- ...you've been late to work everyday because you stayed up too late watching the games.
- ...you now know the official rules of beach volleyball, water polo & international basketball.
- ...you know that the US men's swimming relay team was disqualified in a world competition because Crocker entered the pool too early...and you were thinking...he better not...while watching the Olympics relay earlier last week.
- ...you watched Greco-Roman wrestling, badminton or table tennis. Period.
- ...you didn't think silver was good enough for Dara Torres.
- ...you referred to the guys on other teams as punks just because they were beating the US team in the sychronized diving competition.
- ...you're still waiting on ol' girl from the Chinese gymnastics team to get stripped of her gold cause there ain't NO WAY she is 16 years old!!
- ...you not only know who Michael Phelps is, but you know who Cullen Jones is...and that he almost drowned when he was 5.
- ...you were on the internet looking up 5 countries that you had never heard of before the opening ceremonies.
- ...you sat in a roomful of folks on a Saturday night screaming as the US men's swimming relay team won the gold, giving Michael Phelps his 8th gold medal.
- ...you don't know how to swim, but you know how many laps 1500 m are!
- ...you couldn't turn the channel, even when they were showing the women running the marathon...lol.
- ...when the US is out of any competition, you adopt another country to cheer for.
- ...you think folks who just watch US men's and/or women's basketball are Olympic amateurs!
- ...you've been at work secretly trying to figure out if you have enough leave or money to still get to Beijing.
AND....
- ...you can now identify the opening bars of the national anthems of more than 10 different countries!!!!!
Aren't the Olympics GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
1 comment:
Okay how about I've only watched the Olympics once? I can't take that late night stuff because I have the hardest time getting up as it is...maybe the weekend.
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