# What's going on in this picture? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269 "2011-08-27T06:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/1 "2011-08-27T06:23:30Z")
Looks vaguely dancerish [http://dariknews.bg/view\_article.php?article\_id=177598](http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=177598) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/2 "2011-08-27T07:06:11Z")
They’re doing it wrong. What you’re supposed to do is have her lie on her back, then you put one finger under her and chant “light as a feather, stiff as a board” until she floats. The ropes in that picture are just not right. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/3 "2011-08-27T07:14:17Z")
I’m pretty sure the caption translates: > [@](#): > > _ **NO ONE** _ leave the Moscow ballet _ **BITCH!** _. > There’s only _ **ONE** _ way out of _ **THIS** _ shit and your ass is 'bout to find out! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/4 "2011-08-27T07:43:18Z")
Babelfish is not much help: > [@Babelfish](#): > > [Boyanka] Of [angelova] to [se] of [klasira] to [prvo] [myasto] in multi-battle with you [devoykite] on [Mezhdunarodniya] tournament on [khudozhestvena] gymnastics after the prize of tsarina Margaret’s „”. [Blgarkata] of [sbra] active membership from are general 91,575 points. To secondly [myasto] with you [devoykite] [ostana] of the friend of [blgarka] - Martin [Grozeva]. [Treta] to [se] of [klasira] of [khrvatkata] Of [dariya] Of [topich]. 16-[iyat] [Mezhdunaroden] tournament on [khudozhestvena] gymnastics for the prize of tsarina Margaret’s „” [startira] of [dnes] on the dinner in the hall Of [kongresna] into [Dvoretsa] to [kulturata] and of the sport of [vv] Varna. In [nadprevarata] [uchastvat] of [sstezatelki] from 17 [strani], Kato for [golyama] is frequent from [tyakh] of [tova] e of [posledna] checking [predi] [Svetovnoto] [prvenstvo] into [Patra] into [sredata] to [mesetsa]. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/5 "2011-08-27T07:56:07Z")
More realistically, looks like a team rhythmic gymnastics team using ribbons; judging from the link, probably Bulgarian; probably at this point, the four girls on the outer edge had twirled their ribbons in such a way that other members could grab the ends and form a mesh to catch the fifth girl. Knowing rhythmic gymnastics a bit, I’d bet the girl caught in the mesh had actually leapt _before_ the ribbons had been caught, the mesh being created right as the girl came to her landing position… the timing and choreography in Olympic-caliber RG is amazing. Found [this video](http://youtu.be/LPpPAD1hJ5Y) of the 2008 Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team. Not doing the move shown in the video, but they seem to be ribbon specialists, and I’d bet are the same girls as in the pic. Fun video to watch. [This video](http://youtu.be/Viu7U8_IhD4) shows off some of the more amazing routines of RG, both solo and team, and there are some shocking examples of team choreography (using balls and hoops, mostly) near the end. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/6 "2011-08-27T07:57:35Z")
Lesbian Bondage Drill Team? ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/7 "2011-08-27T08:00:12Z")
Adding: ran the page text through Google Translate, and it looks like my guess at a Bulgarian gymnastics team was right. > [@](#): > > Boyanka Angelova is ranked first in the girls AA International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament for the “Queen Margarita”. > > Bulgarian gathered from the asset total 91.575 points. Second stay at another Bulgarian girls - Martina Grozeva. Third ranked Croatian Darius Topic. > > 16th International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament prize for “Queen Margarita” started today at noon in the Congress Hall in the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. In the competition involving players from 17 countries, as many of them this is the last test before the World Championships in Patras in the middle of the month. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/594269/8 "2011-08-27T18:42:56Z")
Those ladies are incredible! Good call SD.