Tiki Barber goes nuclear at the Olympics

Categories: Sports, Television

Warning: This video is not for anyone easily offended by derogatory words concerning female anatomy. Curious?  Yeah, I thought so.  I haven't watched a second of MSNBC's Olympics coverage, but I think I need to start right away.  Particularly for the "Olympic Update" segments featuring co-hosts Tiki Barber and Jenna Wolfe.  Tiki, as most of you probably know, was a running back for the New York Giants until 2006, when he retired under less than friendly terms with the team.  They of course ... Read on, Daddy-O

Still more mysteries of the universe

Categories: Rants

(For other mysteries, check out here and here.  Or don't.) Surely there are some ugly mermaids out there - why hasn't one ever been represented in a movie or TV show? Does anyone in this country really give a rat's ass about the Olympics?  I mean, outside of the basketball team and Michael Phelps, can you name five American athletes on this year's squad? Could I get off on a vehicular homicide charge if I run a pickup with one of those rubber testicle trailer ... Read on, Daddy-O

Summer Olympics fun! (guess the flag)

Categories: Sports

If there's one event that affords Americans a chance to revel in both an overinflated sense of our importance in the world and a near-total ignorance of just about every other part of the globe, it's the Olympics.  And while the sight of the American flag and the sound of a canned rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" will likely be fixtures at this year's Beijing Games (we are sending nearly 600 athletes, second only to China), there are a lot of countries ... Read on, Daddy-O

Interesting stuff I now know thanks to Wikipedia (Vol. 2)

Categories: Listcruft

The Japanese name for Japan, 日本, can be pronounced either Nihon or Nippon. There are five entries thus far in the Walter the Farting Dog series of children's books. Thibaw Min was the last king of Burma (aka Myanmar). After the British completed their conquest of Burma in 1885, Thibaw and his family were exiled to India. The Netherlands won two gold medals at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona - one in the Women's 800m and one in Equestrian Jumping Team competition. New York ... Read on, Daddy-O

London’s 2012 Olympic logo is awesome

Categories: Sports

And by awesome I mean craptacular. Seriously, did they even try? They’ve had 2 years to put this together, and it looks like something my 6-year-old nephew could put together in Microsoft Paint with a blindfold on. Ooooh, it says 2012 if you look closely! OMG!!@@#!
Seriously, I think London really dropped [...]

And by awesome I mean craptacular. Seriously, did they even try? They've had 2 years to put this together, and it looks like something my 6-year-old nephew could put together in Microsoft Paint with a blindfold on. Ooooh, it says 2012 if you look closely! OMG!!@@#! Seriously, I think London really dropped the ball on this one. What they needed to do was to create something more appealing and lasting; something that speaks to the rich heritage ... Read on, Daddy-O