The 2008 Summer Olympics started on Friday. I love the Olympics probably because I remember staying up late watching the gymnastics all-around in 1992 with Lucy or in 1996 when my cousins and I were obsessed with the gymnastics (for several reasons, including that we like to make fun of John Tesh who had no idea what was going on and we thought that Tim Dagget looked like Pee Wee Herman). So I watched women's volleyball and swimming during the weekend and I stayed up to watch the prime time coverage on Monday including the swimming finals and coverage of the men's gymnastics final. Does anyone else think that the IOC/FIG should just get rid of the men's floor exercise (although Lucy does do a hilarious impression of a male gymnast during a floor routine)? It is totally pointless and the moves that they use to transition between tumbling passes and the least masculine moves ever. Not to mention they men perform the routine in really short shorts that just look ridiculous. The high bar and the pommel horse are way more interesting and the men get to maintain their dignity by being allowed to wear pants ( one of the American gymnast had chicken legs that were super pale, he looked like Hank Hill).
HANK: What's it gonna be, doctor? Whirlpool? Deep-heat massage? Or are you just gonna tell my son to play through the pain, because I'll support that.
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