that Belarus was one of those countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union, so their people were probably used to running from all sorts of crazy things. By the way, I find it hilarious that MSNBC.com said something similar about one of the male athletes but not for the Belarusian chic. Off topic, I've always loved saying the word Belarus. Minsk, not so much. Oh and I had a friend once who was Belarusian, his name was Sasha and he was a fencing instructor. I wonder what happened to him.

4. I think it's neat they have softball in the Olympics, but watching them pitch is hysterical to me. It's just so awkward looking. And what's with the poll? It's an insult to the Dream Team to even have it up there.

5. Justin Gatlin rocks. In his interviews he just seems like such a nice guy, the kind that shows up for dinner at your house with cheesecake.

6. I know I've already said it but Misty May and Kerri Walsh really are awesome to watch. And Misty's parents should be thanking their lucky stars right about now. They dodged quite a bullet. With the name Misty their daughter should have ended up a porn star but instead she's an Olympic medalist.

7. Am I the only chic that doesn't think Alexei Nemov is all that? I mean he's cute and all but that one Romanian gymnast is a lot hotter. Forgot his name though. Oh well. Svetlana Khorkina needs to get on her knees and blow a judge or two for that highly undeserved silver.