Acro-maniacs....
My weekend was pretty much dominated by sequins and sweat with my role as MC at the opening ceremony of the which were held at Glasgow's Kelvinhall.
'Acro' is this amazing sport that seems to be a mixture of dance moves, contortions and incredible strength. Think Strictly Come Dancing meets World's Strongest Man.
The oddest moment for me was when a gymnastics official from England worried about whether my Scottish accent would be understood by people. Ha, it's not like I talk like Rab C Burnett.
I struggled to understand the scoring system but ( I hope) nodded approvingly at all the right bits. This is a sport with a lot of judges and officials. There were more blazers in evidence here than at an annual bowling club outing.
The athletes themselves were a dedicated bunch made up of lithe young woman who were able to put their limbs in places that would make most of us wince, and big muscle men who were able to support three teammates balancing on their shoulders.
Mind you, to get away with outfits like these you would need to be a tough guy...
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At 14th Oct 2008, woodsidewullie wrote:Russian sports folk bring back hairy memories for me. Decades ago I was on a school trip to Switzerland, and seven of us were binging in a gasthof close to our hostel. We were watching ice hockey on the television. One team was in white, the other in red. Naturally coming from Aberdeen we supported the team in red. We were not to to know that the red team were Russians and the white team were Swiss. We asked for more beers and the lass behind the bar kept shouting ‘Nine’. We only wanted seven. We were eventually booted out by the local worthies.
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At 14th Oct 2008, GardenPartyPaul wrote:Hello guys
wonderful to hear the Stranglers "Nae merr Heroes" on the show, fairly brightened up a notoriously dull drive along the M73. Can we possibly edit a few of the following melodic tales into the shows playlist thenight?
Red Vines - Aimee Mann/Booker T & The MGs - Green onions
ABC - "tears are not enough "from the fabulous elpee "Lexicon of Love"
Cameo - Word up
Costello - Every day I write the book
and u gotta close the show with the blistering Eurythmics "1984. Visceral earbleeding electrorock!
bring on the Themeless Thursdays!
Kindest regards
Paul fae the GardenParty
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