Biathlon isn’t totally pointless – it derives from [url=http://www.biathlon.net/intro.htmlhunting and winter warfare. If you think about it, running a physical race and then having to stop and do something requiring exactitude and precision is a real challenge.
But two-man luge? I got nothin’.
Well, phooey. Fixed link:
But they’re just laying on top of each other. ::shrug::
Eek! It looks like a Royal Marines training exercise! :eek:
I’m more disturbed by the lycra. I can’t even call that homoerotic because most gay people I know wouldn’t be caught dead in that either.
You guys don’t watch enough Robin Williams stand up. He already covered this:
[Robin Williams]
What drunk german gynocologist came up with luge?
[german accent]
Ya! I want to stick an ice skate up my ass and go balls first down an ice chute! Ya! That sounds like fun!
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…and don’t even get me started on the two man luge. Boys get a room is all I’m sayin’…
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From “Live on Broadway,” I believe.
Seriously, why a 2-man luge?
What’s next? 2-man ski jump and speed skating with only one pair of skis or skates, the other guy just goes piggy-back?
(Actually, I might want to see either of those)
Three-legged speed skating. Imagine the possibilities.
The 2-man luge—what were they thinking?
Hmmm, some cold dude laying motionless on top of you while you sled near out of control down a large, icy Crazy Straw… it’s like if necrophiliacs hosted the X-Games.
I dunno, but I got a whole list of people, who, if I ever meet them, are going to get a swift kick to the crotch. If you want, I’ll slip the 2-man luge inventer in there between the guy that originally thought that small car parking spaces were a good idea, and the guy that designed my vacuum cleaner.
I have two theories.
Theory number one
The two many luge was invented by the first guy to do the one man luge and realized that he was both freezing and there was no padding to cushion a crash. A guy laying on top of him would fix both of those problems.
Theory number two
The two man luge was invented by a gay man who liked the idea of really in shape guys in spandex laying on each other.
What in Og’s name do England’s marines do that require neon yellow one-piece spandex suits?
And do we really want to know?
I too would like to know what advantge/purpose the 2 man luge has along w/ those 2 extra bobsleaders.
Biathlon pointless?!?!, only to a modern day liberal, this is most likely the game that is most in line w/ the orginal Olympic games, an event that is very closely related to warfare.
Well, most of the time they don’t bother with the spandex. Or any clothing at all:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17394812-401,00.html?from=rss :eek:
(Don’t worry, it’s worksafe. No naked marines pictured)
You disappoint me. 
I’m bumpin’ this thread, 'cause it’s relevant, what with the the Winter Olympics going on right now.
Besides, I still want to know who thought up the idea of adding a second guy to the luge. It’s a silly enough sport to begin with–but why 2 at a time?
Did you see Roker and Lauer do the 2 man luge last week? Laffs all around…
Invariably, the Tonight Show last night played a clip of it, overdubbed with appropriate music, and interspersed with the too-easy joke title “Brokeback Mornings.”
:rolleyes:
Biathlon is not pointless, but it is pretty crazy when you step back. I know it evolved from military stuff at the beginning of last century, but then you step back and it’s skiing a shooting a gun.
Imagine an Olympic sport where you swim 400 meters with a waterproof bag, then you have to jump out of the pool, open the bag, pull out and assemble a gun, then fire at a target. Not pointless, but hella weird.
