This goes in the dep't of When Can We Please Grow Up?:
Marketing officials have gone to court to demand the withdrawal from news stands of the latest Greek edition of Playboy magazine.Headlines such as "2004 seconds of ecstasy" and "Go for a Sexathon gold" corrupts the Olympic image, they say.
The explicit take on the Olympics was described as a "brutal insult".
Playboy also contains headlines such as "Gianna's wild Rogge and Roll" - a reference to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge and Athens 2004 chief Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.
It also sports a cartoon of the Olympic rings composed of condoms.
Ok, where to start...first off, I do believe that in the ancient Games the competitors were pretty much buck-nekkid. Emphasis on the "buck," since chicks weren't allowed. I guess it took the great 20th century minds to uncover the joys of women running. As for the condoms thing, well, the way I heard it Greco-Roman wrestling isn't the only contact sport enjoyed at the Olympics. Those 130,000 condoms can't all be for water balloons.
Posted by Jason at August 20, 2004 01:07 PM