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Commentary
Are These Really Countries?
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Micronesia? Cook Islands? Andorra? Who in the world let these "countries" in the Olympics. Honestly, Micronesia is so small that they gave themselves a minuscule name. I mean I don't know a damn thing about the country, but I sure know that it must be small.
Ever heard of a country called Sao Tome & Principe? Of course not. Yet there are apparently athletes from such a mythical place. Trinidad & Tobago? Give me a break, which one is it, Trinidad or Tobago?
It is embarrassing really to have these countries be allowed to compete against the United States. Some of them cannot even spell right. Qatar for example, do I need to get into what is so very wrong about this? Djibouti, in what parallel Universe can a 'j' follow a 'd'.
It is most troublesome during opening ceremonies that are already long enough with brilliant shows and banal pop songs that we have to sit through tall these supposed countries that not even the most accomplished philatelist has ever heard of.
Central African Republic? Well I don't really need to guess where they are on the map. Eritrea? Gesundheit. Kygyzstan? Save that one for Scrabble.
I am not making this up. They boasted 199 countries marching during the opening ceremonies. But that is in metric units. In good old-fashioned American units there are maybe 25 countries in the Olympics.
I need a vacation, anyone know when's a good time to visit Comros?
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