I’m piling on those roo-eaters while they’re sleeping away their winter night while the rest of us are getting ready to watch the Summer Olympics.
In a fortnight, the whole world will forget that the “thorpedo” ever existed. As a matter of fact, I expect it to be so bad that we’ll have to rename “torpedos” to disassociate them from the “Blunder from Down Under”
Thorpeed-slow isn’t man enough to sniff Phelps’ speedo.
While you all are spreading vegemite on Koalas that you’re throwin’ on the barbie, Ian will be coughing up water from Michael Phelps’ wake.
As Paul Hogan would say, " 'At’s not a swimmah. THIS is a swimmah."
So you all can keep that digiridoo-listening, upside-down-walking, kangaroo-boxing, barby-shrimping, broken-egg-opera-house-attending, wake-chugging, spawn-of-criminal-being, water-vortex-reversing, rabbit-proof-fencing, croc-hunting, QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
Cause we got Michael Phelps. And he’s gonna get down GOOD ON YA!
You Ballemurrians are going to have to share some of that hometown pride with us when he moves to Ann Arbor this fall. We’re probably going to selfishly count him as one of ours.
I’m wondering why there’s even a thread about this when nobody here will give a shit about Olympic athletes a week after the Olympics are over. :rolleyes:
Cause some of us happen to be swimmers so we will give a shit about it after the Olympics are over with. Mostly because it will just put the world records futher and further away from what I can swim!
Oh and Trunk, well see about that when the 200 free is over with. Phelps is going to have his hands full.
Funny thing is, all reports that I’ve seen say that Thorpe has been trying to help Phelps with the mental aspect of so many events. I love how the (usually) non-athletes tend to think that a persons country is more important to them than the brotherhood of their sport. I know most runners don’t really want to associate themselves with the McDonalds fatties here in the US, they want to watch Hicham el Garrouge (I have no clue how to spell that) wreck another world record. I think that if Thorpe finds himself unable to beat Phelps, he’s gonna watch with a certain amount of awe as Phelps sets some kind of record, and vice versa.
That said, the OP was pretty damn funny and well written, as long as it’s healthy competition. If it is, then I say to all aussies “stick to the kiddie pools, we have athletes swimming here!”
Good for you (not being sarcastic). I have no idea if Trunk swims, hates Australia, hates Ian Thorpe, loves America, or what. That was kinda what bugged me.
I wasn’t aware Michael Phelps had such poor personal hygiene. I hope someone in the Olympic village gets him a pack of Wet Wipes before he goes in the water.
