Friday, February 19, 2010

...a Modest Proposal

I am sending this suggestion to the International Olympic Committee.

Falling on one's ass should be a required element in the "program" of all figure skaters. Points should be awarded according to how the landing was made, how long it takes to bounce back up, how cute the butt looks with frost on it. These would be "style points".

4 comments:

Dashmann said...

The Winter Olympics lost me when the luger died.
In this day and age, the events should be well enough engineered so Joe Six-Pack could try them without significantly risking death.
Just this old retired engineer's opinion.
If NASCAR can do it, anyone can.

Dashmann said...

I have actually gotten into the Olympics !!!

Curling has had some tense moments,
a fantastic sport !!

But I was truly emotionally spent after watching the cross - country skiing !!!

Irene said...

Our favourite is the cross country. I really admire the fitness of these athletes, especially while parked on the lounge in front of TV with a tub of Sara Lee rocky road ice cream in my lap.

Irene said...

I bet you'd volunteer to be a judge for the "frosty bum" style points.