Tokyo Strip Clubs: Dance For Your Medals, Baby
I would normally dismiss this AP article with a bunch of pole dancing champs—seriously—claiming that their sport-type activity is destined for Olympic recognition as incredibly silly and not worth a second thought. However, I just spent three days watching ice dancing promos featuring Lady Gaga on NBC that technically did not but definitely should have ended with “IF YOU WATCH THIS, YOU WILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE IN YOUR SPECIAL PLACE.” In that light, it actually seems like a reasonable possibility. Ratings, baby.
Even so…
“There will be a day when the Olympics see pole dancing as a sport,” she said. “The Olympic community needs to acknowledge the number of people doing pole fitness now. We’re shooting for 2012.”
…”bwa ha ha” is about the only thing that comes to mind when anyone is quoted in this article.
The first hurdle the definitely-not-strippers have to clear is to get pole dancing classified as a sport, where they will join the hallowed ranks of things like “flo …
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