# The Russell Crowe Decathlon!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russell-crowe-decathlon/370564>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 28, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russell-crowe-decathlon/370564 "2006-08-28T19:22:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russell-crowe-decathlon/370564/21 "2006-08-29T19:42:55Z")

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The O. J. Simpson Low-Speed Bronco Bust

The George H. W. Bush Cookie-Toss

The Eddie Murphy Two-Man Drag Race

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russell-crowe-decathlon/370564/22 "2006-08-29T20:05:25Z")

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[QUOTE=h.sapiens]  
The George H. W. Bush Cookie-Toss

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The George W Bush Pretzel Eating Contest

The Laura Walsh (Bush) Drag Race

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russell-crowe-decathlon/370564/23 "2006-08-30T01:20:38Z")

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The Lloyd Eisler Quick-Work Sequential Woman-Juggling and Insemination Blast-Off.

The Sandy Duncan 360-Degree Stage Presence Expo (it’s as if she had eyes in the back of her head!).

The Tom Cruise Gay-Rumor Fencing: T.C. vs. the tabloids. [An event sometimes contested by Kevin Spacey as well.]

The Gerald Ford Pratfalls – Stairs and Freeform.

The Playing-With-Pain special awards, subclass “Self-Medicating” for Men (JFK) and Women (Liz Taylor).

And let’s not forget the truly unique Bjork’s Managing-To-Outweird-Oneself-In-Multiple-Artistic-Formats Award!

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russell-crowe-decathlon/370564/24 "2006-08-30T01:35:40Z")

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Also:

The Gary Busey Unhelmeted Motorcycle Wipe-Out and Precious Few Brain-Cell Wastage.

The Charles Krauthammer Empty Pool 4m Dive [NB: this event may be performed only once by any given athlete].

The Patsy Cline/Buddy Holly/Big Bopper/Ritchie Valens/Lynyrd Skynyrd Aero Steeplechase.

Yep, _definitely_ going to hell…

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russell-crowe-decathlon/370564/25 "2006-08-31T12:15:47Z")

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The Clalissta/Mary Kate Starve-A-Thon

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