Defrocked priest cost marathon leader the gold....

SpacedTeddyBear · Post by **SpacedTeddyBear** » 2004-08-29 03:22pm

click me

Talon Karrde · Post by **Talon Karrde** » 2004-08-29 03:27pm

What a moron.

CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2004-08-29 03:28pm

They let that F1 freak out? Pity all the cars managed to miss him on the track... Moron!

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-08-29 03:29pm

Ah, drunk, irish, defrocked priest....with a history of this kind of thing....

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-08-29 03:34pm

Why the fuck would anyone do that? What does judgement day have to do with anything? There's absolutely no excuse for such behavior, which very well might have cost someone something for which they trained all their life.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-08-29 03:38pm

Master of Ossus wrote: There's absolutely no excuse for such behavior, which very well might have cost someone something for which they trained all their life.

Not to mention their life, period.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2004-08-29 03:58pm

I saw it as it happened. Lima was clearly shaken and upset right after the incident. It definatly screwed up his chances for the gold. He seemed to recover by the end of the race, and was even playful as he crossed the finish line. I am glad that he was able to at least win the bronze.

What this article doesnt mention was that it was the crowd of onlookers that pulled the guy off of Lima. Yeah, the cop was closing in, but the onlookers deserve the credit for freeing him.

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2004-08-29 04:21pm

Ah, taking Irishness to the rest of the world, thanks a bunch mate.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-08-29 04:42pm

Can we beat the shit out of him, please? Please?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-08-29 06:19pm

maybe i'm jaded or a little nuts, but i think this is fucking funny... in a what the fuck sort of way.

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2004-08-29 07:11pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:maybe i'm jaded or a little nuts, but i think this is fucking funny... in a what the fuck sort of way.

No, if you want WTF funny, look at this:

On Aug. 16, a Canadian man wearing tights and a tutu jumped into the Olympic diving pool after an event. He was convicted of interrupting the games and sentenced to five months in prison, although he remains free pending appeal.

That didn't harm anyone, and it's funny.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-29 09:35pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:maybe i'm jaded or a little nuts, but i think this is fucking funny... in a what the fuck sort of way.

I'm in the same boat there. Funny, yet a little sad.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-08-29 11:05pm

CJvR wrote:They let that F1 freak out? Pity all the cars managed to miss him on the track... Moron!

Ever seen the video of the F1 car that hit a rabbit on the track? I'd rather not see an F1 driver be knocked out of the race in ordered to partly disintegrate a mentally disturbed man.

Post by **Edi** » 2004-08-30 01:25am

Sea Skimmer wrote:
CJvR wrote:They let that F1 freak out? Pity all the cars managed to miss him on the track... Moron!
Ever seen the video of the F1 car that hit a rabbit on the track? I'd rather not see an F1 driver be knocked out of the race in ordered to partly disintegrate a mentally disturbed man.

I have.... *cringe*

Anyway, the asshat deserved to be beaten to a bloody pulp. All things considered, though, his disruption was fortunately that critical. De Lima was already showing signs of starting to tire and Baldino was going so fast that he would have won anyway, it would just have been a tighter race. He had been narrowing the gap quite quickly already. I don't think the incident cost de Lima the gold medal, but in all probability it cost him the silver one.

Edi

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-08-30 02:12am

MKSheppard wrote:Can we beat the shit out of him, please? Please?

Where do I sign up?

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-08-30 03:56am

Well, that fucker can thank whatever god he worships that marathon fans are nothing like footie fans

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-08-30 11:25am

No matter how deep you go, there's always another level.

lgot · Post by **lgot** » 2004-08-31 01:42am

Jesus do have something against Brazilians (The interruption costed Lima the fight for the gold,in the pace the italian was taking the time, he would arrive close to Lima much closer to the end and the fight would be another since Lima showed to have a lot of energy to use yet. His strategy was just destroyed. When the italian found him, he was out of focus, not in the rythim and was an easy prey. The jerk took from him the fight for the glory and from the italian a the chance to won it and not just receive it in his lap. )
the better punishment would be making the irish run the marathon in the next day about noon with people bashing him everytime he stopped...or just send him to brazil. I am sure unlike the F1 cars people wont dodge him...

CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2004-08-31 07:44am

Sea Skimmer wrote:Ever seen the video of the F1 car that hit a rabbit on the track? I'd rather not see an F1 driver be knocked out of the race in ordered to partly disintegrate a mentally disturbed man.

No, when was that? It can't have been recent.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-08-31 08:40am

Cornelius Horan... Pastor of the Church of St. Loony of the Cream-Bun and Jam?

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2004-09-02 08:53pm

This did not cause Lima to loose the medal. Lima pushed to far ahead to early and he wore himself out. At best the event robbed him of enough energy in a close finish, but it was everything but close.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-09-02 09:00pm

Can someone explain to me why this clown got a much lighter punishment than the guy in the tutu who jumped into the pool? This lunatic actually mugged one of the athletes during an event!

Post by **Edi** » 2004-09-03 01:51am

CJvR wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Ever seen the video of the F1 car that hit a rabbit on the track? I'd rather not see an F1 driver be knocked out of the race in ordered to partly disintegrate a mentally disturbed man.
No, when was that? It can't have been recent.

No, it's several years old, in fact. A hare sprints into the track and one of the cars hits it, flips up into the air about five meters straight up before crashing back down on its nose and then doing several spins and rolls and ending up completely smashed, and two or three other cars crashing in the middle of that general train-wreck. NOT pretty to watch.

Edi

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-09-03 02:14am

I say we make him run the marathon route naked in the noonday sun with no sunblock with crowds of brazillians lining the route who happen to have bibles to beat him with.

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2004-09-03 01:52pm

CJvR wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Ever seen the video of the F1 car that hit a rabbit on the track? I'd rather not see an F1 driver be knocked out of the race in ordered to partly disintegrate a mentally disturbed man.
No, when was that? It can't have been recent.

It was a clip online about 5 years ago. The rabbit exploded into a cloud of cotton-candy-colored haze and fur.