Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Reach, throw, row... ooops, no show...

Gotta feel for the Chinese about now. One of their rowing athletes got confused about the time of an event and failed to show up for his single rowing match. This not only disqualified him for the singles, but also for his double match later. Poor guy.

As i was flipping over to the Olympics this evening, i caught the tail end of a show about Hybrid vehicles. As a present for the guest on the show, they ended by giving him a hybrid Ford Escape. This wasn't just any hybrid vehicle though, they explained. This car had calf-skin leather seats and had been "pimped out" with chrome spinners...

(let that sink in)

In case you were wondering, you reduce the eco-friendliness of a vehicle when you add metals to it, especially when you add heavy ones that will reduce the hybrid's improved (only slightly) gas mileage. This is to say nothing of the genuine leather seats or the fact that they are made from baby cows...

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