Aangesien die Olimpiese Spele tot 'n einde gekom het, het een van my skerp vrinne dit goedgedink om vir my die volgende aardskuddende inligting te gee.
I recently came across some background information on the Olympics in Greece. And since the games are going on I would like to share it with you. If your Greek should be a bit rusty, you should not have a problem figuring it out.
Greek History
2500 years ago a slave call girl from Sardinia named Gedophamee
(pronounced Get-offa'-me) was attending the first athletic festival in Greece. This festival had no name.
In those days the athletes performed naked. To prevent unwanted arousal while competing, the men imbibe freely on a drink, containing saltpetre before and throughout the variety of events.
At the opening ceremonial parade of this first great event, Gedophamee observed the first wave of naked athletic males marching toward her and she exclaimed: "Oh! Limp pricks!" Over the next two and a half millennia that expression morphed into "Olympics".
Just thought I'd share this new found knowledge with you.
Kommentaar
Daar is baie legendes. Eintlik was die spele maar godsdienstige aangeleenthede ter ere van die gode wat op berg Olympus gewoon het.
Encyclopaedia Britannica bevat die volgende omskrywing:
Modern Greek Óros Ólimbos, mountain peak, the highest (9,570 feet [2,917 m]) in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Gulf of Thérmai of the Aegean Sea and lies astride the border between Macedonia and Thessaly. It is also designated as Upper Olympus (Greek: Áno Ólimbos), as opposed to Lower Olympus (Káto Ólimbos), an adjacent peak on the south rising to 5,210 feet (1,588 m).
Mount Olympus is snowcapped and often has cloud cover. According to Homer's Odyssey, however, the peak never has storms and it basks in cloudless aithēr (Greek: “pure upper air”; thus “ether”). Later writers elaborated upon this description, which may have originated from the observation that the peak is often visible above a belt of relatively low clouds. In Greek mythology, Mount Olympus was regarded as the abode of the gods and the site of the throne of Zeus. The name Olympus was used for several other mountains as well as hills, villages, and mythical personages in Greece and Asia Minor."
Van die antieke gode was glad nie skaam oor hul seksuele prestasies nie. In effens verouderde tegnologie van vandag sou hul vir jou vertel het dat 'n '3.5 inch stiffy' beter is as 'n '5 inch' floppy'. ☼