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Who or What is Crazy Now?

Posted by livininsanity on August 16, 2008

Olympic doubles table tennis (ping pong).  If you thought Olympic singles ping pong was crazy and you haven’t seen doubles table tennis, then you are in for a treat.  What makes this extra ridiculous is that players must rotate hitting.  In other words, the same teammate can not hit the ball twice in a row, under any circumstances.  Obviously, this means the competitors are constantly jockeying for position and I have no clue how they do it, at all.

Chad Johnson, as usual.  Personally, I am a fan of the antics of Chad Johnson.  Admittedly, a number of people are entirely too uptight about Ocho Cinco’s antics, including the possibility that he may change his last name.

Olympic commentators prone to hyperbole to try to sell Americans.  In other words, most all Olympic commentators.  They constantly focus on the Americans, even if they have no chance of winning.  An American swimmer can be in last place with 35 meters to go and the commentators will focus on that American swimmer, as opposed to the seven other swimmers beating the American.  Sometimes, you don’t even know the name of the winner, because the commentators have been too busy talking about the American – who didn’t even earn a medal.

4 Responses to “Who or What is Crazy Now?”

  1. danielle said

    Is it odd that the only things I know about the Olympics this year come from your blog?

  2. Yes. You are a freak of nature. :)

  3. Really if you get right down to it, American sports are ind of ridiculous in that way. I just found out yesterday that in the Little League World Series, America ALWAYS has a spot in the finals and then all the other countries have a tourney to duke it out for the other spot. That seems kind of, um, unfair. But then again, I guess if you’re the host, you make the rules?

  4. I did not know that about the Little League World Series.

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