Hydro Curtain

In the last post I marveled over the real-time judging of Olympic diving.  I just don't see it.  Also the commentating is unreal. “Sal, you’ll notice that during the sixth twist his underarm stubble was slightly askew. That is a mandatory one-tenth deduction.” OK, enough about that.

The other thing I find curious is that all the applause happens when the diver is under water. It would be like if at the theater you clapped when the curtain shut, but not during the curtain call. And if the curtain severely distorted sound waves. And all the Thespians were wearing itty bitty Speedos Yeah, it would be just like that. Why doesn’t everyone wait like two seconds until the divers come up and can hear it?

Then the camera shows the poor diver drying off. Now there’s good TV. I can’t see how being wet is their biggest problem at the time. Not only are they going to dive again in three minutes, they are nearly naked. I think I would first try to find a robe.