1. Weightlifting commentator: “This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.”
2. Dressage commentator: “This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.”
3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.”
4. Boxing Analyst: “Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.”
5. Softball announcer: “If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.”
6. Basketball analyst: “He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.”
7. At the rowing medal ceremony: “Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.”
8. Soccer commentator: “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.”
9. Tennis commentator: “One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them…
Oh my God, what have I just said?”
Nothing like live TV and people trying to ‘fill’ the dead air… 🙂
You are not right sir…lol oh my gosh those are too funny.
Don’tcha just love language?
BZ
Thanks, I really needed a chuckle today! 🙂
You posted this at 6am.
Looks like you were up at the crack of dawn.
(I’ll really don’t want this attributed to me, since I’m not of this earth.)
Glad to know it’s not just regular folks who gets things bollixed up!
No Comment, I will respectfully take my rights under the Fifth Amendment to not answer that question.
On that last one…IIRC Arnold Palmer’s wife said something similar on the Johnny Carson show. Johnny raised an eyebrow and waited for the laughter to die down and remarked “I’ll bet that makes his putter quiver.”
It’s funny enough that it should be true, even if it’s not.
Ya’ know, if you realize that you just made an inadvertent “vox pas”, just keep going as if it never happened. Trust me on this.
LittleRed1