So...um...is anyone else watching men's synchronized diving?

[newsbunny]

I am watching for purely athletic interests, of course.

[Patience Jones]

I am. Was wondering why they show so much of it. I guess it's all the men in tiny, tiny pants.

[newsbunny]

Oh, I'm sure it's the artistry and athleticism of the dive, the majesty of the leap and the..

Aw, hell. It's the dudes in tiny pants.

[Patience Jones]

Very tiny.

[nogravity]

Congrats to the very tiny pants winning the Bronze.

[newsbunny]

They all head to the little pool afterwards. I wonder if they do that for any athletic reason, or because they need to stay damp at this point, like a walrus, because they've spent so much time in the water.

[Patience Jones]

I thought it was a maintaining temperature thing. But keep in mind that I don't know anything.

[Ponch8]

They might as well start sponsoring synchronized basketball and synchronized soccer and synchronized table tennis if they're going to be making up "sports" like this.

[Happy Lendervedder]

So in the competition for Most Homo-erotic Olympic Sport, does this one take the gold?

[Patience Jones]

Originally Posted by Happy Lendervedder

So in the competition for Most Homo-erotic Olympic Sport, does this one take the gold?

I thought that was wrestling?

[Happy Lendervedder]

I don't know, two ripped dudes spending hours upon hours performing repeated strenuous, yet graceful and delicate, physical activities together, while practically naked and in a pool seems pretty homo-erotic to me.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

[Lucky 13]

Originally Posted by Patience Jones

I thought that was wrestling?

I keep getting Tumblr posts about men's Turkish oil wrestling, which is exactly what it says on the tin.

[alphaboi867]

Originally Posted by Patience Jones

I thought it was a maintaining temperature thing. But keep in mind that I don't know anything.

It looks kinda like it was a hot tub of sorts. It took me awhile to figure out why they apparently kept leaning up against the wall (it's a shower in case anyone is wondering). Such beautiful athletic men of so many different colours & ethnicities. I just wish India or Pakistan sent divers. And I can watch in the breakroom at work without anyone batting an eye (most my female crowokers seemed really into the games that day.

Originally Posted by Patience Jones

I thought that was wrestling?

I wish the wrestlers wore speedos instead of singlets. If they were truly in the spirit of the Olympics I'd make it to London in person even if a had across the ocean in a swimming canoe.

[si_blakely]

Originally Posted by Happy Lendervedder

So in the competition for Most Homo-erotic Olympic Sport, does this one take the gold?

You need to watch more womens Beach Volleyball

"glistening like wet otters," according to Boris Johnston (mayor of London).

Si

[Ele the Stoic]

I did. I walked in a room while others were watching it on a computer, and figured I had some time to kill. I pretended to judge the dives, and was usually pretty close to the final results, actually. Though I think the Ukrainians usually deserved a bit more.

After having watched it though, I really... don't get why it's in the Olympics. I also thought there would be more crazy twisty-turny dives.

[Idle Thoughts]

Off to the Game Room.