The Olympics - taken over by modernists?

I am, if nothing else, a glutton for punishment.

The comment box will be full to overflowing with all my readers crossly clicking away (that's my friend Keith who is really a Catholic but in denial, and my other friend who shall be nameless as he lingers away his life in a prison cell).

You see, I think the Olympics a tremendous waste of money. Yes, I do.

I've lost score of how many billions of pounds it is going to cost but I do know that just a fraction of that sum would make a great many people in South Sudan or Ethiopia or Brazil, very happy.

So, it will come as no surprise to you to learn that there are several Olympic events specifically for modernists.
Here is a video clip of them in training........

And here, also, is a tale of some of those nations who are competing (nothing to do with Catholicism, but it's time for a little levity)....

It's 2012 and it's the Olympics in London .

A Scotsman, an Englishman and an Irishman want to get in, but they
haven't got tickets.

The Scotsman picks up a manhole cover, tucks it under his arm and walks to
the gate.
" McTavish , Scotland ," he says, "Discus" and in he walks.

The Englishman picks up a length of scaffolding and slings it over his
shoulder.
" Waddington-Smythe , England " he says, "Pole vault" and in he walks.

The Irishman looks around and picks up a roll of barbed wire and tucks
it under his arm.

“O'Malley, Ireland " he says, "Fencing."

As for the Welshman.....well he is in training with a brew of the Rev James!