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    Olympic sports

    For those who don't follow his tweets (and maybe for HF members in this case) longtime Slate.com writer William Saleton anthologizes them.

    Here's one from 3 days ago:

    Watching more weird Olympic events. I would suck at trampoline, but I bet I could make the semis at hammock.

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    How would the medals be issued for 'hammocking'? And would any of us be awake to accept them? !!
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    Synchronized swinging?


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    Quote Originally Posted by dragon360 View Post
    How would the medals be issued for 'hammocking'? And would any of us be awake to accept them? !!
    Have you seen Shug's videos? Y'know, the ones where he's dismounting from an unicycle in a shoulder roll to a leap into the hammock? Or the one where he's balancing on his head in the hammock? Think of it as gymnastics, except with a little more sleep......
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    Needless to say, I wouldn't want to make it to the finals, and then find out I was competing against Shug! The Michael Phelps of Hamma-crobatics!
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    The only medal anyone would win that is hammock related is for "procrastination." Once you get in, you're NOT gonna want to do anything else.

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    Time trials, the amount of time you stay inside the hammock

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    Quote Originally Posted by FLRider View Post
    Or the one where he's balancing on his head in the hammock?
    I thought you were kidding, then I saw Shug's avatar. Holy bajesus.

    I really need to catch up on those vids!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beansprout View Post
    I thought you were kidding, then I saw Shug's avatar. Holy bajesus.

    I really need to catch up on those vids!
    Wish I was; that's one crazy carnie!



    Aaaaaww, heck. Who'm I kidding? We'd be lost without 'im!
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    Power napping, snore soccer (a group sport), endurance sleeping, synchronized hammock swaying, beach volleyhammocking (see who can hang the longest at the beach); 100 snore or less sleepy time (fastest hammock sleeper in the world), the hammock medley (various hammocks suspended in a specific order and swinging together). The entire event would have closing ceremony that featured 5000 hammock athletes in various stages of sleep (most quiet closing ceremony in Olympic history, second only to the opening ceremony).

    Yes, I have watched too much of the Olympics. I need a nap in my hammock (power napping medal round)

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