Olympian DQd after winning NZ XC race for spitting in an 'offensive manner' during the race

I blew a snot-rocket on my run this morning and nervously looked around me as a Talking Heads song automatically started playing in my head at the line “This is a crime against the state.” This is why the brain is always the best music player for running.

My mask fell down on a run and invisible drones started blaring alarms. Luckily only 4 people died before I managed to pull it up again.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

I blew a snot-rocket on my run this morning and nervously looked around me as a Talking Heads song automatically started playing in my head at the line “This is a crime against the state.” This is why the brain is always the best music player for running.

Life During Plaguetime

Masking Heads™

Heard of a man that is loaded with virus,

Packed up and ready to blow

Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway,

A place where nobody goes

The sound of sirens, off in the distance,

I'm getting used to it now

Lived in a minivan, lived in a basement,

I've spat all over this town

This ain't no loogie, this ain't no disco,

This ain't no fooling around

No time for jogging, or bikey riding,

I ain't got time for that now

We were at a local track a few weeks back. This 45+ guy gets there a few minutes after us. He claims lane 1 and runs around at a pace of about 3 min/lap.

We take lane 3 and run in the opposite direction doing 70sec repeats.

Saw this guy spit and land his mucus in lane 2 at least a dozen times.

That behavior is uncivilized. If you are so congested that you need to clear your throat so often, then stay home or don't spit in the direction of other runners.

I don't know if he wanted to pick a fight or what. People appear to be a lot more angry these days.

Wait, hasn't Covid been eradicated in New Zealand?

So even when there are no cases the state still gets us to tell what we can and can't wear?

YMMV wrote:

John Wesley Harding wrote:

I blew a snot-rocket on my run this morning and nervously looked around me as a Talking Heads song automatically started playing in my head at the line “This is a crime against the state.” This is why the brain is always the best music player for running.

Life During Plaguetime

Masking Heads™

Heard of a man that is loaded with virus,

Packed up and ready to blow

Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway,

A place where nobody goes

The sound of sirens, off in the distance,

I'm getting used to it now

Lived in a minivan, lived in a basement,

I've spat all over this town

This ain't no loogie, this ain't no disco,

This ain't no fooling around

No time for jogging, or bikey riding,

I ain't got time for that now

???????

Ugh, that was awkward, probably one of those that sounded good in your head but just doesn’t translate or resonant with an audience.

This is probably not in the rule book and can be appealed.

Meh, spitting's part of exercise. It gets the juices flowing. Gotta clear out the pipes every now and then.

alexberensen fan wrote:

Wait, hasn't Covid been eradicated in New Zealand?

So even when there are no cases the state still gets us to tell what we can and can't wear?

It got back in through a contaminated fridge from South America at Auckland airport and spread very quickly.

Make it stop make it go away wrote:

YMMV wrote:

Life During Plaguetime

Masking Heads™

Heard of a man that is loaded with virus,

Packed up and ready to blow

Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway,

A place where nobody goes

The sound of sirens, off in the distance,

I'm getting used to it now

Lived in a minivan, lived in a basement,

I've spat all over this town

This ain't no loogie, this ain't no disco,

This ain't no fooling around

No time for jogging, or bikey riding,

I ain't got time for that now

???????

Ugh, that was awkward, probably one of those that sounded good in your head but just doesn’t translate or resonant with an audience.

Found the vegan (which they will stridently deny)^^^

sauceput wrote:

We were at a local track a few weeks back. This 45+ guy gets there a few minutes after us. He claims lane 1 and runs around at a pace of about 3 min/lap.

We take lane 3 and run in the opposite direction doing 70sec repeats.

Saw this guy spit and land his mucus in lane 2 at least a dozen times.

That behavior is uncivilized. If you are so congested that you need to clear your throat so often, then stay home or don't spit in the direction of other runners.

I don't know if he wanted to pick a fight or what. People appear to be a lot more angry these days.

This is true. Two customers today flipped out about wearing masks and threatened to kill the employees and burn the store down. The first guy was politely asked to wear it once before immediately getting upset then he started saying all sorts of racist things. After being escorted out he went and got a police barricade and tried to throw it through the storefront window but it held up somehow.

Make it stop make it go away wrote:

YMMV wrote:

Life During Plaguetime

Masking Heads™

Heard of a man that is loaded with virus,

Packed up and ready to blow

Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway,

A place where nobody goes

The sound of sirens, off in the distance,

I'm getting used to it now

Lived in a minivan, lived in a basement,

I've spat all over this town

This ain't no loogie, this ain't no disco,

This ain't no fooling around

No time for jogging, or bikey riding,

I ain't got time for that now

???????

Ugh, that was awkward, probably one of those that sounded good in your head but just doesn’t translate or resonant with an audience.

Personally I thought it was awesome. Granted, I’m a huge Talking Heads fan who does his share of bad song parodies, but I’d take more posts like his over more posts like yours.

This Must Be Your Face (Covid Melody)

Counting Deads

Home is where I want to be

Sick or not I’m quarantined

I feel numb, born with a weak heart

I guess I have Covid-19

The less we know about it the better

Trump makes it up as we go along

Feet on the ground, head up my butt

It’s okay, it’s all a liberal ploy—Biden

Virus!—I got plenty of time

Virus!—I got laid off from my job

And you’re standing here beside me

Please keep six feet away

Hydroxychloroquine

Will fix you up

Mask it up and say goodnight

Say goodnight

Home, is where I want to be

But I guess that I’m already there

I come home, she lifted up her mask

I guess that this must be her face

I can’t tell one from another

Did I infect you or you infect me?

There was a time before Covid was borne

If someone asks, this is where I’ll be

Virus!—case numbers drift in and out

Virus!—cotton swab in my mouth

Out of all those kinds of caution

You got a mask with a view

I’m just an animal looking for a home

Avoid the same space for a fortnight or two

And you love me till me heart stops

Love me till I’m dead

Eyes that light up, look right through your mask

Cover up the nose slots

Try to shake my hand

I go “No...ooh, ooh, ooh”

John Wesley Harding wrote:

"I can’t tell one from another

Did I infect you or you infect me?

There was a time before Covid was borne

If someone asks, this is where I’ll be"

Most excellent, sir!

Those antipodeans do the darnedest things.

So this was all a bid for subscribers. A bigger story is needed.

That is one magic loogie!

Brite Bart wrote:

So this was all a bid for subscribers. A bigger story is needed.

this is a massive story

Guy Gets DQ'd For Breaking Clearly Stated Race Rule.

not only that but its a Masters race...in New Zealand.

it doesn't get much bigger.

so he spits his way to clout

He should have just swalloweds it.

Unnecessary ‘s’ a statement about original post.