Olympic Nostalgia?! + Hot Noodles + Political Whimsy Burnout?

whimsical WED special THU edition

Nostalgic Olympics' Whimsy *

* It's never too early for nostalgic whimsy.

From Omaha World Herald (8/1): "Rocky stay so far for Australia. A week after Australian officials found their Olympic Village quarters uninhabitable because of 'blocked toilets, leaking pipes & exposed wiring,' its athletes were robbed when they evacuated their rooms because of a fire & they later claimed that the fire alarms had been deactivated . . . " [Where's Crocodile Dundee when you need him?]

From USA Today Sports (8/10): "Fencing: South Korean Sangyoung Park stormed back to score the final 5 pts & take gold in men's epee . . . " [Emphasis added . . . & They wonder why their sport isn't taken seriously in our country.]

From USA Today 8/12): "Russians jeered over doping scandal. Booing athletes such as Efimova at Games unusual . . . " [Fortunately, this was an isolated incident on the part of Brazilian fans.]

Ditto: "Polluted bay blamed for sailor's illness . . . " [Fortunately, this was an isolated water-related incident at the host country's Olympics.]

Ditto: "Basketball federation makes fresh push for three-on-three . . . " [A similar push to add h-o-r-s-e to future Olympic competition became mired in controversy when the International Olympic Equestrian Committee demanded authority to determine its feasibility.] *
* Get it? H-O-R-S-E? Equestrian? Sometimes I crack myself up.

Also from OWH (8/24): "Coaches' protest is praised in Mongolia. Taking off clothes to protest officiating is seen as appropriate response . . . " [I can neither confirm nor deny that the Mongolian wrestling team was greeted by cheering fans--all of whom had taken off their clothes--upon their arrival back in Mongolia.]

There Is No Place Like . . . the USA! USA! USA!

Also from OWH (8/22): "U.S. dominates medal count . . . 
United States  46 gold 37 silver 38 bronze 121 total
China              26 gold 18 silver 26 bronze 70 total
Britain            27 gold 23 silver 17 bronze  67 total
Russia             19 gold 18 silver  19 bronze 56 total
Germany         17 gold 10 silver 15 bronze  42 total
France            10 gold 18 silver 14 bronze  42 total"

MY COMMENTS: Sure, we may have had a few swimmers trash a restroom & lie to police about getting mugged &, yes, one of our soccer players may have called an opposing team a bunch of cowardly crybabies--which they were--but at least:

• We didn't pollute the bay by "epeeing" in it.
• We didn't boo state-supported, drug-addled teams.
• {To the best of my knowledge} none of our athletes or coaches stripped to protest obvious derelict officiating decisions meant to "put Americans in our place" . . . which obviously didn't work . . . MEDAL COUNT! MEDAL COUNT! MEDAL COUNT!

Wonderful Wide World of Wacky Celebrities

Tagline from Drudge Report (8/31):  "(Tom) Brady shows off new 'Megan Kelly' haircut." [I saw the picture--didn't bother to read the article.]

Food for Thought

Another Tagline from Drudge (8/31): "Chef goes deaf after eating world's hottest noodles . . . . " [SOTJK: "Our greatest threat isn't ISIS . . . it's hot noodles. No, wait . . . It's air-conditioners. THEN hot noodles."]

Dept. of Favorite Comic Strip Dialogue

From "Pickles" (OWH 8/12):
Grandma *, sitting on the couch, talking to Earl: This morning I decided to make myself a kale souffle', but I couldn't find the kale . . .I thought I was going crazy. I had such a strong mental image of it being in that drawer in the fridge . . . Then I thought, "Maybe Earl ate all the kale" . . . And then I thought, "Yeah, right." And I laughed & laughed.
* Sorry--I have a hard time remembering her name.

Criminal Behavior

Also from OWH (8/31): "Nepal says Indian couple faked Everest climb. Nepal mountaineering authorities have determined that an Indian couple faked a Mt. Everest ascent earlier this year by altering photographs to make it appear they were on the summit . . . " [Re: photographs that might be circulating on Facebook and/or videos appearing on You Tube, purporting to show me finishing in the Top 3 of the Ironman competition on the Big Island of Hawaii? I can neither confirm nor deny their authenticity.]

Political Whimsy

Also from LJS editorial page (8/26):  "Faulty ethics at Clinton Foundation . . . " [This is making me so tired, I couldn't even work up the physical & emotional energy to come up w/a new moniker for the presidential candidate in question.] *
* No, this does not mean I have yet to endorse ANY presidential candidate from ANY political party or fringe group ** so far.
** G.O.M.E.R.?