Thunder, funny!
As has been said before, they’re all urban legends (which I know I’ve read) BUT that makes them funnier when they’re all put together.

Thunder, they remind me of something I did actually hear on radio here in Oz, same topic - most embarrassing moment. A male gymnast rang in and said that when he was 13 or 14 he was at a major competition and as he stood up to perform, went into the middle of the mat and realised he had the biggest hard on he’d ever had. But what could he do but act like it hadn’t happened. He went on to get 2nd place.

Nettie - 17 October 2005 10:12 AM

Thunder, they remind me of something I did actually hear on radio here in Oz, same topic - most embarrassing moment. A male gymnast rang in and said that when he was 13 or 14 he was at a major competition and as he stood up to perform, went into the middle of the mat and realised he had the biggest hard on he’d ever had. But what could he do but act like it hadn’t happened. He went on to get 2nd place.

Mind you, he didn’t fare quite as well when it came to the pommel horse! (http://www.drillsandskills.com/video/display?path=pha012.mpg)

David B. - 17 October 2005 11:46 AM

Nettie - 17 October 2005 10:12 AM

Thunder, they remind me of something I did actually hear on radio here in Oz, same topic - most embarrassing moment. A male gymnast rang in and said that when he was 13 or 14 he was at a major competition and as he stood up to perform, went into the middle of the mat and realised he had the biggest hard on he’d ever had. But what could he do but act like it hadn’t happened. He went on to get 2nd place.

Mind you, he didn’t fare quite as well when it came to the pommel horse! (http://www.drillsandskills.com/video/display?path=pha012.mpg)

It would be quite hard to do that with an ‘extention’!

...I read in a magazine once where a gymnast was practicing in her leotard.  While she was upside down with her legs flung wide, someone tried to help her with a stray “thread”...embarrassment ensued.

...It could have been fake, but knowing the people I know…I can also see it happening.

I once had a friend who did gymnastics and had a bit of a “hard time” while in a competition, ended up throwing himself off with all the embarrassment that he fell and smashed his nose into the mat.

Poor guy never did another competition.

Raoul Duke - 18 October 2005 10:47 PM

I once had a friend who did gymnastics and had a bit of a “hard time” while in a competition, ended up throwing himself off with all the embarrassment that he fell and smashed his nose into the mat.

Poor guy never did another competition.

...at least it was just his nose that he smashed.

that’s true, things could’ve been alot worse for him

Never thought of it that way, then again I think I’ve blocked that possibility from my mind so as to not cause my self any kind of sympathy pains in my “groin-ile” area.