In case you haven't heard, 2008 is a year in which the Summer Olympics take place.
I can already read your mind. You are either exclaiming a flat and lifeless "whoopee" or raising your eyebrows in a collective "so damn what" expression.
Sure, the Olympics celebrate the competitive spirit from countries around the globe and show us how that very same collective spirit can bring about peace, understanding and harmony through the common language of sport. It's something that we can all understand.
Well, most of us.
I understand being competitive. Just ask my co-workers, they've witnessed it firsthand. The part I don't understand is why millions of able-bodies people from around the globe will cease to live their own lives and become glaze-eyed zombies who seem to actually enjoy the oh-so-thrilling spectacle of people running or swimming. But the summer Olympics to me lack surprise and speed and the physical harm which is commonplace in the Winter Olympics.
That's why I feel that the Summer Olympics are sorely in need of the sport of Dodgeball as an addition.
Think about it, what stands more for peace than hurling a red rubber ball at a foreigner's nuts? It's not just exciting to participate in but it's also pretty damn thrilling to be a spectator of. I can imagine the slow motion, face melting replays where you can see the instant, via facial expression, that the red rubber ball impacts the crotch of the victim. It's competition at its best and I'm all for it.
Add Dodgeball and the networks of NBC have themselves another viewer in this guy.
6 comments:
I enjoy playing sports, but I don't understand what people get out of watching them. And I never have understood dodgeball either. It's like playing jacks or marbles with people. If we did the same thing with animals there's be this huge outcry.
I love dodgeball. But I won't be watching much of the Olympics...not that much fun to watch sports on tv.
So, you need violence and pain in order to be enthralled.
Such a guy thing...
I was rooting for some lawn dart competitions. *shrug* Dodgeball works too though.
Lawn darts. Now you have my attention. Of course I grew up in the era of the safety scissors and bike helmets. It doesn't mean I used either but they were definitely around.
Ha! I can just imagine us laughing at the weakling as he gets slammed in the face with a ball!
I vote yes to dodge-ball!
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