1 September 2012
-NATIONAL ANTHEMS
The British National Anthem has more than one verse, nobody knows the words to the second one. By the third verse it starts to get awkward.
The anthems for each country are usually played before team events, football, basketball and so on but never before the 4x400 and 4x100 relay running events.
The anthems are not played before any track and field events. My suggestion to make things more interesting is that the anthems should be played before the marathon. The goal is to finish the race before the last anthem is finished. The winning nation as an additional prize gets their anthem played before every single event, even if they are not competing. Bragging rights.
-SPORTS THAT ARE NOT SPORTS
Equestrian/Dressage Getting a horse to walk in a straight line is not a sport. Horse events are for the wealthy. They will not lower them selves to do a sport where actual sweat may be an end result. Us cretins who can not buy a horse are exempt from competing.
Shooting No physical exorcise at all. Again, for the wealthy. Our best hope was sponsored by some Saudi royal fella.
Rhythmic Gymnastics. It's a dancing competition but for some reason it doesn't matter if the competitor is rubbish at dancing as long as a ribbon on a stick is involved in the routine.
Beach Volleyball It is something you do on holiday.
-PEOPLE WHO GO TO WATCH
People go to watch events that they have no clue about and will cheer at absolutely anything done by the athlete in part to hide their embarrassment that they do not know the sports rules.
Kids who are taken by their parents to watch the wrestling events always go away disappointed. They discover after the first match that there are no fire works, no DDT's and no random huge man talking on a microphone for 20 minuets about how he is going to destroy his opponent in the main event.
Foreigners can not get their heads around the concept of Great Britain. They have been referred to as Team England, Team UK, England Team and London.
Americans now think that England is basically covered by one massive Super City, London. Despite going to watch the football in Newcastle some 400 miles away from London, Newcastle does not exist to them. They had to get a few trains to get to Newcastle, the train ticket stating destination was Newcastle but it still does not compute.
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