The Olympics – To your average Joe or Stu.

I have to admit it’s really hard not to get ‘the fever’ with the Olympics on, and it is an excuse for anything really including a slightly less productive day at work? Just saying. I have enjoyed the Olympic drinking games too [who doesn’t love drinking games] by making drinking rules for each event, I subsequently came home wrecked after the opening match due to not knowing a couple for countries existed (3 fingers of your drink) and no I am not embarrassed as I think a large percentage of the world didn’t either, I’m just honest enough to own up... even on a public sphere.

 I felt it would be a crime against my blog if I didn’t mention it so in the spirit of the Olympics I figure I shall try set a top score or ‘most views’ goal for myself and in lieu of previous posts it seems that the posts most liked where either in point form or pictures [Says a lot about the people reading my blog – YES!]

So here is my breakdown of the Olympics, in point form – for the viewer who doesn’t care too much about them, only enjoys the finals, only watches the short events and is perhaps as confused as I am with a lot of the rules:

The Olympics – To your average Joe or Stu.

1.     Synchronised diving – couldn’t confuse me more, how can such gorgeous men do such a queer sport. But a round of applause to the outfit designers and from me personally a huge thank you for the small Speedo’s, made for good TV.

2.     Men’s Gymnastics – Hot bodies no doubt but again I find it a strange choice of sport for a man, especially the floorshow.

3.     Woman’s gymnastics – I mean girls gymnastics. What’s next…Tandem toddler canoeing?

4.     Swimming – I couldn’t be happier with the South Africans two gold medals thus far but is it absolutely necessary to have so many heats? I feel like it’s all I have watched. Get cut throat with them, your taking up too many channels.

5.     Judo – Didn’t even know it was an Olympic sport (don’t judge me). Its beyond average, my thoughts are if you are going to insist on keeping judo – perhaps change it to cage fighting. Way more exciting. Nothing says ‘Olympic spirit’ quite like grounding and pounding a fellow ‘Olympians’ face into the floor.

6.     Shooting – seriously?? And surely South Africa could be involved in this somehow?

7.     Girls soccer – Now I am all for the age old debate of ‘whatever a man can do – girls can do as well', but for me…leave soccer to the men ladies – your doing yourselves no favours.

8.     Handball – Now I always thought that it was a game I played during break at school with a tennis ball. How wrong was I, I love the viciousness of it all and those guys and girls are tough as nails! Just a thought – allow elbow shots – viewership would surely improve.

9.     Woman’s weight lifting – have loved watching it this week, truly - but ladies, for your own sake and your countries…wear some more make-up or pad your bra a bit. There were a few moments, no many many moments where I had a double take. All that said… You girls (??) got game!

   10. Fencing – By far my least favourite, and how is it that fencing is an actual sport? Really?!?! At least let them wear less padding, there needs to be something at stake here.

Even though I wasn’t an overly sporty kid, it would be all kinds of awesome to win a gold medal so in my defence … I chose boobs, and a social life over a gold medal.

Till the next event …

Yours Truly:

Olympic Stu

You go boy!