Posted on 02/05/2014 5:47:47 AM PST by grundle
Four days before the Winter Games begin, Sochi staffers are looking for a few goose men
The Olympics officially kick off Friday. We imagine many a staffer and volunteer are scurrying around the Black Sea resort of Sochi, trying to prepare for the glamorous opening ceremony and making sure all security protocols are in place. But it turns out that Russia, despite spending a reported $51 million on the most expensive Olympics ever, neglected a few key details.
It appears there aren’t enough pillows for the athletes in the Olympic Village. This news comes via the Instagram posts of Luiza Baybakova, a member of the catering staff for the games.
Baybakova posted a picture of a notice to volunteers, which translates as follows:
“ATTENTION, DEAR COLLEAGUES!
Due to an extreme shortage of pillows for athletes who unexpectedly arrived to Olympic Village in the mountains, there will be a transfer of pillows from all apartments to the storehouse on 2 February 2014. Please be understanding. We have to help the athletes out of this bind.” How We Know
We monitored both Russian-language social networks and Instagram for posts related to the Olympic Village, and ran across this controversial gem.
Either the athletes arrived early, or event planners somehow didn’t know when they were arriving. Regardless, it seems like volunteers and staffers might now be asked to give up their own pillows to accommodate the athletes. It’s in line with what other citizen bloggers are posting ahead of the Olympics, like this guy, who claims residents near the stadiums are forbidden from using wood-burning fireplaces to avoid unsightly smoke coming out of chimneys. Even though it’s the Winter Games.
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ok what is that last one on the bottom right supposed to be?
oh! I got it... no eating pineapples on the floor next to the toilet
He’s an evil Tea Party conservative trying to rid himself of the tyranny of the red x.
Toilet fish are wily chordates and they always hold close to structure....
what is the last pic telling me not to do????
No motar shells in the toilet. Duh.
He is actually injecting drugs. These signs are actually considered a satire there. A picture forbidding fishing from the toilet might be a clue.
Zooming in, it looks like a syringe in the right hand.
No shooting up in the john.
Where, oh where, will the athletes inject their performance enhancing drugs?
I think it’s saying not to sit down and have a drink next to the toilet.
I think they do that under the covers ... at night ... with each other ... hopefully heterosexually.
” ..what is the last pic telling not to do????”
No sex with the Red X.
I’m trying to recall if I’ve read anything in the English language that had anything good to say about Sochi.
—obviously, the poster in the comments section , surprised at the T.P. wastebasket, has never been in much of South and Central America —
Don’t worry, NBC will crank out tons more of positive press about the whole mess no matter how things turn out.
OK, what is that last one on the bottom right supposed to be?...................Or do I don’t wanna know?........................
He better not be praying.
Thank you, Grundle. I know fully understand the meaning to the phrase, “Toilet trout”. I know, I know... ewwwwwwwww!
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