Blog Guy, explain what’s so difficult about the javelin event. You throw a spear, right? Big deal!
It helps to know something before you shoot off your mouth. For starters, they’re tossing the javelins at a target. Usually a troupe of performing mimes. Those little mime dudes can scurry like cockroaches when javelins are coming at them.
Oh. Is that all?
No. The javelin throwers compete with their mouths full of butterscotch pudding. If they lose any of it, they are disqualified. So maybe if you can imagine the pudding and the mimes, you’ll have a new appreciation for this difficult sport. And did I mention the javelins are heated to 400 degrees?
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