I just want to be famous

Did you catch that evil Canadian Ron Bensimhon that dove into an Olympic swimming pool this past Monday?

cbc:
Ron Bensimhon, a 31-year-old native of Montreal, was released after paying a $3,225 fine. Under the Greek court system, it could take two years for a higher court to rule on his appeal.

Bensimhon told the three-judge tribunal that he didn't "do the stunt for money," but instead he just wanted to be famous.

Bensimhon jumped off the three-metre board bare-chested and wearing a blue tutu and white tights at the diving venue Monday night. Greek police arrested Bensimhon charged him with "interrupting the Games."

Sporting a black eye and a bruised face, Bensimhon told the tribunal he was beat up by police and had "suffered enough."

"I never thought it would be this bad," he said.

GoldenPalace.com, an online gaming site, was written on his chest and back in bold black lettering. The Web site admitted that Bensimhon has performed publicity stunts for it in the past, but it denied putting the Montrealer up to this prank.

Though Bensimhon called it a harmless prank, it proved an embarrassment to security officials. The disruption also turned the competition on its head and all but handed the gold medal to the Greek duo of Nikolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis –Greece's first gold medallists of the 2004 Games.

The top-ranked Chinese duo Kenan Wang and Bo Peng appeared headed toward certain victory before the intrusion. However, after the incident, one of the Chinese divers landed on his back on his final dive and the team received zeros across the board.

Russian Dmitry Sautin then knocked himself on the board and American brothers Justin and Tony Dumais worked themselves out of a medal position with a missed landing.



Oops, maybe the world needs to laugh more.
So much for terrorists at the games! The real threat is the way our society pressures underpaid athletes to win win win. And the most important people in 2004 are the famous. I just read about Scarlette Johanson giving herself a $50,000 birthday bash.
SWEET! she couldnt have made more publicity if she were to donate it to a university or school of performing arts. So its fun to be rich and young. And bleach-blonde. Marilyn lives on in our hearts and urban desires doesnt she?
big sparkly diamonds, pink satin, bleach-blonde hair, multiple husbands, drugs, alcohol...

Has society changed its ideal of beauty and luxury over the past 50 years?
I am not sure either. We think that we have become a BETTER society, but really I dont think we are as good as we think we are. The world i see is in a much worse off state. I missed the last bus Monday and I had to walk across a big freeway to get THE MALL to catch another. It was disgusting to look and walk next to a freewway, everyone that drives should too.

It took me around just 20minutes, but it seemed like a lifetime as i couldnt handle the smogginess. I also saw the entire sidewalk littered with a zillion coffee cups and plastic juice bottles. It was interesting to look at CAR CULTURE right there at the side of the road. they say you can learn a lot from someone via their trash.
We are disgusting. And selfish with the planet. Oil reigns, and it is indeed sad for this urban environment. Think about your Escalade driving neighbour and tell him to carpool at least. What is this the next edition of the oil crisis from the 70's?

So back to the tutu:
I am sure that the chinese will bomb montreal and their freaky tutu-wearing-citizens as they lost the gold entirely!
I looked in my closet and didnt see any french ballet tutu's of any sort, so i should be alright down in the verdun ghetto.


PHEW!

Montrealers are weird and I am ready to get the hell outta here next year.

Are you happy with your city, and are you happy with our acts of car culture?
trust me i would take a free car anyday, i will probably get one next year if i move to toronto. But what makes us NEED a car anyway? why buy new clothes? these things arent at all necessary. or are they? I can buy a new desire everyday.

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icantbreathe@suv-nation.ca

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