Olympics schlympics

Whilst I rejoice in the the success of our Olympians (with the exception of the sailors, equestrian types, and the synchronised wallies) I can not let the whole grotesque charade pass without comment. The Olympics have been grossly corrupted and inflated with the addition of daft non-sports, eg silly sailing events that only have 6 participants worldwide, beach volleyball(no peurile jokes please), and anything involving horses(one horse medallist geezer was 63. You stick Lester Pigott on a donkey and me on Shergar and I'll win. How can that be right)? You might as well include F1.

Also, anything involving judges is, by definition, subjective, and therefore should not be in there. How can medals be decided by someone sitting at the side saying 'Well, I think he is better than him, so I'll give him 9.98 and the other one 9.97'?

The proof that this is absurd is that never in Olympic history has anyone come from nowhere and caused a big shock in any event involving judging. The Eastern bloc used to award each other medals in their turn, now the Chinese have adopted the methods of brainwashing, child abuse, and drug taking perfected by the Soviets and East Germans(two of whom had to undergo a sex-change because they had been filled with testosterone in order to suspend puberty and promote muscle growth. Nice.)

Judging also invites corruption, which has been rife in the boxing for decades, with every African judge favouring the Cubans, which is why they introduced the new scoring system. The motto citius, altius, fortius (why Latin, not Greek?)should be used when consideration is given to whether something like gymnastics(more correctly 'acrobatics') is allowed in.
I do not doubt the skill, fitness, and dedication of its practitioners, but sport it ain't, nor is anything that makes it impossible for a casual observer to determine the winner. The Olympics should also be the pinnacle of any participants sporting career. Tennis? football? ...er, no.

It is absolutely bonkers that all these superfluous events are so colossally expensive, and over the next few years we are going to spend gazillions on them. Fortunately, our esteemed public servants in Parliament and Town Hall are renowned for their financial probity, and I am confident they will bring the whole shebang in on-time and under budget.