If I’m not on the team… then there will be no team

This year Antalya are proudly hosting the 2007 World Cup Amputee Football Championship. The International Amputee Athletes Association provides their own shuttle bus (pictured above) to transport the athletes between the hotel and the stadium. Hint to the graphic designers for next time: when deciding where to place each image on the side of the bus, put the marksman to the left of the basketball players. Otherwise it looks like they cut him from the team and he didn’t take it very well.

It reminds me of the time my ex-boyfriend tried to explain the biathlon to me and failed to elaborate beyond “it’s skiing and shooting.” For a long time I thought this must be the most awesome sport ever, because I was picturing downhill skiing with automatic weapons. I still think that would be a great way to make competitive skiing more interesting— give the skiers AKs and send them all down the hill at the same time, like horses out of the gate… first survivor to the bottom wins. You’d need fabulous prizes and chicks in bikinis, natch. Cash bar and VIP lounge. It’s too bad the weather in Vegas isn’t suitable, because the Men’s Grand Rambo Slalom is a Vegas sport if ever there was one.