by WCK, 100% Injury Rate
Meet Yu Zhenhuan. He suffers from that strange disfigurement where hair covers almost 100% of your body. In fact, he’s the hairiest person in the world behind those two Mexican brothers. Yu is known as “King Kong” in China, which at least is better than “Gross Hairy Guy.”
And guess what he wants to do? He wants to carry the Olympic Torch during the relay ahead of the Games.
Uh, Yu, you do realize what could happen, right?
“The Olympics belong to everyone — the common people and those with abnormalities included. First I am a celebrity, inside and outside of China. Secondly, I think my experience in coping with a disfigurement ties in with the notion of the Olympic spirit,” Yu said.
I’m not sure how disfigurement ties into the Olympic spirit. Unless maybe you count those former East German women swimmers. They might have been uglier than Yu.
King Kong also has some serious backers.
Yu is being supported in his bid by Xing Aowei, who won a gymnastics gold medal for China at the Sydney Games in 2000.
“In him, I see the perseverance and bravery of the Chinese people,” Xing was quoted as saying. “I will help him with publicity and give him some ideas.”
I wish Yu all the best. But when he lights himself on fire, which is bound to happen, I’m not going to be real sympathetic.
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My Hero Zero // July 31, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Ali survived his torch-carrying duty despite shaking like a cheap dryer loaded with live monkeys. Maybe this is just an attempt by the Chinese to raise the bar in the difficulty scoring catagory. If we ever host the games, I say we hose down Lindsay Lohan with gasoline during a cocaine bender, hand her the torch, stuff her inside a Ford Pinto and have her negotiate a minefield.