Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

QUASI'S OLYMPICS RANT


Are you as tired of the Olympics as I am? Sure the Olympics promote good will among nations and feature incredible feats of athletic derring-do, but ENOUGH ALREADY! If I see any more footage of that tall human swimming dude that looks like a vampire, I’m going to toss my cat chow. And yes, those female human gymnasts are pretty amazing, but let’s face it…they’re not doing anything that a kitty hopped up on catnip couldn’t do. And some of those humans participating in marathon-type events look so exhausted they make ME want to take a nap. And lastly, how has Bob Costas managed to look like he’s 19 years old for the last 50 years?

Anyway, we’ve had a lot of Olympics watching around our household, mainly because the female is really into it (although Steve secretly enjoys watching the girl gymnasts and the women’s beach volleyball tournaments). And even though I can’t wait for the Olympics to end, I send hearty cat-gratulations to all the athletes who are participating, regardless of whether they win or fall a bit short.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

CATS SUPPORT TIBET, BUT...




On Monday in San Francisco, to protest China's human rights record in advance of today's Olympic torch relay in the city, three activists scaled the Golden Gate Bridge and unfurled a "Free Tibet" banner. As a fair-minded cat, I too abhor China's religious and political persecution in Tibet... but, more importantly (from a cat's perspective, of course), this gravity-defying protest is yet one more example of why cats are smarter than humans. Sure, we cats get ourselves into scary predicaments from time to time, but we would NEVER climb up a bridge hundreds of feet over a body of water. Think how wet you would get if you fell!