Posted on 02/27/2006 7:02:22 AM PST by pissant
PINEROLO, Italy - One of the hottest tickets at the Sydney Summer Games in 2000 was track and field. Surprisingly, it wasn't because of the great sprinters or hurdlers that were performing, either.
A phenomenon occurred in the Land Down Under. It was dubbed "Babes Over Bars" by the local press. Well, maybe by the slightly less dignified media outlets. And it became the greatest show on earth.
As it turned out, an extraordinary collection of attractive women were competing in the pole vault. Several of them even posed for calendars and picture books. Suffice it to say, the women's pole vault never was more popular.
Say what you want about athletic ability being able to stand on its own merits, but sex appeal sells. And that applies to any gender and any sport.
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You are most welcome.
:-D
The gal on the left is a looker, IMO. Congrats on the medal, BTW. And good to see ya among the living.
Thanks, PA, you too. I managed to survive our men's "hockey team" somehow.
She is a looker, and she's also married. Dammit.
LOL. Oh well. You guys did OK overall.
You can always still stalk her. LOL
In Saskatchewan? I'll pass, thanks.
Well, at a minimum, you can by me a beer on my way to the 2010 games in Vancouver.
Deal! I lived through that crap in 1976 in Montreal when the stupid taxpayers got creamed for the huge deficit. Two weeks in 1976 and they got the debt principal paid off just before I left Montreal in 1996. That, of course left all the money they borrowed for interest still to be paid back. In Calgary it was run with private funds and went swimmingly.
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