I can’t decide if it’s more unethical for McDonalds to sell fat-laden, artery-clogging meals, or to sell salads for six or seven dollars a piece. What do you reckon? Would you rather be screwed and unhealthy, or right royally screwed and still hungry?
Synchronised swimming is frickin’ incredible. I can’t imagine why people would disparage it. It looks like one of the hardest and most technical of the disciplines at the Olympics. A hell of a lot harder than, say, running. I’m sure it’s very hard to be good at running, but pretty much anyone can take a crack at it. Synchronised swimming though – I doubt if 7 of my friends and I could jump in the pool and produce anything even remotely resembling it.
I’m far too uncoordinated to be Greek. So it’s lucky I’m not. The whole synchronous-crowd-clapping bit would probably lead to mass slapping slaughter.
(John Howard looks a hell of a lot like Kenneth L. Lay of Enron infamy. I only just noticed.)
How very sad it is that in our society, it is acceptable for the national news bulletin to go from a story on a two-month-old child dying of starvation in a Sudanese refugee camp to “and next, on Super Sport Sunday, the NPC…” with not so much as a flicker. They say movies are desensitising! No emotion, no reaction, no humanity. Frankly, the guy talking about the match between North Harbour and Wellington sounds more engaged.
synchronised swimming looks crazy difficult!!! for some reason svends computer only updated your blog for me just now, even though i repeatedly hit refresh yesterday... strange !
im sad the olympics are gone now :(
I only just read the last three entries too. They were awesome and also funny.
Lovle,
Hope you are well and the weather is getting better. It's getting better up here!
Posted by: giffy at August 30, 2004 02:45 PMI thought the team rhythmic gymnastics would also be hard. All that complicated giant sized cat's cradle and throwing hoops to each other in perfect timing....
I said much the same thing to Lee last night about it, actually. Like, OK the marathon guys run a long way, but these girls are bendy and dancy and well timed and heaps of stuff! Very hard to do!
Posted by: Jenni at August 30, 2004 06:09 PMi remember our 3rd form PE teacher making us attempt synchronised swimming - evil difficult! cos they look all serenely floating above water, but their arms and or legs are churning crazy circles underwater to keep them afloat. the team who won the duet were amazing. they were only .2 off a perfect score and scored full marks for the artistic side. their turned over toes creeped me out muchly tho. like mis-shapen clawed hands or something.
Posted by: Zephfi at August 30, 2004 06:32 PMYeah, and the whole extra-thick-n-greasy waterproof makeup kind of makes them look like evil animatronic dolls. Shades of Chuckie.
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