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Mira

(22,380 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:28 PM Jan 2014

Putin Warns Gays Against Flamboyant Displays at Olympics - caringly told by Borowitz

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SOCHI (The Borowitz Report)—Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that gay spectators should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympics but warned them against “any flamboyant displays that draw unnecessary attention to themselves.”
“The Olympics have always been, and should always be, about the athletes,” President Putin said. “Any attempt by homosexuals to flaunt their bodies in a way that is distracting, provocative, or arousing will be frowned upon.”
“Specifically, gay spectators should remain fully clothed at all times, and resist the temptation to unveil their chiseled biceps or shredded abdominals,” he said.
“Furthermore,” he added, “under no circumstances should gays oil, grease, or otherwise lubricate their torsos in an effort to highlight their glistening, ripped pectorals.”
He closed his remarks with one final warning for gay spectators in Sochi: “Remember, this is the Olympics. It is strictly forbidden for you to expose your thighs, buttocks, or especially your nipples, erect from the frigid Russian air.”

www.borowitzreport.com

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Putin Warns Gays Against Flamboyant Displays at Olympics - caringly told by Borowitz (Original Post) Mira Jan 2014 OP
Putin should be more worried about a terror attack than a rainbow attack. liberal N proud Jan 2014 #1
One can only wonder why Mrs. Putiin turned away from that hunk of manflesh. nt msanthrope Jan 2014 #2
Flamboyant display? Sheepshank Jan 2014 #3
You mean like these? RC Jan 2014 #4
HAHAHAH JI7 Jan 2014 #5

liberal N proud

(60,331 posts)
1. Putin should be more worried about a terror attack than a rainbow attack.
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:29 PM
Jan 2014

This assholes priorities are not where they should be.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
3. Flamboyant display?
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:34 PM
Jan 2014

What the hell does that mean?...and what "magnanimous" gesture and weird gray area is Putin creating now?

Can hold hands, but not throw glitter at the same time? Can give a peck on the cheek, but not while wearing rainbow colored feather boa?

Gawd, Snowden picked a good one.

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