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Right of Way |Futility Closet
From the page:"In the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, Australian rower Bobby Pearce was leading in the quarter-final when he looked ahead and saw a family of ducks crossing his lane.He leaned immediately on his oars and let them pass. This let Frenchman Victor Saurin catch up... more
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Better Late … |Futility Closet
113 reviews • futilitycloset.com
From the page: "Shizo Kanakuri disappeared while running the marathon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He was listed as a missing person in Sweden for 50 years â€" until a journalist found him living placidly in southern Japan. Overcome with heat during... more
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Joe Scarborough: Thank You, Mr. President
12 reviews • huffingtonpost.com
From the page: "Nice try, President Obama. And thanks for taking time away from your young girls for the sake of your hometown and your country, Michelle. I know that's never an easy thing to do." The thing I really like about this is that this isn't... more
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http://unix.rulez.org/~calver/funny/swf/olympics.swf
The sound - especially the wonderful effects - and the timbre of the jokes remind me of the more experimental Warner Bros. cartoon shorts of the fifties and sixties. Do you remember the one where the squiggle courted the line?
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Think Progress & Bush...
Oh Yeah---that's it! It's W's fault......this is laughable!!! Thank God we have those requirements in place for a foreign visa! And I"m thinking that IF Chicago had been chosen, that perhaps all of the athletes participating might have more than a 3 month... more
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Chicago Loses 2016 Olympic Bid - cbs2chicago.com
From the page: Despite four years, millions of dollars in planning and a last-ditch pitch from President Obama, the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid ultimately fell short. The City of Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting, before any host city was selected. An... more
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