The Dow Is Up!

This weekend, I went to the Wisconsin Dells with my entire family. So, there were 8 adults (my mom, my sister, my two brothers and their wives, and The Wife and me), and 5 kids age 6 and under. All in one condo. It was craziness, to say the least. But really fun too.

At one point Friday night, I was flipping around the channels. The Olympics were on. I'm not a big fan of the Olympics. I find them incredibly boring. I don't have a reason. I don't NEED to have a reason. It just bores me. I made the mistake of telling my family about this. So, being the kind, loving family they are, they attacked me.

One of the things we argued about was whether ski jumping is a sport. I vehemently argued that it wasn't. Here's what ski jumpers do. They go off a long ramp. Their skis lie in grooves in the ramp. Then they launch themselves in the air and lean forward over their skis. And THIS is a sport? What skill does this involve? Um, aerodynamics? Why not just drop 2 guys out of a plane and give the medal to the first one to land? It makes NO sense to me!

Eventually, I flipped past figure skating and my sister-in-law kicked me in the head. I hate figure skating. I realize that it's not easy. I know people devote their whole lives to it. I know how much training goes into it. I also know how incredibly gay it is. And so I don't watch it. It probably doesn't help that (a) the media tries to shove figure skating down our throats and (b) every woman in the world likes watching figure skating. You know what else every woman in the world loves? Tom Jones. My point? Every Woman in the World (collectively) is an idiot.

So I left the room and went to the bar to watch a basketball game. Does that make me a bad person? I don't think so. I didn't want to watch figure skating. I didn't want to pester people who were. So I left. The only regret I have is that now my family knows how to make me leave the room. Just turn on figure skating.