{"id":92899,"date":"2024-08-04T20:55:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T03:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=92899"},"modified":"2024-08-04T20:55:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T03:55:36","slug":"french-divers-and-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2024\/08\/04\/french-divers-and-poles\/","title":{"rendered":"French Divers and Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forget everything you\u2019ve ever heard about the French.  Those Olympians <\/em>sure know how to make you feel welcomed.  On the eve of the Games<\/em>, three-meter French synchro divers Jules Bouyer <\/strong>and Alexis Jandard <\/strong>posted a shot of them standing in the shower in their Speedos <\/em>with the caption \u201cWelcome to @Paris2024\u201d.  It got millions of hits in a matter of seconds \u2013 I think primarily due to Bouyer\u2019s fully-packed package.  Then again, Alexis did become something of a social media sensation back in April at the opening of the Olympic Aquatic Center<\/em>.  With the world watching, he put on a less-than-stellar display of his talents when he had a major mishap on the diving board.  Shrugging it off, Alexis boldly posted the video online with the caption, \u201cHow to Perfectly Mess Up Your Dive\u201d.  To me, he\u2019s already a winner!  Catch him in all of his glory on BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

As to his partner, Jules Bouyer <\/strong>created quite a stir during the Games <\/em>while sporting a swimsuit that appeared see-through.  But, like Alexis, he took it all in stride.  \u201cIt was rather fun.  I prefer people to look at my dives rather than my briefs, but there\u2019s nothing to worry about.\u201d  Trust me, I wasn\u2019t worried.  I know all about shrinkage.<\/p>\n

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The divers were trumped by Anthony Ammirati<\/strong>, France\u2019s best chance at grabbing the gold in pole vaulting.  Sadly, his pole got in the way of a clean vault, but whetted the appetite of eagle-eyed viewers around the world who were hungry for more.  While the video has been scrubbed from most sites, you can still grab it on BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Games <\/em>kicked off with controversy when the opening ceremony seemed to mock the Last Supper <\/em>with drag queens.  You\u2019ll note that it was mostly conservative Americans who complained.  That\u2019s because most people in other parts of the world know a thing or two about history and culture.  Plus, you don\u2019t need to be a Rhodes Scholar <\/em>to know only 13 people were at the Last Supper<\/em>!  The Olympics were actually paying tribute to the gods on Mount<\/em> Olympus<\/em>, immortalized in numerous works of art, including Jan van Bijlert<\/strong>\u2019s The Feast of the Gods<\/em><\/strong>.  At the center was Dionysus<\/strong>, the father of Sequana <\/strong>\u2013 Goddess of the River Seine<\/em>.  And where did this \u201ctableaux vivant<\/em>\u201d take place?  Oh, on the banks of the River Seine, naturellement<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forget everything you\u2019ve ever heard about the French.  Those Olympians sure know how to make you feel welcomed.  On the eve of the Games, three-meter French synchro divers Jules Bouyer and Alexis Jandard posted a shot of them standing in the shower in their Speedos with the caption \u201cWelcome to @Paris2024\u201d.  It got millions of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92900,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92899\/revisions\/92900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}