# How could it be any better? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760 "2008-08-21T03:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/1 "2008-08-21T03:11:41Z")
MrSin is all excited by the current women’s beach volley ball game. Girls in bikini’s: check Girls in wet bikini’s: check Girls in wet sand: check Girls in wet sand in wet bikini’s: check Sandy girls in wet sand in wet bikini’s: PRICELESS. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/2 "2008-08-21T03:14:19Z")
rain teeming, possible scarry victory hugging. it is quite a game so far. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/3 "2008-08-21T06:51:00Z")
DAMN MY LACK OF CABLE! Video anywhere? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/4 "2008-08-21T11:12:36Z")
It would get better with boobage of noticeable dimension. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/5 "2008-08-21T13:15:55Z")
How could it be any better? It could get better if something serious like the Olympics wasn’t reduced to a T & A show. I mean, don’t they have their own cable channel now? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/6 "2008-08-21T13:18:47Z")
I was watching it with my 22 year old daughter. I was therefore not allowed to notice sand, water, bikinis or any of the good parts. On the other hand, we were rooting rather loudly. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/7 "2008-08-21T13:22:47Z")
Don’t forget the congratulatory hugging and butt slapping. Mmmm, butt-slapping. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/8 "2008-08-21T14:42:54Z")
It did get better. The US team won gold. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/9 "2008-08-21T17:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] How could it be any better? It could get better if something serious like the Olympics wasn’t reduced to a T & A show. I mean, don’t they have their own cable channel now? 😉 [/QUOTE] Something serious like the Olympics? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/10 "2008-08-21T17:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] It could get better if something serious like the Olympics wasn’t reduced to a T & A show. [/QUOTE] Little “t”, little “a”. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/11 "2008-08-21T17:36:46Z")
[QUOTE=thirdwarning] It did get better. The US team won gold. [/QUOTE] The US team got gold, and their fans got wood. What a ripoff. IMHO, they don’t hold a candle to just about any women’s curling team in '06. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/12 "2008-08-21T17:36:57Z")
[QUOTE=Procrustus] Something serious like the Olympics? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Maybe serious isn’t the right word. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/13 "2008-08-21T17:51:13Z")
As far as I can tell from the pubic reaction to this year’s Olympics, we’re getting two themes. 1. China should never have been given this opportunity and 2) enjoying the bodies of the athletes is 95% of why people watch. As for me, I haven’t watched anything except Beach Vollyball, but I’ve always been a fan of that sport. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/14 "2008-08-21T18:08:13Z")
[QUOTE=Procrustus] As far as I can tell from the pubic reaction to this year’s Olympics, we’re getting two themes. 1. China should never have been given this opportunity and 2) enjoying the bodies of the athletes is 95% of why people watch. As for me, I haven’t watched anything except Beach Vollyball, but I’ve always been a fan of that sport. [/QUOTE] I guess I missed that memo, then. 😛 I’ve only watched a smattering of videos on the 'net. Weightlifting, gymnastics, swimming, track, equestrian. To me, being awestruck by someone’s capability and how cool their body looks while doing it is somehow not the same as ogling a person’s butt (not to say that’s all there is to Beach Volleyball). Maybe that’s just me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/15 "2008-08-21T18:20:56Z")
How about a compromise? I, for one, am awestruck by how cool their butts look when I’m ogling them. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/16 "2008-08-21T18:35:34Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] How about a compromise? I, for one, am awestruck by how cool their butts look when I’m ogling them. [/QUOTE] I’m also thinking that, if the sport is partly skill and partly how sexy you look, then _somebody_ should be getting points for Shapliest Ass. Yanno? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/17 "2008-08-21T18:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=thirdwarning] It did get better. The US team won gold. [/QUOTE] You mean someone was actually keeping score? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/18 "2008-08-21T20:49:52Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] I’m also thinking that, if the sport is partly skill and partly how sexy you look, then _somebody_ should be getting points for Shapliest Ass. Yanno? [/QUOTE] Where do I volunteer to be one of the Shapeliest Ass judges? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/19 "2008-08-22T08:14:10Z")
[QUOTE=Procrustus] As far as I can tell from the **pubic** reaction to this year’s Olympics, we’re getting two themes. [/QUOTE] Deliberate? Or Freudian slit? Slip, I mean. Slip. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760/20 "2008-08-22T18:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] DAMN MY LACK OF CABLE! Video anywhere? 😉 [/QUOTE] With an antenna you should get plenty of ass-slapping action on yer local NBC station. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-it-be-any-better/460760.md?page=2)