# What the holy marathonic fuck!??? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106 "2004-08-29T17:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/21 "2004-08-29T18:30:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > As much as I hate the idea of mob justice… > > the cops could have been just a _little_ slower in getting to the guy. > > This nutjob needs a serious thrashing. What makes you think the Greek police won’t give him a kicking? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/22 "2004-08-29T18:43:09Z")
> [@Futile Gesture](#): > > He looks very like the same guy who [ran out in the middle of the Formula 1 race last year.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3081905.stm) Now [CBS Sports is saying](http://www.sportsline.com/olympics/story/7626296) that it _is_ that guy. > [@](#): > > The intruder had a piece of paper attached to his back bearing the message: “The Grand Prix Priest Israel Fulfillment of Prophecy Says the Bible.” > > Police identified him as Cornelius Horan, an Irish citizen. In July 2003, Horan, in a costume similar to Sunday’s, ran onto the track in the middle of the British Grand Prix auto race and stayed there for more than 20 seconds, forcing drivers to swerve around him. He was carrying a sign that said, “read the Bible – the Bible is always right.” How did they [mistake an Irish fella for a Portugese](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/08/29/sports1318EDT0215.DTL)? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/23 "2004-08-29T18:51:17Z")
> [@](#): > > How did they mistake an Irish fella for a Portugese? White folk all look the same. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/24 "2004-08-29T18:55:58Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > How did they [mistake an Irish fella for a Portugese](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/08/29/sports1318EDT0215.DTL)? Catholicism? Love of potatoes? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/25 "2004-08-29T18:58:29Z")
I thought the Greeks spent a bazillion dollars on security??? The tutu-wearing jackass who jumped into the pool, and now this??? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/26 "2004-08-29T19:13:59Z")
NBC has reported that Lima issued a statement to the effect that he does believe the nutjob cost him the gold, but that the bronze is also a great achievement. The Brazilian contingent has filed an appeal requesting a duplicate gold be given to Lima but the governing body says the results will stand. The IOC is awarding Lima the Pierre de Coubertin award for sportsmanship and fair play. As I type this, NBC is reporting that Horan is apparently “unaffiliated with any political or terrorist group.” Unless of course you count the Catholic Church (as a political group that is). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/27 "2004-08-29T19:17:06Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > The IOC is awarding Lima the Pierre de Coubertin award for sportsmanship and fair play. That’s fantastic news. Glad he got a medal, too. Grrrr. Cornholious needs locking up. ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/28 "2004-08-29T19:19:13Z")
> [@Futile Gesture](#): > > I’m afraid this particular cretin is a British cretin. > > He looks very like the same guy who [ran out in the middle of the Formula 1 race last year.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3081905.stm) > > I hope they lock him up for a long time. Idiot. He’s Irish, lets not claim all of the nutjobs in the world for ourselves! Anyone who thinks that running out in front of Grand Prix cars going at 200 mph is a good idea clearly has some problems… ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/29 "2004-08-29T19:21:10Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > As I type this, NBC is reporting that Horan is apparently “unaffiliated with any political or terrorist group.” Unless of course you count the Catholic Church (as a political group that is). Since he’s been defrocked, I don’t think you could count it anyways. If they hurry, they can still publicly flog him at the closing ceremonies… ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/30 "2004-08-29T19:29:20Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > If they hurry, they can still publicly flog him at the closing ceremonies… I like that idea. Lima was still extending his lead as of the last interval when this asshole showed up. I really think he would not have been caught but he showed a lot of class in saying that the interruption did not affect the result _cough_ _bullshit_ _cough_ I just sat and watched the remainder of the race in shock. Who/What was the guy protesting against? People with good lung capacity? People with low body fat? ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/31 "2004-08-29T19:33:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Who/What was the guy protesting against? People with good lung capacity? People with low body fat? No, he really is proper crazy. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/32 "2004-08-29T20:06:44Z")
That was fucking insane. I’m just watching the end of the race here. FWIW, _I_ think the incident cost him the gold. No way does that kind of thing not fuck your concentration all to hell. I hope they follow up on the punishment that fucking lunatic receives. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/33 "2004-08-29T20:11:20Z")
> [@Greenback](#): > > Lima was still extending his lead as of the last interval when this asshole showed up. I really think he would not have been caught but he showed a lot of class in saying that the interruption did not affect the result _cough_ _bullshit_ _cough_ Lima _is_ saying that the interference cost him the gold. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/34 "2004-08-29T20:22:57Z")
Lima is saying that it who knows how it would’ve ended, but it certainly would’ve been different. Which is mighty fair of him. Not only is Lima screwed, but in a way so is the winner, who now will also have people believe he didn’t deserve it. We will never know. Lima…extremelty classy. I think marathon runners have a ton of respect for each other and I think Lima wants to respect the Italian. In a weird way he is getting MORE attention than he might have ven if he had own. Goo for him! ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/35 "2004-08-29T21:09:32Z")
Here’s some more information about the guy: > **[Silverstone joker an ex-Bexley priest](https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/395346.silverstone-joker-an-ex-bexley-priest/)** > > THE man who nearly brought the British Grand Prix at Silverstone to a disastrous end by running onto the racetrack during the race, is a former… ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/36 "2004-08-30T01:07:46Z")
As I type this, they’re awarding the medals on my local broadcast. Lima looks properly happy winning the bronze medal. Still, that whackjob ought to be locked up until after the next Summer Olympics. I don’t care what you’re protesting or demonstrating about – _don’t interfere with the fragging race!_ ---
**Author:** ![Spezza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Spezza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spezza)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/37 "2004-08-30T01:31:35Z")
I just find it extremely sad that these athletes train and suffer for years before the Olympics for their 15 minutes of fame; which is so easily ruined. Lima had his ruined today by an ignorant moron. I would just like to also draw attention to all the other athletes who also had their moments soiled by other cheating athletes (everyone caught dopping), inept or bought judges (Kyle Shewfelt), or just poor sportsmanship (Paul Hamm). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/38 "2004-08-30T02:00:30Z")
Maybe at the closing ceremonies, they could snuff out the Olympic flame on Haron’s pants. Idjit. ---
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/39 "2004-08-30T02:18:34Z")
> [@Spezza](#): > > or just poor sportsmanship (Paul Hamm). How about instead of accusing Paul Hamm of poor sportsmanship, you focus on the incompetence of the judges? Paul Hamm didn’t create the rules. He shouldn’t even be involved in it at this point. He has said that if he is told to give up the gold medal, he will do so. However he doesn’t feel this is his decision to make. I think he has a valid point. If the Olympic Commitee wants to change the rules, it is up to them to do so. They all put him in a really shitty, no win situation. Another point that has been made is if the Korean had actually been judged correctly, he would have received a .2 point deduction because he had too many hold moves during his parallel bars routine. This would have been a bigger deduction than were unintentionally deducted by not starting with the proper points in the first place. If the judges are able to review tapes and make adjustments to their scores until they are so called “perfect”. I think the medal ceremony would finally take place a couple years from now. The judges and the president of the International Gymnastics Federation (that weasely bastard who tried to convince Hamm to give up his medal to cover his ass and the sorry asses of his subordinates) should be ashamed of themselves. Hamm has absolutely nothing to apologize for. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106/40 "2004-08-30T02:26:31Z")
> [@Creative\_Munster](#): > > How about instead of accusing Paul Hamm of poor sportsmanship, you focus on the incompetence of the judges? The way I read the post you’re talking about, I thought **Spezza** meant that Paul Hamm was the victim of somebody else’s poor sportsmanship. Which is exactly what you’re saying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-holy-marathonic-fuck/262106.md?page=3)