I am not even a girl and I want Michael Phelps to marry me.

Yay!

This was really great :)

Pffft, I could do that.

Yeah, but can he communicate telepathically with fish?

/Nice job

I like this headline

/+1

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to win 8 gold... farkin' A you mean you already did that? DAMMIT.
This tape will self destruct in 3 seconds.

Michael Phelps is absurd.

A truly glorious distraction the show is.

What about Fred?

w00t! It's pretty awesome to see someone so perfect at what he/she does.

Best. Olympic. Moment. Ever.

Pheck yeah!

I heard he has to eat like 10,000 Calories a day just to have enough energy for all the swimming he does.

At first I was like "Yes, he's amazing, but hero tag?" Then I remembered what a childish ass Spitz is being and I drop my concerns.

There are those who said that we should have boycotted these Olympics. They can kiss my ass.

tallguywithglasseson: Yay!

This was really great :)

Great? Pshaw! We're gonna need some new adjectives for whatever he is!

/Thanks Go...I mean Mr. Freeman

Oh, and I watched every one of his gold medal races, and it's been an amazing ride. This is one of those things that you'll talk about for years, like watching the moon landing.

I can do the eating 12,000 calories a day thing... the fast swimming, not so much.

Staypuft_Mushmallow_Manz: I heard he has to eat like 10,000 Calories a day just

I read that as 10,000 Chinese a day. That would be a lot more impressive.

Nice, too bad they're made in China.

Way to go, Yanks!

Staypuft_Mushmallow_Manz: I heard he has to eat like 10,000 Calories a day just to have enough energy for all the swimming he does.

At first I was like "Yes, he's amazing, but hero tag?" Then I remembered what a childish ass Spitz is being and I drop my concerns.

What is Spitz doing? I haven't seen any stories on his reaction to this.

Staypuft_Mushmallow_Manz: Then I remembered what a childish ass Spitz is being and I drop my concerns.

Has he? He seemed pretty gracious the other night when Phelps tied him. But that could've been an act.

/More info, please.

THE FRENCH WILL HAVE THEIR REVENGE AND CRUSH THE AMERICANS!!!

He is a great, great athlete. Which also pretty much makes him a total twat.

Quick! Someone with some ps skills needs to make a "Can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am" motivator a'la Captain Kirk, for Phelps.

Bah, he be a piece of shiat.



Seriously though, congrats, a hell of an achievement.

Kudos to his teammates on the two relays I think it was as well.

That's pretty cool. Good on him.

Not to sound all mushy and overwrought, but he has truly restored my faith in American sports. With all the allegations of cheating and doping and athletes acting like complete twatwaffles all the time, it's beyond refreshing to see an overly-talented, overly-humble guy go up there and do what no one thought could be done, and do it with ease. It makes me think that there really ARE athletes out there doing it for a pure love of the sport rather than to see how much money/poon they can get just for doing it.

I follow competitive swimming anyway, so I've been following him for years and I hoped he could have done it in Athens, but I said....wait 'til Beijing. He'll do it there. And he did. I'm glad to say that I witnessed it, and I hope it's a feat that's never matched. The hero tag was very apropos, subby.

Dwedit: What about Fred?

He's coming up with some new propaganda, stuff like GOD HATES SWIMMERS and THANK GOD FOR DEAD GOLD MEDALISTS.

(unless you meant Fred Phelps, father of Michael, in which case he's probably doing something else)

Imagine what he could have accomplished if he had tried to do something useful.

This dude rocks. I was wondering if he was going to be able to pull it off, it's days of pushing one's self to the absolute edge from what I've read/seen about what it takes to even come close to doing what he's done. Had some doubts since the #8 was won by 1/10th of a second.

/also really cool to see a fellow American do this

Liz Taylor must be so proud of her son.

Hero tag? Really? Submittard, get a grip.

/Michael Phelps is pretty hot though, even if he does have a bit of the Marfan's disease going on.
//He'll probably die of a heart attack not too long from now.
///Debbie Downer - that's my thing.

nashBridges

Well, Phelps doesn't do much else. He swims, he eats, he sleeps, he poops (probably a lot), day in and day out. There seems to be little else to his life. Maybe TV. Given how inarticulate he is, he obviously doesn't read very much or otherwise engage his brain in anything other than swimming. It all seems to work for him, so more power to him.

im having a hard time caring about this

I wish only that next year they broadcast more of the womens marathon.Man I just couldn't get enough of that 72 min. of excruciating shait.

He'll be the best lifeguard EVAR!

Sir Simon Milligan: im having a hard time caring about this

Voting Obama right?

Suflig: Liz Taylor must be so proud of her son.

Oh, God, you ruined him for me! And you ruined my keyboard! Curse you...

USP .45: Sir Simon Milligan: im having a hard time caring about this

Voting Obama right?

Uh?

Breaker Moran: nashBridges

Well, Phelps doesn't do much else. He swims, he eats, he sleeps, he poops (probably a lot), day in and day out. There seems to be little else to his life. Maybe TV. Given how inarticulate he is, he obviously doesn't read very much or otherwise engage his brain in anything other than swimming. It all seems to work for him, so more power to him.

I don't think he's unintelligent or uninformed at all. He just chose to attend a university that doesn't focus very much on communication across the curriculum :-) Plus I think he's got a bit of the Aspie thing going on.

oops, even closer, a lot closer.

Thought it was 1/10th, more like 1/100th. Should have referenced the front page sitting in the other room before hitting 'Submit'.

more cat pictures

Quick and very dirty. Someone do better.

sarcastic664: Oh, and I watched every one of his gold medal races, and it's been an amazing ride. This is one of those things that you'll talk about for years, like watching the moon landing.

This is definitely an incredible accomplishment, but comparing the excitement of this to the moon landing? That's absurd. I guess you had to be alive then to understand, but it's not even remotely in the same league.

he is THE torpedo

Phelps is one of those guys that if he hadn't become a swimmer, something would be very farked up with the world. Swimming chose him. His mom, bless her heart, sure whipped up a fine physical specimen.

And he's still a freaking kid. He'll probably do at least two more Olympics.

Now he needs to rest for a week, fly home, and collect the mounds and mounds of tail waiting for him.

And you know that boy has endurance.

Hell, I'm a queer girl, and I'd give him a shot.

JFP's Gym Partner: Staypuft_Mushmallow_Manz: Then I remembered what a childish ass Spitz is being and I drop my concerns.

Has he? He seemed pretty gracious the other night when Phelps tied him. But that could've been an act.

/More info, please.
Spitz is fine-- he was upset that he'd not been invited by the IOC to be there, and he should have been. He was a legend for 36 years. Spitz needs to be honored for holding that for so long.

Techniccal: Yeah, but can he communicate telepathically with fish?

/Nice job

If he can...we may have to re-evaluate Aquaman as a superhero. Or at least as a superhuman sex machine.

/Wondering if he would mind doing someone old enough to be his mother.