Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Rock, Paper, Scissors: An Olympic SPORT?



"In the land of the blind, the man with one eye is the King."

Ending the CBS Sports section of last nights CBS3 Springfield news, was a man who went to the Olympics to "compete" for a GOLD MEDAL in rock, paper, scissors. First of all what makes this a sport? Why not have golf at the Olympics? Or NASCAR or bowling, MMA? I remember playing this game when i was a kid. Can a 9 year old who is really good at rock, paper, scissors go to the Olympics or is s/he going to be at a disadvantage because they are going up against a 23 year old systems analyst? I guess you have to get 8 gold medals because if you just get one, well so did the guy who won rock, paper, scissors.

Also, to all the local news stations, we (or maybe just me) don't need the weather 6 to 7 times a show. I know they are "meteorologist" but the weather should only be shown about 3, maybe 4 times. Is there no other news to report than events we can't control?

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