"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> During a swim racing event the winner apparently did not swim faster, he
> "Out Touched" the other swimmers. This has happen on two different
> occasions that I know of so far.
So, what happens now? Swimmers will start hanging heavy weights on their
arms to lengthen them? I can just see it now, the advent of the new
swimmer's training tool ~ a specially designed traction bed with wrist
straps and arm tension rods.
How about special swimmer's fingernail growth formulas?
:)
On Aug 11, 3:54=A0pm, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yabbut, I'm thinking that the point was that not before invention of the
> tedious titted TV talking head was it uttered to such inexcusable excreto=
ry
> excess.
>
*wiping green tea off monitor and keyboard*
Dammit, dude, gimme a heads-up next time will ya??
As a member of a "swim family", having watched countless races peering over
the edge of a pool with a stopwatch in my hand, I can tell you that "out
touched" is a swimming term that dates back to just after the invention of
water.
Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Has any one caught the new Catch Phrase? Probably invented at the
> Olympics this year but all the news people are repeating it.
>
> During a swim racing event the winner apparently did not swim faster, he
> "Out Touched" the other swimmers. This has happen on two different
> occasions that I know of so far.
>
"Michael Latcha" wrote
> As a member of a "swim family", having watched countless races peering
over
> the edge of a pool with a stopwatch in my hand, I can tell you that "out
> touched" is a swimming term that dates back to just after the invention of
> water.
Yabbut, I'm thinking that the point was that not before invention of the
tedious titted TV talking head was it uttered to such inexcusable excretory
excess.
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Michael Latcha" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> As a member of a "swim family", having watched countless races peering
> over the edge of a pool with a stopwatch in my hand, I can tell you that
> "out touched" is a swimming term that dates back to just after the
> invention of water.
>
> Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
That may very well be true, but like the kid next door that got a new bell
to ring for his bicycle it can be over used. I absolutely do not recall
having ever heard the term prior to this weekend and heard it 3 times, even
by those not announcing the race. This was not the first time a swimmer was
"Out Touched". The media learned a new term and have already worn it out.
"Dan Coby" wrote
> "Swingman" wrote in message
> > "Michael Latcha" wrote
> >
> >> As a member of a "swim family", having watched countless races peering
> > over
> >> the edge of a pool with a stopwatch in my hand, I can tell you that
"out
> >> touched" is a swimming term that dates back to just after the invention
of
> >> water.
> >
> > Yabbut, I'm thinking that the point was that not before invention of the
> > tedious titted TV talking head was it uttered to such inexcusable
excretory
> > excess.
>
> My suggestion is to get a DVR. The fast forward button solves many of the
> problems associated with talking heads during the Olympic broadcasts.
A better suggestion ... the OFF button. Then go do some woodworking.
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
Leon wrote:
> Has any one caught the new Catch Phrase? Probably invented at the Olympics
> this year but all the news people are repeating it.
>
> During a swim racing event the winner apparently did not swim faster, he
> "Out Touched" the other swimmers. This has happen on two different
> occasions that I know of so far.
Makes some sense...I saw one heat a day or two ago where a USA woman got
silver instead of gold because she touched the wall with a flat palm
rather than stretching out her fingers and touching with fingertips.
The commentator was shocked, saying that it was a totally rookie mistake.
When the difference is a few hundredths of a second, that final lunge
for the wall is just as important as everything else.
Chris
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "Michael Latcha" wrote
>
>> As a member of a "swim family", having watched countless races peering
> over
>> the edge of a pool with a stopwatch in my hand, I can tell you that "out
>> touched" is a swimming term that dates back to just after the invention of
>> water.
>
> Yabbut, I'm thinking that the point was that not before invention of the
> tedious titted TV talking head was it uttered to such inexcusable excretory
> excess.
My suggestion is to get a DVR. The fast forward button solves many of the
problems associated with talking heads during the Olympic broadcasts.