# Call me a skeptical asshole, but... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 9, 2012, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499 "2012-12-09T08:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/41 "2012-12-12T13:05:13Z")
I don’t know any Olympians. You are all trolls. Or I hang out in the wrong places. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/42 "2012-12-12T13:12:52Z")
Heard of Mark Spitz? Well, so have I. And I used have as a client a big time track and field dude. His first name was Carl, but I can’t remember his last name. ETA: Lewis. Carl Lewis. Google loves me, this I know. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/43 "2012-12-12T13:19:56Z")
Only misfortune prevented me from competing for Australia in several Olympic Games. Unluckily for me I was just no bloody good. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/44 "2012-12-12T13:35:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > And I used have as a client a big time track and field dude. His first name was Carl, but I can’t remember his last name. Carl Lewis was the fastest man on earth for a while. He was the Usain Bolt of the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/45 "2012-12-12T14:31:23Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > So. We’ve successfully established, then, that Olympians exist. There goes Kozmik’s (probable) theory that they’re all just alien automatons put on camera to keep us entertained. Not so fast. I certainly don’t know, or have ever met, one of these so-called “Olympians”. OK, sure, I’ve seen these “Olympics” on TV, but I see lots of things on TV that turn out not to be true. OTOH, our supply chain manager apparently played pro basketball in Europe for a year or two. That’s pretty much all I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/46 "2012-12-12T15:15:35Z")
My current boss’s boss’s boss is a former Olympic rower. Came 4th in Seoul (1988) and 7th in Barcelona (1992). He’s also quite, quite tall. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/47 "2012-12-12T18:35:15Z")
I don’t really get the outrage in fake accounts, unless you’re suckered into telling someone something you wouldn’t tell their real accounts. If he is mildly interesting I’ll talk to him like a normal person. I couldn’t care less if he is a duplicate account or not. Seems not worth getting worked up over ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/48 "2012-12-13T06:18:31Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Carl Lewis was the fastest man on earth for a while. He was the Usain Bolt of the 1990s. Which would have been a really weird nickname back then… ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/49 "2012-12-13T06:31:35Z")
Hell, _ **I’m** _ even an ex-Olympian, and I’m fat as hell… ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/50 "2012-12-13T16:24:53Z")
Having been invovled with Chow’s Gymnastics I know both Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas, as well as probably a couple future Olympians. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/51 "2012-12-13T23:00:01Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Which would have been a really weird nickname back then… Given to him by a lanky man in suspenders and a fez. ---
**Author:** ![nothanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@nothanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nothanks)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499/52 "2013-01-14T13:53:43Z")
Ok so i thought of this website today, and decided to read the thread i started, and so tried looking for it. I am not an expert on navigating the site, so i decided to use the search feature. I also wanted to narrow my results down, so i thought of a keyword that would bring me the results i wanted. I knew that i had done a similar search in the past, and not gotten the results i wanted. So today i decided to narrow my results even further and chose the word “Olympian” That search brought me to THIS thread, started by whomever (i dont often read the usernames to posts) I read the first couple of posts, maybe the first 10 and then decided to reply myself. Just thought id explain the entire process, as im sure my replying to this thread will arouse more “skepticism”… “hmmm i ran a search on the site, and noticed how he replied to _this_ thread before replying in the thread that HE started”… yes how odd… but now you know. Yes i am who i claim to be. And no its not so surprising, because as many have pointed out, i am a normal guy to a large extent just like many of you. I am going to start a new thread. And try to update it whenever i remember. It will just be an update on what my life is like. Basically a day in the training of an average (maybe not so average) Olympian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499.md?page=2)