2012 demonstration sport

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:32 pm

Given the expected ratings triumph that is Beach Volleyball, can it be long ere the world sees pole-dancing as the Olympic games latest demonstration sport?

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:37 pm

I heard that the Olympic Committee actually mandated that they had to all have bikini uniforms, because it would bring more viewers. I think it was Paul Harvey said it.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:08 pm

Walden wrote:I heard that the Olympic Committee actually mandated that they had to all have bikini uniforms, because it would bring more viewers. I think it was Paul Harvey said it.

He speaks sooth. They have indeed.

In fact, the Chinese organizing comittee even went to the extent of training a corps of Beijing lasses to do major-league style cheerleading, in the process also acclimatizing them to also wear bikinis, which is less than most chinese are accustomed to wearing in public.

MusicalADD · Post by **MusicalADD** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:33 pm

Funny you should mention pole dancing... I saw something in the NYT online recently, about how some enterprising Chinese woman has been promoting pole dancing into the newest exercise fad in China. That's a little hard to picture. But apparently pole dancing is pretty much alien to the Chinese, so they have no connotations (*cough* strip clubs *cough*) with pole dancing, if the NYT article is accurate.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:09 am

Tsk! That's a dermatologist visit just waiting to happen! Might look titillating now, but in ten years they'll all have alligator skin and a standing appointment with the cryospray.

Not a good message to send, if you ask me. <hmpf>

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:22 am

Lambchop wrote:Tsk! That's a dermatologist visit just waiting to happen! Might look titillating now, but in ten years they'll all have alligator skin and a standing appointment with the cryospray.

Not a good message to send, if you ask me. <hmpf>

Yes, but they won't be playing then and another huge group of well proportioned young sports players will take their place.

Ratings are about the now, not the consequences.

Mukade

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:31 am

I think Pole dancing would be a great idea:

They really should include other ethnic dances too though...

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:54 am

Lambchop wrote:Tsk! That's a dermatologist visit just waiting to happen! Might look titillating now, but in ten years they'll all have alligator skin and a standing appointment with the cryospray.

Not a good message to send, if you ask me. <hmpf>

No, 'tis true.

One hopes that they are all sprayed thoroughly with spf 70 before taking the field/sand, and that they spend their bench time (and the remaining percentage of their days) exercising more care.

I am rooting for the broad-brimmed hat to become fashionable again.

MusicalADD · Post by **MusicalADD** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:51 am

emmline wrote:
I am rooting for the broad-brimmed hat to become fashionable again.

I'm doing my part, by wearing a somewhat dorky looking wide brimmed hat as I mow the lawn. I figure that I'm setting an example, showing people that it's okay to wear dorky looking wide brimmed hats.

The odd thing about the picture above, of the v-ball players, is how pale they are, relatively. You would think they'd already be quite tan from having played that sport on a regular basis.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:10 am

brewerpaul wrote:I think Pole dancing would be a great idea:

They really should include other ethnic dances too though...

They clearly don't understand the concept of pasties.

Roderick [Rod] Sprague IV · Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:45 am

MusicalADD wrote:
emmline wrote:I am rooting for the broad-brimmed hat to become fashionable again.
I'm doing my part, by wearing a somewhat dorky looking wide brimmed hat as I mow the lawn. I figure that I'm setting an example, showing people that it's okay to wear dorky looking wide brimmed hats.

I believe the politically correct term for "dorky looking" clothing is "sensible" clothing.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:36 am

MusicalADD wrote: The odd thing about the picture above, of the v-ball players, is how pale they are, relatively. You would think they'd already be quite tan from having played that sport on a regular basis.

Maybe the sunblock is working.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:55 pm

I am rooting for the broad-brimmed hat to become fashionable again.

I've got a straw one that I call my fishing hat that's really wide.

Last weekend I bought one just like these-

and now I find this

I love hats.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:57 pm

Dermatologist approved and whistle-friendly:

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:50 pm

cowtime wrote:I love hats.