Most boring sport of the olympics?

[Guiny]

Originally posted by Medusa:
 I watched those tennis matches, in particular.  At the time, Massu seemed like a man possessed - it is difficult to imagine him just "forgetting" the medals he won.
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa. [/QB]

Especially since I don't think he's won a tourney on the pro circuit. If he has, then they were the small one's that the top players don't play in.

[thirsty moore]

A friend of mine won so many trophies in swimming that he'd dismantle them and swap parts.  I kept mine in a closet; my brother leaves his scattered in his room.  What I'm getting at is that for some athletes it's the accomplishment, not so much the award.
 
   

Originally posted by Medusa:
 How ridiculous is this?!  These people spend so much time training/working/etc., then finally win medals and then leave them somewhere?!
 

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Why say "Cheers" after every post?

[thirsty moore]

It's the forum.  Everyone knows her name.

[nkotb]

How many times did you win the Annual Wheaton Gravity Bong-A-Thon again?
 
 

Originally posted by econo:
  I kept mine in a closet; my brother leaves his scattered in his room.

[thirsty moore]

1994 was my year.  I went Triple Gold in Name That Tune, Wax Philosophical, and Where Was it Grown.
 
 

Originally posted by nkotbie:
  How many times did you win the Annual Wheaton Gravity Bong-A-Thon again?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I won a gold medal at the cub scout olympics up in new york back in the day in the treasure hunt competition.
 
 Through a weird process of elimination, I found myself in the finals, though i really did nothing to earn my way to the finals. In the finals, nobody was able to find the treasure, so the gold medal was awarded to the person who could choose the number closest to the number the judge had in his mind. I guessed "7" and won the gold medal.

[thirsty moore]

The trials of youth...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

and then I left the damn medal at camp and someone else made off with it.
 
 but it was about the achievement, not the medal itself.

[thirsty moore]

Which is probably why you remember that truly sad story    
 
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 but it was about the achievement, not the medal itself.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Medusa:
 What is irking me now are the stories of these athletes who have "left" their medals behind...ridiculous is this?!  These people spend so much time training/working/etc., then finally win medals and then leave them somewhere?!
 
 

they're dumb jocks (?)

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Medusa:
   Massu seemed like a man possessed - it is difficult to imagine him just "forgetting" the medals he won.
 

Sometimes when I drink Red Bull/Vodka or worse yet, whiskey, I look like a man possessed.
 
 But then, when I wake up the next morning, I have forgotten nearly everything I did the night before.
 
 Maybe it was something like that?

[Medusa]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 Why say "Cheers" after every post?

Why not?
 
 It's just how I sign my name.
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa.

[mankie]

Originally posted by econo:
  A friend of mine won so many trophies in swimming that he'd dismantle them and swap parts.  I kept mine in a closet; my brother leaves his scattered in his room.  What I'm getting at is that for some athletes it's the accomplishment, not so much the award.
 
   

Originally posted by Medusa:
 How ridiculous is this?!  These people spend so much time training/working/etc., then finally win medals and then leave them somewhere?!
 

[/b]

When I finished the Manchester Marathon many years ago I gave my medal to a young girl in a wheelchair who was cheering everyone in at the finish line. I thought she was more deserving of it than I was, bless her
 
 We started packing at the weekend and I was going to throw away my football/soccer trophies until my wife reminded me that at my age I'll probably never win another trophy in my life....so I kept them and silenty vowed to myself that somehow, some way I'll win a cycling trophy...even if I have to cheat like the doodle gymnast.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by Medusa:
 What is irking me now are the stories of these athletes who have "left" their medals behind...ridiculous is this?!  These people spend so much time training/working/etc., then finally win medals and then leave them somewhere?!
 
 

they're dumb jocks (?) [/b]

Dumb? Most of them will not have to work a real job in their life....That sounds smart to me.