Category: WTF
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Ehm, the Olympic beds are only 172 cm long (5 feet 8)
The London 2012 Olympic Village is now officially open for business, looks okay but the beds are tiny by most standards, some of us would call them ‘kid’s size’. They have arrangement for longer beds for ‘extra long beds’ for basketball players, rowers and the like … but really, 172 cm ?!? Read for instance…
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London residents lose bid to challenge Olympic missiles
Residents of a 17-story tower block near the Olympic Park have no right to challenge an unprecedented decision by the army to deploy high-velocity missiles in a residential area, a high court judge has ruled. Read more here on the Guardian.
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Florida lifeguard fired for saving out-of-bounds swimmer
Thomas Lopez, a lifeguard at Florida’s Hallandale Beach, was fired Monday for leaving his official work zone in order save the life of a drowning swimmer. Apparently two other lifeguards have been fired for backing him, and four others have quit. “I ran out to do the job I was trained to do,†Lopez, 21,…
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USADA allegedly allows confessed dopers to ride in return for testimony
Confession, I used to be a cycling afficionado following the classics and the tours religiously up until the mess with first Festina and then Bjarne Riis obviously doped before confessing, me turning to Marco Pantani because he looked too tiny to be doped, just to have my newfound hero first caught doping and then dying…
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Muse’s “Survival” is the official 2012 Olympic anthem
According to Buzzfeed, they have a poll asking “Is it great?” with the answer “Yes” at the moment narrowly surpassing “OH GOD, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!”. In other news, Ian Thorpe is to feature in a “mood video” to set the scene at the aquatic centre, to go with this song. Brilliant.
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Oceans of Garbage – our seas are a mess
A graphic created by Masters Degree Created by: MastersDegree.net, thanks Meika!
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CC photo #169: And the time is 2:71.50 :-P
A snapshot from a meet in Tórshavn, yesterday evening. Don’t ask :-P
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David Blaine “dressed for dinner” with a great white
Behold the illusionist / endurance artist David Blaine swimming with great whites all dressed up. An illusion? Via Huffington Post
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Aussie bosses return fire in gun controversy
Olympic organisers have hit back at claims of hypocrisy over their decision to sanction swimmers Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk for posing with guns, saying “this matter involving Nick and Kenrick was not about visiting a gun shop, more the manner in which they posed in the photos, as well as past indiscretions which bring…