I'm still way more impressed with Eric Heiden's five gold medals, than I am with Phelps. He won every speed skating event, from 500m to 10,000m. That's kind of like Usain Bolt winning the 100m sprint, and also a 5K run.
I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.
Fuffy ,'Storyteller'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Aug 26, 2008 10:41:38 am PDT #5478 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
megan walker - Aug 26, 2008 10:42:48 am PDT #5479 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, ideally I would have done every country, but I wasn't that bored.
ETA: I just checked, Jamaica has 6 golds.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2008 10:45:13 am PDT #5480 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just checked, Jamaica has 6 golds.
I am out of touch with how much we rock.
DavidS - Aug 26, 2008 10:45:54 am PDT #5481 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heiden was a beast. Manliest thighs ever.
Trudy Booth - Aug 26, 2008 10:48:23 am PDT #5482 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I am out of touch with how much we rock.
So you don't get to marry the Jamaican relay team?
tommyrot - Aug 26, 2008 10:48:44 am PDT #5483 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I felt kinda' sorry for Beth Heiden. She went early in one event and set a world record. But it turned out to not be good enough to get a medal.
Kat - Aug 26, 2008 10:49:13 am PDT #5484 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
There's some overlap between people who have conservative interpretations of Christianity who want to, you know, live like Christ, help the poor, steward the earth, blah blah blah, and the more liberal side of things. Which, after all the polarizing, is perhaps our only hope for humanity.
MWAH! If you were here, Plei, I'd kiss you for this because it's so completely true.
Trudy Booth - Aug 26, 2008 10:49:32 am PDT #5485 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think Phelps medaled swimming three strokes (fly, free, breast) and Spitz only one. But I'm not 100% on that.
Kat - Aug 26, 2008 10:50:34 am PDT #5486 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In other news, Spa Week is coming up for west coasters on Sept. 15. For those of you who don't remember me pushing it before, it's a bunch of spas doing $50 treatments. I keep thinking, "Well HELLO facial!"
Lee - Aug 26, 2008 10:52:27 am PDT #5487 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
oooh. Hello Birthday Massage.