Wednesday, 20 August 2008
wow
just saw a grown german man cry, holding a picture of his recently deceased wife, on the podium, wearing a gold medal around his neck. Man, i love the olympics. Makes me smile.
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Hey, I saw that too, in the one second of Olympics coverage/reply I accidentally saw at work today. :) Coincidence!
don't you worry that we put too much emphasis on it all? Surely that should have been a private moment?
Also, what the hell is all this prestige we give to our athletes anyway? Why do we write about them so much OUT of their competition. Let them run/swim/shoot, write about that. Let them win, write about that. Let them stand on the podium and I spose you can write about that. But I don't care about Jana's baby, bung knee, or the latest case against Ian Thorpe's sexuality or whether or not Michael Phelps actually said he was going to get 9 medals.
Yours truly, from a country with minimal coverage of the Olympics (and even then I don't have a TV).
Also, what the hell is all this prestige we give to our athletes anyway? Why do we write about them so much OUT of their competition. Let them run/swim/shoot, write about that. Let them win, write about that. Let them stand on the podium and I spose you can write about that. But I don't care about Jana's baby, bung knee, or the latest case against Ian Thorpe's sexuality or whether or not Michael Phelps actually said he was going to get 9 medals.
Yours truly, from a country with minimal coverage of the Olympics (and even then I don't have a TV).
"soony", you're just miserable because you're jealous of my t.v. :) Just because you're in nepal, don't reign on my olympic parade. :P you want me to be happy? then let me be happy about the stupid stuff, because otherwise i'm going to be a miserable sod. ok?
p.s - what do you suppose a 'sod' really is?
also, if he wanted that moment to be private, then he shouldn't have waved her picture around.
also, ian thorpe has a GIRLfriend.
not that you care, mountain man.
(are they pretty?)
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p.s - what do you suppose a 'sod' really is?
also, if he wanted that moment to be private, then he shouldn't have waved her picture around.
also, ian thorpe has a GIRLfriend.
not that you care, mountain man.
(are they pretty?)
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