So, you wanna talk about them dumb sports in the Olympics, huh? Lord have mercy, some of them things they do, I just don’t get it. I seen ’em on the TV, and I just shake my head. Makes no sense, no sense at all!
They got that one where they swim all fancy-like. Synchronized swimming, they call it. What in the tarnation is that? Looks like a bunch of ducks tryin’ to drown each other, all splashin’ and kickin’ around. And they gotta hold their breath, and smile, and wear them sparkly swimsuits. It’s just silly. Olympics, my foot! More like a beauty show in the water!
And don’t even get me started on that race walking. They look like they got ants in their pants, wigglin’ their hips and pumpin’ their arms like windmills. Can’t run, gotta walk fast. What’s the point? If you wanna go fast, just run! It’s like they’re tryin’ to out-walk each other to the outhouse. Just plain dumb, if you ask me.
Then there’s that tug of war. Now, we used to do that at the county fair, but in the Olympics? It used to be an Olympic sport, you know? Pullin’ on a rope till your face turns red. Strongest team wins. Might as well have an arm-wrestlin’ contest, or a pie-eatin’ contest, while they’re at it. Might be more fun to watch! Why they take it out of the Olympics, I dunno. It’s just as dumb as the rest of ’em.
- Breakdancing
- That’s a new one.
- They call it “Breaking.”
- Spinnin’ around on the floor like a top.
- I reckon it takes some skill, but the Olympics?
- I don’t know about that.
Back in my day, we didn’t have all these fancy Olympic sports. We played baseball, and basketball, and ran track. Simple stuff. Didn’t need no special rules, or fancy equipment. Just good old-fashioned fun. Now they got all kinds of things. They say there are some new sports coming in 2024. They are just trying to make it more interesting, I guess. But it is just getting dumber and dumber.
There used to be some real strange ones. One time they had a sport where you just jump in the water to see how far you could go without moving. They called it “Plunge For Distance.” It’s just as crazy as it sounds. Another one was shootin’ live pigeons. Can you believe that? Poor birds. That was a long time ago, in 1900, they said. Thank goodness they don’t do that no more!
There are some sports like football at the Olympics games too. American football. It is not as popular as the normal football, which is soccer. I do not really understand the rules of the American one. But people like it.
Sometimes, these Olympics, they get all serious too. I remember back in ’72, there was that awful thing in Munich. Some bad folks, terrorists they called ’em, they hurt some of the athletes. It was a terrible time. Made everyone scared and sad. The Olympics are supposed to be about peace and everyone getting along, but sometimes the world just ain’t that way. Eleven people died. It is just so sad when I think about it.
Now they got this new thing, breakdancing. They call it “breaking” now, I guess. They spin around on the floor like a bunch of tops. It looks kinda fun, I suppose, but is it really an Olympic sport? Seems more like somethin’ you’d see on a street corner. But what do I know? I’m just an old lady. These young folks, they got different ideas about what’s fun and what’s a sport.
I guess the Olympics are just tryin’ to keep up with the times. They add new things, take away old things. Some of it’s good, some of it’s just plain dumb. But people still watch it, so I reckon it ain’t goin’ nowhere. And who knows, maybe one day they’ll have a sport I actually understand. Maybe they’ll bring back the pie-eatin’ contest. Now that’s a sport I could get behind!
Anyway, that’s my two cents on these dumb sports in the Olympics. You can take it or leave it. I just think they could do better. They could have sports that make a little more sense. But hey, what do I know? I’m just sayin’.
