Avast, ye scurvy dog!

[smeddley]

[The intern and I were talking about the Olympics, and we started looking at the events.]

I've always though that some of the track & field combinations were odd - I mean, I understand the decathalon (it's all the 'classic' t&f events) and the trithalon (human powered races), but the biathalon? Skiing and shooting? What?

And then there's the pentathalon - shooting, fencing, swimming, riding, and running?!

Suddenly he looked up. "Oh! It's all the things you need to be a pirate!"

...and then it all made sense. Sadly, I don't think we can convince the Olympic committee to make them compete in pirate shirts and high boots...

Comments

[triskellion.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Oh, but it would be so much fun to watch.

[elaran.livejournal.com]

ahahaha that's awesome! :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

Someone really ought to metaquote this!!! (alas, I'm not a member of that community)

That is quite a brilliant observation after all.

[dynastic-queen.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I don't think we can convince the Olympic committee to make them compete in pirate shirts and high boots...

Sadly yes, any more than we could convince them to add a bit of pillaging to round out the event. Darn.