Olympian task to mention it

I laugh cause it's true

Being in the mountains I feel obligated to at least mention them, although I know they started a while ago, there is nothing interesting for me about these Olympics.

Why I don’t know, it’s as exciting to me as knowing somewhere the Accounts Department Sum Offs are occurring. Sure it’s impressive that someone else is having fun, but it’s really just second hand fun – I’d rather be doing my very own version of it, albeit on a much, much reduced level.

It so fills me with ennui that even gloating about the awful conditions in Vancouver offers me nothing. Not even a Neslon style “har har” (from the Simpsons not the sailor). I must be getting old, seeing the likes of Lindsey Vonn doing a bikini shoot in the snow just makes me feel a bit sad with this human condition – is this really what it’s come to, surely we can do better?

The incompetence and intransigence of games organizers doesn’t help, they won’t or can’t switch venues when it’s obvious the ones chosen are being rained out, but there has to be sponsorship at stake somewhere.

Despite bringing in new snow to Cypress Mountain by the cart load and padding the mountain with straw (doesn’t the Bible mention something about using straw as a foundation – or is that the three little pigs?) the rain just keeps a falling.

This doesn’t seem to be a surprise to people who have skied in the area, with many blogs saying these conditions are quite typical for the region, given its low altitude.

Just out of interest do you know the man most responsible for the look of the modern Olympics?

Why that scamp Adolf Hitler of course and his film auteur Leni Riefenstahl with her documentary Olympia. The waving, ranked masses united in their love of sport, the nationalism and of course the torch rally, which made it’s first appearance at the 1936 Berlin Games.

In truth it’s more likely Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda chief, orchestrated the lot that harps back to Prometheus’ theft of fire from the Gods.

As for Serre Chevalier, it dumped quite a lot yesterday, maybe 20cm, there is still cloud cover, but it’s bright and not as cold as it has been.

Olympics, olsmympics.