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My kids in the Olympics? You just never know…

Rohan August 20th, 2008

I’ve noticed on a few online forums I frequent, a high level of discussion about “sports that should be in the Olympic Games” but are currently not. Not surprising really, considering that the 2008 Olympics are currently in full swing in Beijing, China.
Of course there are the usual suspects getting a regular mention: golf, rugby, bowling (tenpin &/or lawn), surfing, croquet, ballroom dancing, plus a myriad of other “recognised” sports.

I, however, believe there is one activity, were it to be introduced into an upcoming Olympics, that my kids would do very (very) well at.

It’s very simple, only two rules:

  1. Whatever you touch, you must move.
  2. Nothing can be moved back to a former position.

They have, after all, already been in training for years and given the state that they leave their bedrooms, the bathroom, the family room, the kitchen, the dining room and the backyard on a daily basis, I would expect they would come in at very short odds to pick up a medal, perhaps even gold.

Great, more things for them to play with and then leave lying around…