Olympic Humor Games

My son, Will and I spent two weeks in eastern Europe the

beginning of August this year.  We were in Budapest,

Hungary, Vienna, Austria, Bratislava, Slovakia and Prague,

Czech Republic.  

Each night we would come back to our hotel and watch the 

Olympics.  Sometimes it would be in German and we 

understood nothing.  Other times the commentary would be 

in British English and again we sometimes understood 

nothing.

We rooted for all the athletes and had our own methods for 

scoring; sometimes liking the judges' scores and other times 

bashing the television verbally.

We were in awe for all the athletes that represented their 

countries.  What patriotism.  It was mind boggling to 

recognize that the difference in winning the gold and coming 

in last place, could be in a thousandth of a second or a point.    

I couldn't imagine training for years and competing before 

large crowds, in a foreign country, unless, I could be the 

comic relief for the games.

I believe there was way too much serious testosterone and 

adrenaline.  There should have been an Olympic event to 

reduce the stress of the games; we all know that laughter is 

healthy and a stress reducer.  I propose that laughter be an 

Olympic sport.

To set the stage for this proposal, I submit the following 

video, taken during some athletic competition, perhaps at an

early Olympics.  Please watch.

Now that you've seen this, what do you think?

All those in favor of having laughter at the Olympics, please raise your hand.

The hands have it.  

I'd love to hear from you, and so would the Olympic Committee, so email me at aitken.helen@gmail.com

Have a great day laughing.