Olympics v2.0

[Gubb]

We need two versions of the Olympics.

The traditional one, and another one where people can take as many performance-enhancing drugs as they like.

If someone wants to juice themselves up to their eyeballs, and run an 8 second 100m, I would watch it.

Bring it on.

[Swoop]

We need two versions of the Olympics.

The traditional one, and another one where people can take as many drugs as they like.
I'd pay to see the Olympic Bobsled team, stoned out of their skulls, going down the bobsled run!:shit:

:laugh:

[xwhatsit]

Some Icelandic family friends were telling us a few years back how up that way they have these sort of `Iron Man' competitions -- not surfing and swimming and shit, but pulling trucks and lifting insane weights etc. Drugs are sort of overlooked; they have these massive, huge guys that are really pretty sad cases of humanity, tanked up on gobfulls of steroids. Not uncommon for them to have heart attacks and other nasty health problems that results in a shortened existence.

I was quite disappointed to see that Oscar Pistorius, an amputee with the most amazing prosthetic legs, didn't quite manage to qualify for the Olympics in sprinting.. He had to fight (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/17/oscar-pistorius-free-to-qualify-for-olympics-on-prosthetics/) to even be allowed to attempt (his prosthetic legs are apparently much more efficient than normal running), but he just missed out on the time. This is what I'd like to see -- sprinters with electrically-boosted thigh muscles, shooters with bionic eyes, high-jumpers with rocket shoes :D

[Virago]

Some events just need to be jazzed up a bit.

Rowing for example. How about doing away with the lanes, and making it a "full contact" sport? A "Black Boat" for NZ, with the skull and crossbones flying. They could have boarding parties to raid the other boats, and make them walk-the-plank.

I'd watch it.

[Swoop]

Some Icelandic family friends were telling us a few years back how up that way they have these sort of `Iron Man' competitions -

If you ever get the opportunity, track down Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld series. The 1hr episode on Iceland was simply SUPERB!
I was thinking "this is going to be bloody boring" prior to watching...
Had to pick the jaw up off of the floor at the end! Simply, truly amazing place. The locals are all lunatic petrolheads and pissheads.

Where do I book my ticket?

[EJK]

We need two versions of the Olympics.

The traditional one, and another one where people can take as many performance-enhancing drugs as they like.

If someone wants to juice themselves up to their eyeballs, and run an 8 second 100m, I would watch it.

Bring it on.

Haha... Racist but my friend txt me this joke this morning.

We are drug testing selected black peoples like lab rats and we test/ compete each against them and see which one developed well

[firefighter]

yeah mate would be bloody awesome to watch! gets my vote!

[musicman]

We need two versions of the Olympics.

The traditional one, and another one where people can take as many performance-enhancing drugs as they like.

If someone wants to juice themselves up to their eyeballs, and run an 8 second 100m, I would watch it.

Bring it on.

That sounds awesome, but would it work? Think bodybuilding vs. natural bodybuilding. Most people know about bodybuilding and bodybuilders, but don't really know about natural bodybuilding and natural bodybuilders. I would imagine most competitors and audiences would go to the 'enhanced' Olympics, leaving the 'natural' Olympics with only second-rate sports-people.

[Flatcap]

I always thought that if equestrian is an olympic sport, they should have Dog Trials as well

[Gubb]

And while we're at it. Ban team sports from the Olympics.

Soccer and Basketball should not be Olympic sports.
Or Synchronised swimming/diving, that thing with the ribbon and the ball. That's just dancing.

[Mikkel]

I'd pay to see the Olympic Bobsled team, stoned out of their skulls, going down the bobsled run!:shit:

And it's always fun when they forget the sled... :yes:


If you ever get the opportunity, track down Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld series. The 1hr episode on Iceland was simply SUPERB!
I was thinking "this is going to be bloody boring" prior to watching...
Had to pick the jaw up off of the floor at the end! Simply, truly amazing place. The locals are all lunatic petrolheads and pissheads.

Iceland is pretty crazy. I have met quite a few people from there - none of them would rate anywhere close to normal, or even sane for that matter.


"Aussie rules" Olympics would be interesting. There are rules - but the games are really just an excuse to smash each other up.

[Nagash]

I reckon eventually we're gonna see runner's cutting off their own legs to get the legs that some paraplegic's are getting now.

Bionic olympics would be my interest.

[slofox]

That's just dancing.

Wadda ya mean..."just dancing"....????

[EJK]

Wadda ya mean..."just dancing"....????

You prefer them dancing naked? :rolleyes:

[slofox]

You prefer them dancing naked? :rolleyes:

yep..........

[EJK]

yep..........

me too......

[Dave-]

im all for seeing jousting bought back with motorbikes (possibly motocross...i dunno why i can just imagine it being 2 stroke motocross bikes) I'd like to see the sport develop further by becoming a death sport with a game type in the next unreal tournament computer game.

[slofox]

We need two versions of the Olympics.

The traditional one, and another one where people can take as many performance-enhancing drugs as they like.

If someone wants to juice themselves up to their eyeballs, and run an 8 second 100m, I would watch it.

Bring it on.

Blardy good idea - I'd watch!

[xwhatsit]

im all for seeing jousting bought back with motorbikes (possibly motocross...i dunno why i can just imagine it being 2 stroke motocross bikes) I'd like to see the sport develop further by becoming a death sport with a game type in the next unreal tournament computer game.
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[Dave-]

someone please explain to me why this is not already an olympic sport, bugger the 2.0 I want jousting now.

[Gubb]

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[slofox]

someone please explain to me why this is not already an olympic sport, bugger the 2.0 I want jousting now.

Some years ago (quite a few actually) there was a jousting tournament held at Whangarei's Okara Park - part of some festival or other. We duly went along to watch the mayhem but were sadly disappointed. It was a night time event and the atmosphere was pretty cool - burning torches etc etc.....Unfortunately somebody forgot to tell the horses what was going on. When the time came to joust, the horses would have none of it - the flickering torches freaked them out and they shied and bucked and generally carried on and wouldn't even charge along the divider thingy........was called off much to the disgust of the crowd....funny that...

[Dave-]

the horses

there's where they went wrong.