Jeremy’s Sametime Status Proudly Presents: Olympic Fun Facts Week! Beibei the Fish, Jingjing the Panda, Huanhuan the Flame, Yingying the Tibetan Antelope, and Nini the swallow are the Official Mascots of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Most sports teams have a mascot. Come even have a couple. The local baseball team basically has 4, but they're all the same. (It's a family of Raccoons) But, being the Olympics, we have to take things one step farther. They have five, count 'em, five mascots. Combine that with the fact that each of their names repeats, and you have 10 mascot names for a single Olympiad. Not bad! Granted, a flame isn't much of a mascot, but It's Been Done Before.
For some good, wholesome edutainment, you can check out The Official Mascot Homepage of the Olympics to learn more about these lovable creatures, colored after the Olympic Rings, and each with a back story that some chump actually spent time and money to write and then had to pitch to a bunch of chumps sitting around a long table while they bobbled their heads in approval and/or disapproval.
Enough of that. While not at the Olympics, this guy attempts a pole vault. Needless to say, he does not succeed. Also, please note...yes, I know there is a video of some dude totally ruining his arm during the weightlifting at this year's Olympics. No, that will NOT be one of the videos posted this week. It's just...well...ew.
1 comment:
I was always partial to Boutros Boutros the Ghali.
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