Although I’m Austrian, my enthusiasm about mason turned wintersports superstar Hermann “Herminator” Maier has always been rather subdued. Even during the last few days, when everyone including their old and sick Grandma was all excited about Austria winning a shitload of Gold medals, I just couldn’t be arsed to actually check out the whole inane circus. Well, Heather Armstrong did, resulting in quite probably the best characterization of Maier I’ve ever seen. Snip:
His run is crazy; a body that big should not be going that fast without a seat belt. At one point I think I can hear the mountain moan under his weight.
Click here to read the thing in its hilarious entirety (which is really not that much, so don’t worry, you lazy bastards).
What does a TV station do when they don’t have enough money to broadcast the Olympic games? They simply put a little sign in the upper right corner of the screen, indicating an “Olympia-Free Zone” (as seen on ATV-Plus, Austria’s only country-wide private station).
This is really quite ingenious, considering that not each and every person able to receive TV signals is obsessed with sports, and doesn’t mind watching 16 hours of sports every single day (one could of course decide to not sit in front of the TV for 16 hours straight, but that’s a totally different story, in my eyes).
The downside of course is that ATV-Plus’ programming isn’t worth a dime. So, instead of watching the king of all winter sports, Curling, you can relax to the 250th rerun of “The Nanny”. Which reminds me of that one Vonnegut book.
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