Have you ever met someone who can manage to make you laugh with almost every sentence they speak? Someone with a natural talent for wit? Well, I have found a site whose author has the gift of humor. The site is called The Deep Friar, and I don’t know what took me so long to find it. Friar has a spot on my links list now thanks to the laughter his articles have given me today, a day when I sorely needed some smiling medicine.
Here’s a taste from one of his recent posts with some thoughts on the Olympic games.
If there were aliens observing us, they’d find this whole Olympic thing pretty funny.
I could just imagine their report:
“Every fourth orbit around the sun, the hairless apes on the Third Planet put great emphasis on which fellow primate can move between point A and B the fastest, or who can throw an object the furthest.
Great excitement is displayed over the dominant ape who wins: these are awarded shiny round pieces of colored metal.”
And one that’s sure to raise ire with gun enthusiasts everywhere.
The marathon is said to be the toughest event of the Olympics.
These athletes run a grueling 26 miles in just over two hours.
Compare this to the pistol shooter, who just stands there, firing bullets.
Yet the winners in each sport get the SAME gold medal.
(Boy…THAT seems fair.)
Yes, shooting is a skill, and yes, anyone willingly running 26 miles is probably a little bit daft, but really, I’ve got to agree with him. One is definitely more of a physical challenge than the other.
In any case, Friar has more thoughts on the Olympics and loads more of funny and insightful articles. Take a look and be sure to subscribe to his feed.