Mays Gilliam wrote:http://100thofasecond.com/

sure he won it , he is wearing it, 8 and that is a record, ,, even his mom is getting offers on advertizing, we always do great in the olympics,,

Why is it some people become arm chair experts ? beats the hell out of me , you would think people would just be awed by the sheer stamina and determination of each country to put forth their best effort. But hell no..you have envious , whining, petty miserable individuals that cannot see past the end of their own nose. I guess bashing of athletes is a macho way of dealing with ones own inferiority, when it is a country you really despise. Very typical and totally pathetic, but not unexpected considering the source.

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SSC wrote:Why is it some people become arm chair experts ? beats the hell out of me , you would think people would just be awed by the sheer stamina and determination of each country to put forth their best effort. But hell no..you have envious , whining, petty miserable individuals that cannot see past the end of their own nose. I guess bashing of athletes is a macho way of dealing with ones own inferiority, when it is a country you really despise. Very typical and totally pathetic, but not unexpected considering the source.

This has been an opinion of SSC and I approve this message

I don t quite understand this last sentence.
If SSC posted this msg, why is necessary to post you approve this messsage yourself?
If, however, someone else sent this in PM to SSC and she posted it here, I could understand it somehow.
It also could make sense, if someone posted in SSC s name.

rosco 357 wrote:

Mays Gilliam wrote:http://100thofasecond.com/

sure he won it , he is wearing it, 8 and that is a record, ,, even his mom is getting offers on advertizing, we always do great in the olympics,,

yep, you re in the top 10.
Ranking of won medals, converted to number of inhabitants

1. Jamaica (11)
92 46 15 153

2. Australië (6)
26 30 34 90

3. Nederland (10)
19 13 11 43

4. Wit-Rusland (14)
18 18 37 73

5. Groot-Brittannië (3)
13 9 8 30

6. Zuid-Korea (7)
10 9 5 24

7. Duitsland (5)
7 5 7 19

8. Italië (9)
5 6 7 18

9. Rusland (4)
5 5 7 17

10. Verenigde Staten (2)
5 5 5 15

11. Oekraïne (12)
5 4 10 19

12. Spanje (15)
4 7 2 13

13. Frankrijk (13)
3 9 10 22

14. Japan (8)
3 2 3 8

15. China (1)
2 1 1 4

http://www.rtl.nl/(/actueel/rtlnieuws/sport/articleview/)/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2008/08_augustus/22/sport/0822_1130_de_medaillespiegel_naar_grote_bevolking.xml

Mays Gilliam wrote:

SSC wrote:Why is it some people become arm chair experts ? beats the hell out of me , you would think people would just be awed by the sheer stamina and determination of each country to put forth their best effort. But hell no..you have envious , whining, petty miserable individuals that cannot see past the end of their own nose. I guess bashing of athletes is a macho way of dealing with ones own inferiority, when it is a country you really despise. Very typical and totally pathetic, but not unexpected considering the source.

This has been an opinion of SSC and I approve this message

I don t quite understand this last sentence.
If SSC posted this msg, why is necessary to post you approve this messsage yourself?
If, however, someone else sent this in PM to SSC and she posted it here, I could understand it somehow.
It also could make sense, if someone posted in SSC s name.

YESSSSSSSSSS MAYS I wrote that all by myself, and the last sentence is a spoof on our political commercials as each candidate makes the remark at the end , the message is approved by themselves..Mystery solved ?????

Anything else you find yourself having trouble comprehending feel free to ask, no reason to be so confused

evidence, that Phelps indeed won:
too long to post, so here s the link
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/swimming/news?slug=ap-swm-phelpsphotofinish&prov=ap&type=lgns