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America’s Olympians: Drunk Off Their Ass And High On Dope

It sounds like some US Olympic team members have a problem with drugs and alcohol: they can’t seem to shut up about it. Last week, ski racing champion Bode Miller bragged to CBS’ “60 Minutes” that he has been drunk and/or hungover while competing, and he went on to suggest that this wasn’t really something he saw as a problem. Now, the fact that Bode likes to have a nip before a race doesn’t bother me, and the fact that he might have tied one one the night before doesn’t really bother me. But then I’m one of the 19 million American workers that have been intoxicated or hungover while on the job. The fact that Bode is part of the group also probably doesn’t upset his coaches and team officials either, but the fact that he was blabbing about it on national TV did. (Honestly, he’s a ski bum named Bode, I think you should consider yourselves lucky he’s just a drunk.) A repentant Bode made a public apology later in the week, in front of an elementary school even, but was then disqualified for missing a gate during a slalom race in Switzerland over the weekend.

Then if that wasn’t enough, top figure skater Johnny Weir on Thursday described a competitor’s routine as “a vodka shot, let’s snort coke kind of thing.” In previous competitions, Weir has been quoted as likening his costumes to “an icicle on coke” and “a Care Bear on acid.” Recreational drugs users are such a drag to hang out with, because that’s all they ever talk about. Unlike Bode, though, Weir turned around and won his third-straight US championship today, earning an automatic bid to the Olympics. Good thing the games aren’t being held in Amsterdam.

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