Category: WTF
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Behold the Old Spice muscle-powered one-man band
Can you do this ? :-) Old Spice Muscle Music from Terry Crews on Vimeo. Via Geeks Are Sexy
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Symmonds tries for the beer mile world record (and fails)
Hopefully not swimming related (now, that would be an *evil* record), but here is track runner Nick Symmonds trying to break the “beer mile” world record, in which a runner has to chug a beer at quarter-mile intervals. He finished in 5:19, 10 seconds short of the world record of 5:09 set by Canadian marathoner…
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Idaho woman hypothermic after “sleep swimming”
A 31-year-old woman who went missing in the early hours of yesterday morning was found on a river bank quarter of a mile away, soaking wet and suffering from hypothermia after apparently swimming there in her sleep. Read for instance Mail Online and The Olympian
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Warning: Don’t swim with contact lenses
Mail Online via Geeks are Sexy The amoeba that affected this girl is actually pretty rare, but has fast-acting and severe consequences. However, there is also a more common bacteria called “Psuedomonas bacteria†that also lives in water and can destroy your sight in 24-36 hours. Thinking “it’s so rare, it’s likely never going to…
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Congressman Yoder apologizes for skinny dip in the Sea of Galilee
Oh the humanity, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas apologized to his constituents Sunday night after a published report revealed the freshman lawmaker swam nude in the Sea of Galilee during a private fact-finding trip to the Mideast last August. Giggle, read more here on The Kansas City Star and see for instance ABC News…
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Ryan Lochte trademarks “Jeah”
Yessir, Lochte trademarked the phrase “Jeah” on August 1, according to a filing with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The filing reveals that Lochte hopes to put the word on everything from goggles to sunglasses to jewelry and beer mugs. The swimmer, who won two golds and two bronze medals in the 2012 Olympic…
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British PM to Phelps, Lochte and the rest of us: “It is not OK to pee in the pool”
There you go, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron tells off Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte for peeing in the pool. Also, I thought the Brits had humor, but that has maybe been hampered by beach volley keeping him up all night. Read Metro, via The Huffington Post (This one’s for you,…
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Ouch, NBC now also in hot water over ‘racist’ monkey promo
Read and watch The Philly Post The Olympics have triggered a whole lot of angst. People are pissed at NBC’s spoilers. They’re pissed about Americans being too self-obsessed. They’re pissed about Michael Phelps mania. They pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair. People are pissed about people being pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair. I thought this was…
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Cheeky thieves steal stripes from bottom of Albuquerque swimming pool
Bernalillo County officials said they’re baffled after someone stole the stripes off the bottom of the Paradise Hills swimming pool. “You have to pull pretty hard because it’s been welded together,” Ed Chismar, with the parks and recreation department, said. Officials believe it took more than one person to do the job. The crime was…