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Usain Bolt Facts

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:01 am

These are hilarious, and presumably written by Parker Morse, the guy doing the live IAAF blogging at the Olympics.

http://www.flashesofpanic.com/panic/002431.php
Facts about Usain Bolt

(With a hat tip to chucknorrisfacts.com and Bruce Schneier facts)

When Usain Bolt starts from the blocks, he doesn’t push himself forward. He pushes the Earth backward.

Usain Bolt never false starts. Sometimes the starter is so amazed by Bolt’s start, he forgets to pull the trigger in time.

Usain Bolt has two paces: World Record and Celebrate.

Pluto is actually a collection of spikes which were insufficiently tightly laced and kicked into space by Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt doesn’t use performance enhancing drugs because steroids would slow him down.

Usain Bolt isn’t too tall to be a sprinter. His presence makes other sprinters shorter.

When Usain Bolt falls in the steeplechase pit, he doesn’t get wet. The water gets Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt’s house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.

When Usain Bolt was denied chicken nuggets at a McDonalds, he ran through the restaurant so quickly it became a Wendy’s.

If Usain Bolt could be contained by a treadmill, his 200m would produce enough energy to power the entire nation of Jamaica for 22 years.

The Chinese built the Great Wall to keep out Usain Bolt. Obviously, it did not work.

George Bush asked Usain Bolt not to run the 400m because of the potential damage to the U.S. GDP.

Usain Bolt has to train on a different track every week due to spike erosion in the lanes.

Usain Bolt can watch an entire season of 24, with commercials, in 22 hours.

Usain Bolt can slam a revolving door.

Usain Bolt is the only person who can text-message a sub-20 200m.

If at first you don’t succeed, you’re not Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt tried swimming, but no lane lines exist that can damp the turbulence of his kick.

Usain Bolt could have won a medal in archery, but all of his arrows were sub-10.

Usain Bolt’s races aren’t timed. HE decides when the clock should stop.

There are two types of people in the world: slow people, and Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt feeds Schroedinger’s Cat on his back porch. Without opening the box.

Usain Bolt isn’t on the internet. He can’t find a connection fast enough.

Usain Bolt’s times in thousandths always round down.

There are no unbreakable World Records, just times Usain Bolt hasn’t decided to run yet.


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Re: Usain Bolt Facts

Unread postby gymnastsrock » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:29 am

HAHA They were all great, but I'd have to say my favorite was " Usain Bolt doesn’t use performance enhancing drugs because steroids would slow him down."
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Re: Usain Bolt Facts

Unread postby distancejumper » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:37 am

for some reason, i feel like I've read most of these before... just with a name other than Ussain Bolt...(just sayin)


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