{"id":289,"date":"2008-08-27T03:04:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T02:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2008-08-27T03:09:55","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T02:09:55","slug":"olympic-summer-fun-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/27\/olympic-summer-fun-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Summer Fun continues!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the Bugle, the Olympic fun doesn&#8217;t stop just because the events in China came to a close!<\/p>\n<p>The Bugle staff wants to know: Which Olympic events are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parentdish.com\/2008\/07\/16\/the-rise-of-post-apocalyptic-literature-for-kids\/\">the<\/a> best <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombieworkout.com\/2008\/03\/intermission-fo.html\">preparation<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openthefuture.com\/2006\/12\/an_eschatological_taxonomy.html\">coming<\/a> collapse of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/2005\/apr\/14\/research.science2\">civilisation<\/a> as we <a href=\"\">know it<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve given you a few choices regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2JYpvy\">the end of days<\/a>, but what we really to see is your own ideas in the comments. Write a comment with the name of the event and <a href=\"http:\/\/postapocalyptic.org\/\">the reason<\/a> why that event&#8217;s greatest athletes will <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/360213\/the-ten-best-post+apocalyptic-survival-vehicles\">survive<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volumen.net\/apoc\/\">post-apocalyptic<\/a> wastelands. We&#8217;ll add it to the polls and you might just win the Post-Apocalyptic Prize*!<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-4\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_4\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_4_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"0235855a42\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which (summer) Olympic athletes would survive the collapse of civilisation as we know it?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-4-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-13\" name=\"poll_4\" value=\"13\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-13\">The decathletes: they have 10 skills.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-14\" name=\"poll_4\" value=\"14\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-14\">The middle-distance runners: they can out-run feral dogs and zombies.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-15\" name=\"poll_4\" value=\"15\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15\">The swimmers: I've seen Waterworld 4 times.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-16\" name=\"poll_4\" value=\"16\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-16\">Judo: just like Japanese warriors in the 15th Century.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17\" name=\"poll_4\" value=\"17\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17\">Modern pentatheletes: deadly and fast.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-18\" name=\"poll_4\" value=\"18\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-18\">Athletes with point apparatus: to hunt meat.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(4);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(4);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(4); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(4); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:50%; padding-bottom:3px;line-height:70%\"><span style=\"font-size:250%;\">*<\/span> Prize not warrantied in the case of <a href=\"http:\/\/findarticles.com\/p\/articles\/mi_qa4136\/is_200401\/ai_n9355163\">Snowball Earth<\/a> or Exotic Physics <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Safety_of_the_Large_Hadron_Collider\">in Switzerland<\/a>. Prize may not be available during (or after) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html\">A Zombie Apocalypse<\/a>. The Bugle Empire and its subsidiaries provide an &#8220;as-is&#8221; Prize and therefore admit no warranty of the Prize for a particular purpose, including the prize-winner&#8217;s (or the prize-winner&#8217;s progeny&#8217;s)  survival of a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toba_catastrophe_theory\">supervolcano<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:50%; padding-bottom:3px;line-height:70%\">By accepting a prize, prizes, from a Bugle entity, you agree to release and hold harmless Bugle Inc., and its distributors from any liability, and\/or any <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasteur.fr\/actu\/presse\/press\/07pesteTIGR_E.htm\">mutated bacteria<\/a>, ancient <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,962742-5,00.html\">latent viruses<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1HAuqk\">species-jumping prions<\/a> either directly or indirectly arising from or resulting from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exitmundi.nl\/\">the use<\/a> or misuse of the Prize.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:50%; padding-bottom:3px;line-height:70%\">While we have made every attempt to ensure that Bugle readers will survive a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/environment\/article3500975.ece\">global food crisis<\/a>, Bugle Inc. and its<br \/>\ndistributors and vendors are not responsible for any errors or omissions in advice given herein. For purposes of product warranty and truth-in-advertising, Bugle Inc. endorses the <a href=\"http:\/\/flatrock.org.nz\/topics\/environment\/doom_soon.htm\">Doomsday<\/a> Argument, although it accepts no liability for readers&#8217; decisions based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/v21\/n13\/gree04_.html\">that line<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthropic-principle.com\/primer1.html\">reasoning<\/a>. <\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:50%; padding-bottom:3px;line-height:70%\">Unauthorized attempts to actually use, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickbostrom.com\/existential\/risks.html\">an apocalyptic<\/a> or post-apocalyptic situation, the methods suggested on this website, or any other product of The Bugle Empire, will result in voiding the warranty and total release of all Bugle entities from all liability or responsibility &#8212; especially in the cases of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armageddononline.org\/\">Divine<\/a> Destruction, any <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anoxic_event\">Sudden Loss of a Breathable Atmosphere<\/a>, and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crnano.org\/dangers.htm#goo\">Grey Goo<\/a>. Any litigation must be resolved in the state of Delaware. Should that state cease to exist due to <a href=\"http:\/\/wolf.readinglitho.co.uk\/mainpages\/aftermath.html\">The Aftermath of Peak Oil<\/a>, the prize-winner shall have no right to litigate.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:50%; padding-bottom:3px;line-height:70%\">Prize not available in the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/DividedStatesOfAmerica\">New Confederate States<\/a> of America, the Pacifist Haven of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultrapdx.com\/zero\/2008\/03\/27\/brittany-powell-jill-bliss-in-califoregon\/\">CalifOregon<\/a>, any <a href=\"http:\/\/jwbats.blogspot.com\/2005\/07\/singularity-faq-for-dummies.html\">Technological Singularity<\/a>, and the City of Detroit. Please check with your local warlord before commenting on this post.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the Bugle, the Olympic fun doesn&#8217;t stop just because the events in China came to a close! The Bugle staff wants to know: Which Olympic events are the best preparation for the coming collapse of civilisation as we know it? 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