U.S. Olympic swimmer competing with testicular cancer

[2muchcoffeeman]

The Beijing Olympiad officially has its sentimental favorite. Eric Shanteau is putting off surgery until after the Olympics. I just hope that decision doesn't come back to haunt him.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_swm_swimmer_cancer_1

 

[MartinEnigmatica]

Damn. I'll echo what you said, 2mcm, considering his doctors are telling him to have surgery now. I wonder how he's going to monitor the cancer's growth/non-growth in China and throughout the training regimen. It's obviously not something you want to screw with.

 

[outofplace]

I understand this is a lifelong dream and he may never get another shot.

But the man is 24 years old and he's risking his life if this spread. There are few worse ideas than ****ing around with getting cancer treated.

 

[AreaMan]

For a second there i thought this was about dana torres.

 

[imjustagirl]

For a second there i thought this was about dana torres.

A. You're a douche.

B. You're a douche who doesn't even know her name.


**** off and die.

 

[Football_Bat]

For a second there i thought this was about dana torres.

A. You're a douche.

B. You're a douche who doesn't even know her name.


**** off and die.

Whew, mizzou and I dodged a bullet.

 

[PeteyPirate]

I love how around here seniority gives you the leeway to abandon decorum.

 

[Pastor]

This reminds me of the story I read not just a week or so ago about the Chinese high diver that could go blind performing. The guy already has retina damage and moving one centimeter the wrong way could permanently remove his eyesight.

 

[imjustagirl]

I love how around here seniority gives you the leeway to abandon decorum.

Bull****. I was talking like that when I had 20 posts.

Point is, a thread about a 24-year-old battling testicular cancer is not the place to make a stupid joke about a 41-year-old woman. Especially if you're not smart enough to get the name right.

 

[imjustagirl]

This reminds me of the story I read not just a week or so ago about the Chinese high diver that could go blind performing. The guy already has retina damage and moving one centimeter the wrong way could permanently remove his eyesight.

Jesus.

 

[outofplace]

I love how around here seniority gives you the leeway to abandon decorum.

This place has been very meta lately.

 

[Football_Bat]

I love how around here seniority gives you the leeway to abandon decorum.

When you're a 20-game winner you can have fungus on your shower shoes.

 

[outofplace]

I love how around here seniority gives you the leeway to abandon decorum.

When you're a 20-game winner you can have fungus on your shower shoes.

Which is fine for the baseball field, but a little silly for a message board. I can't say I cared for AreaMan's post, either, but FirstDownPirates isn't completely wrong, either.

 

[imjustagirl]

Really? Me saying "douche" and "**** off and die" doesn't even come CLOSE to most of the **** on this board.

 

[Pastor]

Because I brought it up, I should provide a link...

NYTimes.com: Chinese Diver (and more)

I understand where the article is going with the stories about pressure, but I'm not so sure that is the case with the diver, especially since we know about the American with cancer.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Really? Me saying "douche" and "**** off and die" doesn't even come CLOSE to most of the **** on this board.

What is worse than wishing death upon someone? Being repulsed by their tattoos?

 

[imjustagirl]

OK. Next time someone says 'go **** yourself' I'm going to take them completely literally.

If I'd known you were in one of those moods, I would have rephrased. "Kindly remove yourself from this board, sir, as you have offended me and mine."

 

[Double Down]

IJAG, I believe proper decorum suggests you first say, to a friend, "I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace if they bear it."

And when they respond, "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?" you can then respond with:

"I do not bite my thumb at you, sir. But I do bite my thumb. **** off and die."

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Just one man's opinion. FO&D is a very harsh statement, and I would think instances of its use would be very minimal, either face to face or in writing.

 

[imjustagirl]

IJAG, I believe proper decorum suggests you first say, to a friend, "I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace if they bear it."

And when they respond, "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?" you can then respond with:

"I do not bite my thumb at you, sir. But I do bite my thumb. **** off and die."

Well NOW you tell me.

I'm sending you all my posts before I post them. Hope your job doesn't mind.



CK: Different strokes. It means nothing more to me than "**** you" or "Choke on it" or "suck it."