Synchronized water ballet used to be the strangest form of competition in the summer Olympics.
Its competitors always look like Barbie dolls with exaggerated waterproof eyeshadow glitter.
Now the second odd-ball award goes to an Olympic event better suited to a Las Vegas water attraction:
Canoers battling artificial rapids in kayaks.
Think of the heavy hydropower needed to produce those humongous waves and eddies.
And third, forget the bows and arrows and firearms of yesteryear.
Olympic archers now use high-tech bows that require the athlete to have a master's degree in mechanical engineering.
And the shooters appear to use some sort of paintball bullet to hit targets with Flash Gordon rifles and pistols.
Why travel to London to see such nonsense? Just go to Disney World. (12 AUGUST 2012)
