Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 07, 2014
February 03, 2014
February 10, 2014
Transcript:
the official dictionary of the games of the winter olympiad oop: stop doing that! fauxlympian, n. a viewer who exhibits sudden & unearned expertise in a sport he or she had barely even heard of a week ago. oop: hey! he 540'd that 1080! you suck! boo! orff, v. (fr. c. orff, ger. composer, carmina burana, etc.) to skate to bom-bastic music. see also orffamongous, orffic, orffulagenous, etc. oop: she's really orffing. she's orffal. orff! exvictorate, v. to mock a winner's nationality and/or national anthem. oop: andorra?! where's that?! this sounds like a pepsi jingle. boo!
Ida No over 9 years ago
Watching sports on TV is just a way to kill time between beers.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
The more empty bottles on the TV, the more rococo the neologisms. Are those two facts related?
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
love non sports…or whatever!
PoodleGroomer over 9 years ago
Fauxlympian: a group that decides to go on a bender with world tv coverage using an uncontested, defaulted entry i.e. Eddie the Eagle, The Jamaican Bobsled Team.
ChessPirate over 9 years ago
Usanonolympicidealists: Country that ruins the ideals of the Olympics by sending professional athletes just because other countries did it.