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I'm not quite sure what the punchline is here. The video shows a male skater in a fake muscle-suit doing a cheesy striptease to Tom Jones, for four very long minutes. I kept waiting for a rabid dog to run out on the ice, or the like. There must be something here to do with the Objectivist theory of Romantic Love, but whatever it is, I'm not sure.

Ted

Post 1

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:12pm

I thought you liked guys, Ted. Not your type?

How is it different from professional tennis for which some here back in the kiwi days touted as an achievement.

Anyway, I had no problem watching this and prefer women.

Post 2

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:48pm

After watching the video, I think I know where the inspiration for Will Ferrell's character in Blades of Glory came from...

Post 3

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 9:05pm

What Would Brian Boitano Do?

It's not necessarily either or, Mike. Having spent a few hours doing other things since I saw the video, it does make me chuckle to remember it. In any case, I have never cared for strip tease acts or their performers, except perhaps for this one.

And to what, exactly, do you prefer women? A strange thing to say when you think of it.

:)

Ted

Post 4

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 9:24pm

I'll wait until we have totally nude female Olympic figure skating before I'll comment. In the meantime, even though the audience apparently appreciated it, I wonder how many were offended. Personally, I wouldn't pay real money to see this.

Sam

Post 5

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 11:05pm

Sam, you realize the skater was wearing skin-colored muscle-painted padded leotards? I would not want to watch nude ice skating of any sex, especially not after having seen someone have her tongue stuck to a frozen street sign-pole, and then having the flesh torn off as she removed it.

Ted

Post 6

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:16am

There must be something here to do with the Objectivist theory of Romantic Love, but whatever it is, I'm not sure.

Absolutely not, just the opposite.

Post 7

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 9:15am

I would not want to watch nude ice skating of any sex . . .

Watching it is okay. It's being a nude ice skater that I'd have trouble with. Brrr! I grew up in Minnesota and went skating when it was 20 below zero. Under those conditions, you can't expose ANY skin!

I don't mind strippers; it's stripping on ice that leaves me cold, especially if it's down outdoors.

- Bill

Post 8

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 10:58pm

Bill, there's an article in the recent New Scientist about an "empathy" region of the brain that responds as if one has been touched oneself when one views another being touched.

The mere thought of watching a nude ice-skater makes my skin crawl.

Post 9

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 4:29pm

Ted,

Give Teresa a break. I mean dang, she posted the damn thing in the Jokes forum for gosh darn sakes! Not every joke can be about logic, reason, and rationality. But, for whatever viewing pleasure you may receive from such things, I have come up with 2 of them myself ...

I've never personally had a problem with the idea of sexual energy. I think it's cool. In fact, it's been my experience that when the rationality is pushed far, then sexual tension pulls on me stronger -- kinda' like a yin/yang, or something. And it's not just me, either. Take a look at Einstein, for example. I mean, the guy needed it so desperately that he couldn't hold-off long enough to meet a stranger -- so he married his own cousin instead! ... [duhduh dunn]

And what about Spock from Star Trek? I mean, that man was so horny that even his ears and eyebrows were erect! Did you ever notice how they never show a close-up of his crotch??? Hmmm ... makes one wonder, doesn't it?

;-)

Ed
[and no throwing tomatoes]

(Edited by Ed Thompson on 6/20, 4:44pm)

Post 10

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 5:15pm

Ed,

I just didn't see what was funny, after waiting four minutes for the guy's pants to split, or some animal to come running out on the ice. I was left wondering, where's the punchline? I certainly wasn't angry at her, although I think I've spent more minutes of my life on that video than it was worth.

I also did sanction her on post #6.

It's not like I'm some mean ogre, or woman-hating pansy, or mean-woman-hating pansy-ogre, for gosh sakes!

(You can quote me on that.)

Ted

Buy Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon at your local bookseller, now!

(Edited by Ted Keer
on 6/20, 6:45pm)

Post 11

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 6:58pm

And as for Spock, (how did he get into this thread? I thought you had disavowed your Vulcan ancestry!) I never did take a serious gander at the Vulcan's endowment. I figured that he probably had two, that they were likely green, and they were most likely in the wrong place. I always liked the shirtless Kirk kissing the vert short-skirted Uhura. I loved when she sang.

Einstein's first marriage to his own cousin wasn't such a strange thing for European Jewry, with the limited options for parentally approved in-group matches.

Ted

Post 12

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 2:04am

Alright Ted, you got me on Spock and Einstein. But I still got you on your criticism of Teresa's pick (because you admitted that you had thought about the video later -- and laughed).

The crux of humor is the unexpected. Like a chimpanzee smoking a cigarette and holding a beer, or an elephant wearing underpants. Ice skating has always been a sport of elegance and eloquent gracefulness, yet this guy was crass. That's the "punch-line" (the unexpected).

Ed

Post 13

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:22am

Wait a minute. This is not a game of gotcha. (At least on my behalf.) And my confession that I chuckled at nonsense after the fact was not elicited by you. Teresa knows I love her. Post six explained her motives sufficiently. I still would have enjoyed seeing him chased by an enraged chihuahua.

Live Long in your relative timeframe, and be of little entropy.

Ted

Post 14

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 1:26pm