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Brazilian Synchronized Swimming, you have my attention

Yeah, I pander. So what? You know pandering can be a felony? Kinda like pimping. On to the story:

Brazilian Twins

(Brazilian synchronized swimming twins Bia and Branca Feres)

Is there anything really left to say?

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via machochip.com

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via machochip.com


There is a short article that there will be a quiz on later, and more importantly, MORE PICS here.

and video, says jbox

 

Even more pics from withleather.com

 

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Smells Like Beijing in Here - Inaugural Edition

Welcome to (day late) Inaugural Coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. We've been tracking this 5 ring circus for a few weeks now, and some of these stories are even already submitted here, but from this point on it's going to be far easier to just dump links into posts.

For starters: 15 facts | Yes, it's naked time.

Yummy foods | Mmm... scorpion on a stick!

What's that smell? | No, I like this. We will ninja ourselves some medals and Gee Tee Eff Oh.

Olympic flame arrives

Nakedness is the best promotion | Amanda Beard gets naked for furries. | Naked Powerade, too | We only post pics of chicks here because of what the Media does! It's the Media's fault!

Olympic Walking: Deadly Serious | Seriously... using 'roids or whatever for Olympic walking? You guys know Americans don't even watch that, right?

Michael Phelps: The Tiger of Swimming | America: F#CK YEAH!

 

Stay tuned throughout the Olympics for more hilarious antics!

 

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Blind bowler rolls a 300

Don't get me wrong, a blind guy bowling a perfect game is impressive to be sure. However, I look at the American Blind Bowlers Association website and it says right there that the advent of guide rails is what makes blind bowling possible. So did this blind bowler not have the gutters to contend with?

Actually, who am I kidding. I probably couldn't bowl a perfect game with guide rails and a ball 3 feet wide.

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Red Bull Air Race looks really really dangerous


They say that as you get older, your propensity for motion sickness increases. I wasn't quite ready to believe the commercials showing how fast the planes go in the Red Bull Air Race, but after watching the footage from people actually in attendance, I am a believer. I am getting a queasy feeling and sweat is forming around my brow and arm pits. I threw up just a little bit in my mouth after the third turn.

Poll
Are these pilots athletes?
  • No. This is just like NASCAR except with clouds and birds instead of oil slicks and car parts
  • Yes. If you kicked one of these guys in the crotch, their titanium huevos would break your foot

  21 votes | Results

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Speedminton is like Badminton except... except for ummm.... Wait, isn't this badminton?

I think I get it. The racket's a little bit different and the shuttlecock looks a little heavier and is called a Speeder, which is nice for those with delicate sensibilities. You don't want Maria Sharapova saying the word "shuttlecock" over and over. Beyond that...

I'll tell you though. I think they might be onto something with this Blackminton stuff:

Blackminton's basically Speedminton with black lights and ridiculous glow-in-the-dark makeup. If there's something that isn't improved tenfold by the addition of black lights and ridiculous glow-in-the-dark makeup, then I have yet to find it.

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Four year old breaks cup stacking record

Imagine that you take cup stacking seriously and you train for a world competition and you get beat by a 4 year old kid who learned the sport by watching Nickelodeon.  Imagine how pissed you'd be.  That's how I feel right now.

4-year-old sets cup-stacking records

A Colorado Springs 4-year-old broke three international records this week in a cup-stacking competition at the Denver Coliseum, a newspaper said.
"It's kind of silly. He saw a kid stack cups on 'Yo Gabba Gabba!' in November. Now, he's obsessed," the boy's mother said. "Yo Gabba Gabba!" is a television show for children shown aired on the Nick Jr. channel.

Here's a five year old girl who performed her skills on Regis and Kelly:

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Baby Walks at 6 months dressed for a safari

The baby who is already walking...at six months old

I'm not that impressed that he can walk.  I'm impressed that he walked on African Safari where he bagged a lion and two zebras.

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Ladder Races

Ladder races are all fun and games until you do a naughty deed and hit a chute.

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Can crossword puzzles be a sport?

This is absolutely amazing to me and I would give this as evidence that competitive crossword puzzles effectively combine strategy, intelligence and hand-eye coordination to the point that maybe crossword puzzles aren't a sport-sport, but definitely right in there with darts, pool and pinball.

Poll
Are crossword puzzles a sport?
  • 2 letters. The opposite of yes
  • 10 letters. Popular vodka turned adverb

  37 votes | Results

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Lance Mackey, Uncommon Sportsman's prediction, has won the Iditarod

Lance Mackey has won the Iditarod. The Big Lead wonders if this solidifies Mackey as the best musher ever. Considering his success at Yukon Quest as well, we'd say that he's definitely in the running. We said it at the start of the race and we'll say it again. If there's one thing Lance Mackey knows how to do, it's mush.

I'm trying to find exactly what sort of ratio Mackey used for his run-rest strategy, and so far, this is all I've seen:

Mackey took some risky moves, pushing his dogs to the brink and skipping much-needed rest himself but he blew past King to trot to the finish line on Nome's Front Street to take the Iditarod at 2:46 a.m. Wednesday. His official time was nine days, 11 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds. King was second, reaching the finish at 4:05 a.m.

Congratulations Lance Mackey!

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