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Pop Up Olympics

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I think the next Olympics should have “pop up video” style coverage.  You know….the little bubbles with random facts built in?

Some random facts I’d love to know…..

Me: I have anxiety about the goggles.  What if they fall off when they dive in?
Mr. LBB: They don’t.
Me: Are you sure? Whenever I wear goggles and dive in….they fall off.
Me: What are they going to do with that huge pool when the Olympics are over?
Mr. LBB: Seriously? I don’t know the answer to any of these questions.

So I stopped asking questions…..and wrote them down instead:

What do the gymnasts do if they have to go the bathroom?
Do you think they take the tight leotards all the way off?
Do they still call those things leotards?
Do you think the swimmers pee in the pool?
Who gets to be a judge?
Where do the judges get their uniforms? Why are they so dowdy?
I wonder what the concession stand is like.  Do you think they have nachos?
Oh my gosh, how stressful would it be to be in charge of the Omega-timer-machine?!
What if the timer malfunctioned? Could they get the swimmers to stop?
You can tell she’s praying. Don’t you think God gets a ton of “help me win a gold medal” prayers?
Do medals have identifying numbers on the back? If you have 19 medals how do you keep them all straight?
How many laps are in the 800 again?
Has a male diver ever lost his bathing suit?
Is there an easy “I want to look like a volleyball player” workout I can do?
Do you think the swimmer with large earrings would decrease their drag if they didn’t wear them?
Did you know that the pool camera has a twitter account?
How many laps could Michael Phelps swim in the time it would take me to swim just one…..assuming I could finish one?
Maybe they should have just a regular person off the street compete in each event? For comic relief?
How cool would you feel if Will and Kate were watching you swim?
How can anyone tell who got the point in fencing? It always looks like a tie to me.
Whatever happened to those funny full body shark suits?
If Boo wanted to play badminton, who would I even contact?
Did they have table tennis in ancient Greece?
Has a referee ever gotten stabbed by a javelin? That looks like a dangerous job.
Remember when Keri Strug was the only one not wearing pants on the gold medal platform?
Why isn’t crafting or woodworking a sport?
Are those headphones noise canceling?
Don’t you think the “take your mark” voice is kind of scary?
Do you think the athletes put their medals in their carry-on luggage?
Do they run medals through the airport scanner?

Any questions to add to my list?
Anyone have any answers?

Sexist Legos

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I bought something out of desperation today……new Legos for Boo. The only reason that I bought them is because I am buried trying to finish up a big project launching soon and I knew they would occupy her for about 6 hours straight.  Guess what? It worked.  She played with Legos…..for six. hours. straight. She built every single picture in the Lego book.

Of all the Lego choices, I talked her into getting the “pink” Lego set. The one with the horse, the pots and pans, and all the flowers. They should have thrown in a vacuum and a sewing machine. And a baby doll and a wedding dress. That would have made it even cuter…..and yes, even more gender specific.

I don’t have a problem with that kind of stuff.  I got a lot of flack at Christmas time for my DIY stocking stuffer roundups being too stereotyped:

Girls: a first sewing kit, toy makeup, baby doll diapers, etc.
Boys: marshmallow guns, wallets, and car shaped crayons, etc.

I wasn’t sure how to respond because: I like sewing, makeup and babies. I’m not that interested in a bi-fold wallet or cars. I would, however, use the marshmallow gun. I’m not trying to change the world here. Some of Boo’s past stocking stuffers? Well……there was a harmonica, a polar bear that pooped jelly beans, a slingshot, animal socks to start. I think I’m smart enough to choose things that she’d like….not because someone has labeled it girl or boy.

I’m sure that there are many people that have a problem with the pink Lego set being marketed towards girls. I’m more worried by the fact that I totally bribed my kid today…..

If I buy you these Legos will you play quietly all day so Mommy can finish her work?

Anyway, I guess what I’m trying to get at is that I’m glad there are cute pink Lego sets. It’s great that there are options. And if I had a little boy I’d probably talk him into buying the cute pink set too…….just like I’m trying to talk Boo into saving up for the $400 Lego Death Star.

P.S. I shamelessly linked the $400 Lego Death Star to Amazon secretly hoping that about 50 of you will buy it. Then I can afford to buy one….or at least the Millennium Falcon.

P.P.S. If I could raise about a trillion dollars maybe we could raise the REAL Millennium Falcon from the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

P.P.P.S. My nephews have the Death Star. No one’s allowed to touch it.

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