Roy and H.G. on the French

Well the Olympics are over for another four three years.

We — this household, male and female, young and old, canine and human — have enjoyed them.

I’ve also had fun listening to Aussie comedic commentators Roy and HG do their “Dodging Armageddon” blog from Tokyo. Day 14 is here, not sure for how long as you can’t subscribe.

I liked Roy’s ideas for making some sports more interesting. Like the equestrian dressage. Combine that with horseback shooting, says Roy. “What sort of guns?” Asks HG. Well, they’d need to be Olympic compliant, of course, says Roy. Like 25m air pistols or 50m air rifles. 

And this morning, doing their valedictory show, they looked forward to Brisbane 32, Roy suggesting adding new competitions like historically-themed events. “You could have the Pirates Pentathlon” for example. Sailing, fencing, archery, tug-of-war and walking the plank (aka diving)”. Brilliant! says HG.

ADDED: waiting for the closing ceremony. Three hours…sigh… The opener was four hours. Mind, that included the agonisingly long march past by the athletes, which you can’t really do without.