04/20/24
January 25, 2004
Ready to be challenged?: Sporting myths debunked.
posted by aaronscullion to general at 03:12 PM - 8 comments
"Australia is a land of sporting gods" gwuh?
posted by forksclovetofu at 05:17 PM on January 25, 2004
In the US runners paid £185 to purchase theirs [Olympic Torch], and so taken with the solemnity and honour of it all hundreds then ended up on Ebay being traded for thousands of dollars! Capitalism is just the coolest thing.
posted by deadcowdan at 08:11 PM on January 25, 2004
Top article. I'm particularly pleased to hear about the fat Aussies. Somehow I knew that had to be a myth. And they have big hairy spiders too. Somehow I think if I lived in a country that had big hairy spiders I'd keep fit and wear running shoes.
posted by squealy at 05:32 AM on January 26, 2004
I'm glad they mentioned my two biggest annoyances: the "late" offside flag, and the "benefits" of scoring just before halftime.
posted by salmacis at 06:07 AM on January 26, 2004
"Australia is a land of sporting gods" Well, we in the UK sometimes get that perception because they seem to beet us at everything, despite having less than half our population. Of course, you in the USA would know this if you ever participated in any international sports. ;-)
posted by salmacis at 06:09 AM on January 26, 2004
From the article: the British sprint team always drops the baton The British have a sprint team??? Good post!
posted by vito90 at 09:00 AM on January 26, 2004
Yeah - they get their bronze medals taken off them when one of them gets caught THGed to the eyeballs.
posted by JJ at 09:26 AM on January 26, 2004
Australia is now officially the world’s second fattest nation after the United States. Forget fit, tanned and sporty. The new generation of Australians is fast becoming fat, pale and lazy. Damn, there goes my number one supposition. Amusing article.