Today at the Fair Day, some guy excitedly told us: “Did you hear that Australia just won its first ever gold medal? He was a speed skater. He won because he was last and all the other guys fell down.” We all laughed. It was the classic joke. Except later I found out, it really happened! The guys on the Ice Dream are having a field day with this.
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3 responses to “Gold!”
I’ve been watching clips of this all day–the dude just sort of casually slid across the finish line! You can’t help feeling good for the Australian guy, as he’s got a pretty decent little Olympic history footnote now AND–if he treats the whole thing with a good dose of humor–a pretty good shot at some post-Olympic fame.
Glad you’re feeling better, Kris!
I almost split my sides laughing at the Ice Dream transcript. I’m just praying that someone in Mark’s household remembered to hit record on the VCR so I can see the episode for myself.
He seems to have a good attitude about it so far. In all the press conferences, he was like, “Yeah, I wasn’t necessarily the fastest, but there’s no way I’d give it back.” He sorta takes it as reward for a decade of slogging it out unrecognized in the sport. And as he told Roy and HG, “If the other Australians have as much luck as I did, we’re gonna get about 20 more of these!” 🙂