Monday, August 11, 2008

It's Their Fault We Don't Win More Olympic Medals


Four days ago I was in Beijing. I was invited by the secret Capitalists in China’s Communist Party. In Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium, I enjoyed watching Chinese people running around doing things I didn’t understand.


While the fireworks were going off, I met Mr. K.A.A. Arunachalam, the CEO of Standard Fireworks based in Sivakasi. Apparently Standard Fireworks won the contract to supply fireworks for the Beijing Olympics. Either he was lying which meant he was trying to figure out how to make better fireworks or he was telling the truth which I find hard to believe since Standard’s Diwali fireworks always fizzle out instead of blowing up.

After the opening ceremony, I ordered a Gobi Manchurian at a posh Beijing restaurant. The waitress thought I was crazy especially after I told her that the Gobi Manchurian is an authentic Chinese dish. She said that no where in China is a dish called Gobi Manchurian ever served and it was definitely not made in China.

After that I returned, I do wish I had stayed back and watched Abhinav Bindra win the Gold Medal at the shooting event.

Instead I caught the ensuing fiasco on TV. It’s ironic how everybody else kept talking about the Gold Medal but not Abhinav himself.

The media monkeys went and talked to every Tom, Dick and Harry on the street and asked them how they felt that a guy they had never even heard of won a Gold Medal. Celebrities hailed Abhinav as a Hero.TV anchors asked people to SMS their comments that Abhinav will not read congratulating his victory.

So much gallata! for a Gold Medal.

Surely we can win MORE.I believe in the India growth story. We can win a lot more Gold Medals. The only reason we do not is because the International Community doesn’t allow events that Indians are good at in the Olympics.

Saurav Ganguly and Stephen Fleming made a case for Twenty 20 as an Olympic sport. Surely we’d win at that. However, the IOC is still ‘considering’ it because a sport that is watched by a third of the planet is less of an Olympic sport compared to something like Pole-Vault.

A sport that some genius high on cocaine invented when he decided to give some peckerhead a long stick and told him to jump over another stick way up in the air. Even Ice Skating is an Olympic sport. The IOC thinks that watching a guy and a girl moving around in tight rubber pants is more exciting than seeing Yuvraj Singh hit Stuart Broad for 6 sixes in an over.

For the foreigners, 1 more time--> The Dumb Shits.

Some other sports that if allowed India will undoubtedly excel in are:

Pissing:

We practice this all the time. Sometimes a technical genius like this fellow prefers to train alone….

These 2 guys would have definitely won a Gold Medal in Synchronized Pissing, see how hard they train despite the lure of sexy women. Such dedication moves me to tears….

These guys train even in the night. They had to make do with training privately on streets because Indian pissing facilities are simply not world class, just like Abhinav said…..

This fellow is so determined, its mind blowing. Despite all the commotion and strife he still trains every day for 12-13 hours…..

This fellow trains in private……

We would also easily win in the team event at pissing……

Even the coach trains…..

The future is bright. Young Chinese athletes train to be gymnasts, so what? Even young Indians train to be champion pissers……

India would also win medals at this event.

Foreigners may try…..

But do they practice as hard as we do?

Even Our women are up to it...

This guy is also a spokesperson for PAAN SPITTING at the Olympics. The IOC should listen to him, he’s famous….

The US actively tries to prevent the Olympic sport of FURNITURE TOSS. Don’t believe me; see how badly their media portrays our dedicated athletes…

If Stock Marketing was an OLYMPIC Sport, There is no way anyone could ever beat this guy…

9 COMMENT:

Anonymous said...

things like hawala and ghotala can also help us in winning medals. :)

Anonymous said...

too funny, another India gold medal event could be ox cart pulling... we have the fastest ox and carts in the world, namely because everyone else has autos.

Vikas said...

gud 1 dude! Post was funny.

Rakesh said...

Amazing!

The Anonymous ones are increasing.Maybe anonymity is another Olympic medal hope.

If I spelt like Vikas,I'd say TUNKS instead of Thanks.I don't understand what's so funny.I only speak the truth.

onKIA said...

SirG,

India is the biggest importer of Gold in the world.700-800 tonnes annually.
11 lakh rupees per kg which is Rs.11cr per tonne x 700 Tonnes = 7700 CR Rupees.

The Gold Medal contains only 6 grams of Gold rest is silver.(Rs. 7000 + silver)

Estimated per capita income is $1000 which is around Rs.40000/-

Indians are smart, they better make real Gold Medals at Home rather than take so much pain as to participate in an event which you have mentioned.

Sulabh shauchalay and Paan ki Dukaan will fetch more licence fee to the government than in any other Auction.

Vinod Agarwal - Likes to take sides in the Blame game.

Gopinath's "Artickles" said...

Good humour there, RJ!

Our citizen are better athletes than gold medalists - havent you seen their acrobatics to get into a Virar fast train in Mumbai?
I am sure, even the best athlete would never dare to compete with them here!

Rakesh said...

Onkia-It is a simple matter of National Pride.Even to make medals Indians have to go to China.Manufacturing costs less over there.

Rakesh- Also likes to take sides in the blame Game.

Mr.Gopinath-Humour,what do you mean?I only speak the truth.

LoonyTalk said...

Quite an entertaining post. :)

In addition, having Cricket as an Olympic sport could definitely give us a chance at the Gold Medal. The same reasoning was used to introduce Kabaddi in the Asiad Games and we have been consistently keeping the top post there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaddi_at_the_Asian_Games, but not sure how long is that going to be the case... Add Cricket to the Olympics and we may have the Chinese Cricket Team giving the Yuvrajs and Dhonis a tough time... :P

rakesh said...

The chinese athletes could be infants just like their Gymnastics team.

Oh Loony one-I need medical attention,copying and pasting your wikipedia link has damaged my brittle fingers.Wonder if ican trade tomorrow

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