During the Turin Olympics, my in-laws were telling their kids "Look, Auntie Linda's in the olympics!" I said that the Russians should have hired me to pose as Irina, and skate horribly during practice, while the real Irina was off at a secret rink, practicing. Word would have gotten around that Irina (me) was skating poorly, which would have made the other competitors drop their guard and not try so hard. Then real Irina would come in and skate perfectly during competition. The Russians had their chance and they blew it! :D
I actually can skate pretty well. I took loads of classes as a kid. My parents stopped paying for the classes right before I would have learned how to do an axel. Thus, I would have been able to carry off my cunning plan somewhat convincingly.
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You're like a cross between her and Annie Potts.
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I said that the Russians should have hired me to pose as Irina, and skate horribly during practice, while the real Irina was off at a secret rink, practicing. Word would have gotten around that Irina (me) was skating poorly, which would have made the other competitors drop their guard and not try so hard. Then real Irina would come in and skate perfectly during competition. The Russians had their chance and they blew it! :D
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And you never know, you might have discovered a hidden talent for skating, and gone on to take the gold!
In any case, you'd have looked damned hot in the sparkly costume! :D
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