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The 2012 Olympics
Barmymoo:
I helped out at the library today (well, I helped a bit, and I read a lot, and now I'm on the computer until it closes) and we played Olympics bingo with the kids. We managed to figure out what almost all of the 25 pictures were meant to represent - I decided that one of the three (!) horse sports was Equestrian, one was Dressage and one was Pentathlon, according to the librarian I was working with. We were totally stumped by a picture showing two people facing each other with their arms outstretched, so we decided that patty-cake was an Olympic sport. It was never pulled as a bingo card anyway so it didn't matter.
jwhouk:
I suspect that may be something called "Wrestling".
Jimor:
The official condom supplier for the Athlete Village is pissed that other brands are getting in on the action.
And apparently there is a LOT of action, because Durex supplied 150,000 free condoms to athletes in London.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Jimor on 08 Aug 2012, 18:02 ---And apparently there is a LOT of action, because Durex supplied 150,000 free condoms to athletes in London.
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The Duke of Marlborough Effect (and obviously the Sarah Churchill Effect too).
By the way, don't ask my why the blogger chose to depict Sarah Churchill as Chinese! :psyduck: (click to show/hide)Well, she did love her John long time... ;)
Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 08 Aug 2012, 14:50 ---I helped out at the library today (well, I helped a bit, and I read a lot, and now I'm on the computer until it closes) and we played Olympics bingo with the kids. We managed to figure out what almost all of the 25 pictures were meant to represent - I decided that one of the three (!) horse sports was Equestrian, one was Dressage and one was Pentathlon, according to the librarian I was working with. We were totally stumped by a picture showing two people facing each other with their arms outstretched, so we decided that patty-cake was an Olympic sport. It was never pulled as a bingo card anyway so it didn't matter.
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The equestrian sports are actually Jumping, Dressage, and Eventing, a three-part competition that involves dressage, stadium jumping, and cross-country jumping, which imo is probably the most exciting. Those jumps are huuuuge, and the horse and rider are not only competing against the other competitors, but also against the clock as well - you're penalized for going over and under optimal time, so it's a balancing act of time management. Still, the horse and rider are often at a full gallop for much of the course, and it's usually divided up into two parts via the ten-minute box (where the animal is bathed down in cold water to bring down their body temperature, and is also inspected by a vet to help ensure that the animal is able to safely continue).
I did a low-level event a time or two, and also groomed at some intermediate ones.
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