This makes it a little less great.

So the Chinese did a great job with the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics, but the more you find out about them the less spectacular they are.  The 9 year old girl was not the actual singer, the girl who was singing was deemed not cute enough by the Chinese Government (boy I can't see how that can hurt a little kid).

One of the coolest parts was the Tai Chi masters who kept forming a perfect circle, all the years of special training helped them do it right? 

The Tai Chi performers spent the last year sequestered at a military base practicing the routine. They were packed 50 to a room in decrepit facilities with few functioning showers, fewer functioning toilets and no heat or air. Mosquitoes were also a problem. Oh and by the way: they were forbidden to leave.

 So they were basically imprisoned until they learned to do it perfectly.

Read some more disappointing facts from the opening ceremonies here.

Is that a foul?

Do you have the fever?  Since Michael Phelps is done, not really.  I will still tune in but the Winter Olympics are more fun to watch in my opinion.

But have you watched any of the wrestling?  So I do not know the rules but seriously in the picture below that should be a foul, Right?  Or is it just called the TSA?

Oh my Dear God that Looks Painful

I don't think your arm is supposed to bend that way with that much weight.  Lets all have an Oh SHIT moment for the Hungarian weightlifter.

"No longer able to support the weight of the barbell, his right forearm bent backward. The 24-year-old Hungarian fell to the floor in shock, shaking and crying out in pain. "

Holy Hell that must be the worst thing that can happen, not only because it hurts so much, but also because you just can't drop the barbell right away.  If you want to see the other photos check out the link here. 

In honor of the olympics

Please Ignore the Communism

And in a totally unrelated and painful story from Hong Kong, read how a man almost lost his penis here.