puns 19 August 2008
The Olympics reporters must be having a ball with the puns. They have the Lightening Bolt – fastest man on earth (over short distances I want to shout, though). Tonight there was a Messi pass from an Argentinian soccer player and I’ve heard rumblings that Team GB don’t fell they may be ‘peaking’ too soon…in China…I know, tis groan worthy, but that’s the olympics in part.
There was an interesting discussion on Irish TV tonight when a presenter said he didn’t think that the British woman who won the 400m should have been in the race at all, because at one stage she missed 3 drugs tests in a row and was suspended for a year as a result. The 2 athletes on the TV panel stood up for her resolutely saying it was awkward for any athlete to be available in the random way they are supposed to. And there was never any suggestion that she has ever taken drugs but the presenter’s point was that she had a cloud hanging over her, I suppose and that was her own doing and would never go away fully.
Great day AT LAST for the Irish with 2 guaranteed bronze medals in the boxing – c’mon the silver and, possibly, the gold now.
Oh and while I’m at it the fastest white man in Europe, according to TV commentators, is Paul Hessian, an Irishman, who only just failed to make the final of the 200m.
Yep, made the terrible mistake of turning the television on too early and now know way too much about today in Bejing, then watched the highlights later too…
