Sinister: She put me on the ground with judo (in the light-middle weight quarter finals)

[craigrm]

As the Olympics are only held every 4 years and the list was officially 3 a 
few short weeks ago it's no surprise everyone's taken to the Sydney Games like 
little fluffy ducklings to water. Someone recently pointed out how misleading 
the line about "stars of track and field being beautiful people" is and I 
think I'm going to have to agree, although I'd admit that the "stars of track" 
are usually more beautiful than the "stars of field" so it's probably not fair 
to group them together like that.

IF IYFS gets a re-release I think the track listing should be amended :

1. The Stars of Track & Field*
2. Seeing Other People

*excluding certain events that involve the chucking of heavy objects over 
great distances.

Up and coming "Stars of Track and Field" are also a bit strange. When I was 
about 14 I remember the annual school sports day being lifted to a whole new 
level when a classmate started taking it all very seriously and turned up 
fully equipped for the days competition.

Most of us were happy to swan around in our baggy cotton shorts and ill 
fitting T-shirts, making a feeble effort in the 4 events (minimum) we were 
expected to participate in and generally think ourselves lucky not to be stuck 
in a hot classroom doing *real* work. Then big Malc and his wee bag of goodies 
came along and changed all that, you see not only did he have fancy spiky 
running shoes, shimmery nylon clothes but he'd also brought along his own 
starting blocks and javelin. Boy did we feel inadequate !.... well those of us 
who weren't elsewhere savoring the delights of the senior girls high jump 
final.

Good luck with the sit-up-athon Lucy, you'll be folding origami animals with 
your steely six-pack abs before you know it !.

Not much of a post, sorry.

Craig x

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