The Olympics are here

Whoopee! And what a dynamic start they had! The first gold medal went to a Chinese air rifle markswoman. Why isn't our USA BB gun team up to it? Probably bad training. After all, it takes years and years of workouts to be able to pull that trigger. Do the "athletes" have to cock the gun, too? Or does someone do it for them? But we won a gold medal, too! Kim Rhode shot the lights out of clay pigeons! What a performance! See how fit she is!
Unfortunately, wimpy sports like lacrosse are not fit for the Olympics. The IOC defends the faith, and politics play no part in their drive to keep the Games free of new non-trashsport offerings. Here is a list of sports that have been tried and rejected:

* croquet
* motor boating
* polo
* tug-of-war
* plunge for distance
* underwater swimming
* obstacle race for swimming
* cricket
* lacrosse
* jeu de paume
* racquets

OK: "jeu de palme" is handball without a wall. And lacrosse was rejected because it has a French name... wait, don't all the public utterances of the IOC come in French and English? Must be that lacrosse is too sissy. No one can shoot a lacrosse ball as fast as a BB.
Yes, I despise the Olympics. No... wait: I love the Olympics! See my link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzQxfr1VOWk