Imagine that, P v J
As I was leaving the gym, I spotted a grossly obese woman waddling towards the shopping center. She was short and had to be pushing 300 pounds. Each step looked painful, no doubt from the crushing weight on all of her joints. As she walked, there was a never ending wave of motion as the fat bounced up and down from her neck down to her ankles. I wondered where she was waddling to. I looked towards the direction of her travel and imagine that, she is going to the physical therapy office. No doubt her elephant-like proportions have taken a huge physical toll on her health. People put as much if not more of a strain on the healthcare system because of their unbridled gluttony as any other vice out there.
Following closely behind any UFC show as one of my viewing favorites is Pros versus Joes. Of course it is also on Spike network. In this show regular guys who are weekend athletes, former high school standouts or guys whom just think they are jocks take on mostly retired pro athletes. The whole premise of the show is based on lots of trash talking from both the “joes” and the pro-athletes which I could do with out. It is interesting seeing the former athletes. Depending on how long they have been out of the game and how far they let themselves go, it can be a bit shocking. For instance Spud Webb was on the show last night, he turned into a little porker. Will Clark, the former first baseman for the Giants was on a few weeks ago, he is old, bald and fat now. John Rocker has a full blown, redneck mullet. However for the most part, most of the athletes still can perform to a decent level.
It is extremely entertaining watching the the Joe’s compete against the pro’s. It is the sort of thing I would love to do if my knees weren’t held together with bubblegum and fishing line. It would be such an awesome experience to try to tackle Eric Dickerson, hit off of John Rocker, shoot hoops against Dominique Wilkins and so on (all those names have been on the show) The only thing I wouldn’t be into was putting on this bullshit, trash talking front that seems to be a pre-requisite on every “Joe’s” audition tape. I would just go all out and do my best and hope that I could at least get a little respect from the pro’s.