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August 22, 2004Women's Olympic beach volleyball--a study in spectatorial inadequacy...
I was watching women's Olympic beach volleyball while I did my half-hour on the treadmill at the gym this afternoon, and it made for an interesting distraction. When I'm on the exercise bike, I can read whatever book I’ve brought along (today, "The Mind Parasites") to keep my mind off the inherent unpleasantness of the task at hand, but when I'm on the treadmill, I'm at the mercy of whatever's playing on the TVs—"Pimp My Ride" or some MTV non-music-video inanity, more often than not.
As interesting as the beach volleyball was, it's really humbling to be huffing and puffing away on that treadmill, realizing that you're possessed of a higher percentage of body fat than all four of the competitors on the court combined. They're really ripped, so you don't exactly have to be Orson Welles for that statement to be true, but still.
Posted by patrick at August 22, 2004 04:31 PM
CommentsThere are only three reasons for me to watch the Olympics. Men's diving, men's swimming, men's water polo.
But when, oh when, will they go totally old skool on the Olympics, and do them the way they were meant to be done, i.e., nekkid?
That would certainly pump up the ratings. And, sure, the organizers tried with the "Naked Statue" costumes in the opening parade, but NBC managed to avoid showing the good bits.
Which is why we have the Internet...
Posted by: Jon Bastian at August 23, 2004 10:53 PM
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