Away from all the hoopla about the disturbingly oversized facial features of Michael Phelps (evidence of untraceable human growth hormone use, I've heard suggested) these Olympics remain a great platform for small countries to get visibility and grow heros. The Rumanian women's marathoner, the Panamanian long jumper, the Tunisian 1500 meter swimmer, the Ukrainian gold-silver combo in the Heptathlon, rowing medallists from Belarus, Estonia and what have you. It sort of enhances the world's balance of power to see athletes from less-well-heeled machines grimming atop the podium. It would be nice if NBC found the time to interview a few of them.
Hong Un Jong of North Korea took gold in the woman's vault and -- as a reward -- is reported to have had her family's annual food allocation raised an additional five kilos of meat and also ten kilos of flour and sugar for bringing glory to the Fatherland. She humbly offered thanks and praise Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il for his magnanimity and wisdom.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Feast for the small
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Too bad there's no gold medal for your enhancement efforts, there really should be some form of recognition in light of your contribution to humanity. Maybe a Nobel prize and a movie entitled "An Inconvenient Massive Enlargement of My Truth Sword".
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