This is pretty cool - we were played on a Japanese podcast today. It's apparently geared toward obsessed Japanese fans of the video game Grand Theft Auto. Our core audience! Maybe we'll have to revive our Yoko'd up version of "Sophie" from the Beatles show. She's Japanese indeed.
In other news, I caught a little bit of the women's figure skating on the Olympics last night. What is happening to figure skating? These girls are all pre-pubescent now. Sasha Cohen looks like she should be reading Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and putting stickers of Donnie Wahlberg on her Trapper Keeper. Didn't Olympic ice skaters used to be actual women?
More importantly, what's the point of watching athletic women skate around in short skirts if you can't get some usable mental material for the old spank bank? Katarina Witt - now there was a woman. Hell, even Nancy Kerrigan had a little bit of a "please rescue me and my incredibly toned ass" vibe going that made the long program finals a two-tissue affair. But these girls now? Come on - it's turning into "women's" gymnastics. Let's get some eye candy out there that doesn't make you feel like you need to register with your neighbors right afterward.
The Olympics are one of the most fun events to heckle. Last night, I was watching with my upstairs neighbor H-Bomb and one of the skaters slipped. "Ooh, that sucked," she reacted.
"Yes," I responded, "but in all fairness to her, the ice is very slippery."
I've got Olympic fever. Catch it! And get ready for a new podcast on Monday! Podcast fever! Get your shots!
In other news, I caught a little bit of the women's figure skating on the Olympics last night. What is happening to figure skating? These girls are all pre-pubescent now. Sasha Cohen looks like she should be reading Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and putting stickers of Donnie Wahlberg on her Trapper Keeper. Didn't Olympic ice skaters used to be actual women?
More importantly, what's the point of watching athletic women skate around in short skirts if you can't get some usable mental material for the old spank bank? Katarina Witt - now there was a woman. Hell, even Nancy Kerrigan had a little bit of a "please rescue me and my incredibly toned ass" vibe going that made the long program finals a two-tissue affair. But these girls now? Come on - it's turning into "women's" gymnastics. Let's get some eye candy out there that doesn't make you feel like you need to register with your neighbors right afterward.
The Olympics are one of the most fun events to heckle. Last night, I was watching with my upstairs neighbor H-Bomb and one of the skaters slipped. "Ooh, that sucked," she reacted.
"Yes," I responded, "but in all fairness to her, the ice is very slippery."
I've got Olympic fever. Catch it! And get ready for a new podcast on Monday! Podcast fever! Get your shots!
14 Comments:
But what did you think of the new pantsuits they're allowed to wear? I thought those were totally hot.
I don't think you can use the words "pantsuits" and "hot" in the same sentence.
I think if you put them in quotes you're okay, though. Even that's illegal in a few states, but this is Massachusetts!
How 'bout "slacks"? no?
Those figure skaters probably didn't even exist during the Golden Age of Trapper Keepers, a momentarily relevant Wahlberg, and Ramona Quimby.
Are you accusing me of anachronism, That Guy? In some places, we'd be dueling right now. Very nerdy dueling.
I count "slacks," "trousers" and "blouse" amongst the funniest words in the English language.
What about "Balloon Knot"?
http://jc1701.com/georgetakei_x.jpg
Technically, that's two words, but you're right there with me in spirit, Hank.
That pic of Takei is priceless.
Scorching pantaloons.
Game point.
(pushing glasses back up on my nose)
Brendan, you didn't dig Irina? She's 27 and plenty of athletic assness for you.
I'm that Grand Theft Auto obsessed Japanese podcaster! Thank you for introducing me.
Also my listeners loved your song. Some of them thought Scampers are from West Coast.
Anyway I love Sophie and I am looking to play that song again.
Thanks, you guys ROCK!
Woohoo! Scamper goes global! :)
I haven't watched any of the olympics. I am surprised at myself.
I wish I had known of you back then, the Beatles show sounds like it was quite the show!
Oh, and what about "culottes" or however the heck you spell that...??
funny word...
Thanks for the play, moon.
I am amazed at how great everyone in the world's English is. I get emails from countries all over the world and the English is always spot-on.
I don't speak another language. We're so lazy over here.
"Culottes" is a good one, Jesse.
A friend of mine is Japanese. He was born in Japan and moved to the US in mid-childhood, and I'm always taken aback by how perfect his English is, both written and spoken. It rivals most Americans, really, and that's one saaaaad commentary.
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