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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

How to Freak Out the Competition





I'm not a gambling girl, but I'm tempted to place a little bet on the outcome of the women's hockey competitions at the Beijing Olympics. I'm pretty sure that the British ladies have a good chance of taking home the gold. Why? Because of the picture above.

It seems the British women's hockey team has been outfitted with special blood-red contact lenses for the games. Officially, they're meant to help players see through the haze and smog that smother Beijing. But I can't imagine anything that would freak me out more than to see a bunch of ladies with blazing red eyes and big sticks coming at me. And I'm willing to bet that the world's hockey players feel the same way.

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24 comments:

  1. MinnieMouseLoverxoxoJuly 30, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    ha ha......i would be very freaked out too

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  2. PhoenixJuly 30, 2008 at 5:47 PM

    That'd probably work. Then again, anyone coming at me with a big stick would scare me.

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  3. dangerousJuly 30, 2008 at 7:55 PM

    Heck, maybe they've all been turned into vampires. Gah! Newborns at the olympics!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 30, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    haha. that will make me run the other way. ooh, their eyes are like an eclipse. speaking of eclipses, there wil be a total solar eclipse uh.. today? (aug. 1 in China?) i think they will have a live webcast of it.

    http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2008/index.html

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  5. Girlskickbutt!!!July 30, 2008 at 8:55 PM

    Where can I get some?

    Sorry I havent commented in a while, I've been really busy.

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  6. AninnymouseJuly 30, 2008 at 9:52 PM

    Those are totally awesome. Maybe I could convince my mom into letting me have a pair when I get contacts.

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  7. KittyJuly 30, 2008 at 10:09 PM

    hmm... I read an article that said wearing red will make you luckier...

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  8. AnonymousJuly 30, 2008 at 10:55 PM

    that is pretty darn freaky.
    Did you hear about the huge masses of players that refused to participate in the Olympics because of all the smog... That oughta teach Bejing to change their non-environmentally-friendly ways!

    -eternal espionage

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  9. ScarletDevilJuly 31, 2008 at 12:58 AM

    *Goes up to the hockey player*

    Me:"So...uh...huh..What?"
    *I peer into the players eyes*
    Me:"WHOA! That's awesome!!!"
    Hockey Player:"Yeah, it helps us see through the smog."

    *Later that day*

    Me:"Argh! My eyes! I can't get this contact in my eye..."

    Yeah, I've been trying to get'em in my eyes for a while now. But I'm too scared and nervous...

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  10. nellieJuly 31, 2008 at 6:11 AM

    Red eyes. Yes. That would most definetly be freaky. Like staring at Lord Voldemort or something.XD

    And does anyone know what the URL space is for? Is it for if I have a website I can put the URL there?

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  11. missteriousJuly 31, 2008 at 3:43 PM

    Wow that is so freaky. They're definitely gonna win.

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  12. PhoenixJuly 31, 2008 at 6:03 PM

    I agree with dangerous - vampires! Because someone realised what a lot of people would be buzzing about around then and decided to play a joke or something... Oh, wait, that wouldn't be red eyes, it'd be yellow-ish.

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  13. Poison PenJuly 31, 2008 at 7:49 PM

    This is awesome. I want some now! ;)

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  14. RhapsodyJuly 31, 2008 at 8:13 PM

    Ha ha that is a very effective stratagie. Anybody who took a picture of the players would have been wondering what happened to there camera! :)

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  15. AnonymousJuly 31, 2008 at 11:26 PM

    wow. creeepy!!! yeah, some famous athletes won't go, i heard the world record holder for the marathon, from ethiopia, isn't coming to protect his health.

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  16. AnonymousJuly 31, 2008 at 11:27 PM

    dengerous.....
    that is funny....but that would make their eyes black, wouldn't it?

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  17. AnonymousAugust 1, 2008 at 9:39 AM

    Aargh, all you guy's comments are reminding me of the Twilight series! A little to romantic-y to be a Kiki Strike worthy book, though.

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  18. falconAugust 1, 2008 at 12:30 PM

    I want some

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  19. PhoenixAugust 1, 2008 at 3:57 PM

    "Aargh, all you guy's comments are reminding me of the Twilight series!"

    That's what I was thinking!

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  20. PatseeAugust 1, 2008 at 4:08 PM

    It's brilliant! I love things that have an intended practical use and then another random one. ^^

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  21. HazelAugust 1, 2008 at 6:05 PM

    GO MIGHTY DEMON LADIES!!!!!

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  22. HazelAugust 1, 2008 at 6:11 PM

    That eclipse was seen in Europe, everywhere, and I missed it by ONE DAY!!! ONE DAY!!! WHAY DOES THE WORLD HATE ME SO?!?!? And last time we went to Germany, we missed World Youth Day by going ONE year too early! *whines, pities self more than neccesary, sighs, tries to shapes up*

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  23. carmelaAugust 1, 2008 at 8:19 PM

    Don't worry, Hazel. I missed the live webcast of NASA for... I'm not even sure how many HOURS. I guess I should have checked the time difference. I stayed really late at night and woke up really early. Hmm... do you think it occured during the 3 hours I slept?

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  24. liltomboyblue11;)August 1, 2008 at 9:49 PM

    SWEET!!! For whatever reason, my eyes seem to be ultra reflective. They turn red in pictured ALL THE TIME and they have flashed red outside of pictures before to. Flashes make my eyes light up red, and other weird lighting. Strange, huh?

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