Welcome back Fantoo Girls podcast lovers! Robin flew in for a special vacation recording of the podcast before going back to Maine to terrorize more blueberry bushes. She’s unstoppable. It was so good to have The Girls back together again before the close of summer and the start of the Fall Smash-up that is sports. An early addition of our podcast is here for you to devour. Manners, please. and while you’re at it, just ponder how Olympic athletes can whip through 100,000 condoms…oh, to be young…

Episode 129

Swim Dancing, Shuttlecocks, and Manphibian with The Girls!

Today The Girls are coming to you live from the aqua-lair that is home to Manphibian! Part man, part phibian, part precious metal, and gold medal parter-of-water, Michael Phelps is Manphibian. Phelps gets gold eight times over and turns a whole country back onto swimming.

But will it carry over to the 48 months between now and London 2012? If David Beckham is any indication, we thinks not. Perhaps if Phelps gets hooked up with Madonna somehow he can carry it off, but barring that we will all simply look forward to London. The Girls take a lap for you Michael. You rock.

Still kickin’ it in Beijing, we marvel at the speed of Usain Bolt, who finally ran out a race and took home gold for the 200m. We need gold shoes like that, pronto. Rafael Nadal takes gold and then busts it on out of there to race to NYC to meet The Girls. Bring on the Open! He’s so thoughtful. All in all, the Olympics have been thrilling, enlightening even.

Where can you watch badminton cheerleaders? The wave performed like it was for the very first time? All manner of fakery and forgery? Why, Beijing, of course. Which leads us to women’s gymnastics. We don’t know what’s worse, cheating or absurd scoring. Both have ruined the sport. We don’t want to see children perform, no matter how graceful, and if the scoring confounds even MIT nerds than it’s time to get real, on all accounts. It’s beyond wrong to make He Kexin part of an age cover-up so that the host country can increase its chances of winning a medal. Encouraging a child to lie to the world? Criminal. Creating an absurd scoring system that applies no logic whatsoever? Criminal too, when you consider the amount of time, energy, sweat, tears, and coin these girls devote to the sport. Figure it out or count us out.

And so we return to the diamond, where human touch matters and the scoring is easy. We didn’t know the Flobee was still in existence, but apparently Manny Ramirez tucked one away and pulled it out at the request of Joe Torre. The man’s haircut blows, but his performance is heavenly. With the Dodgers and the D’backs trading places, but finally over .500, we await the outburst form the Rockies. You know it’s coming. But it will be too late this year. Have you taken in any of CC Sabathia since his trade to the Brewers? If not, you’re missing out on some action. He can hit, he can run if need be, and best of all, he gives good complete game. 8-0 since his arrival, CC, last year’s AL Cy Young award winner, is setting himself up quite well for free agency. Love it when a plan comes together. Now if he can just get the Brewers to the post-season.

On the gridiron, this week’s Fantoo sports podcast takes a look at the bling the Patriots have ordered up to commemorate their complete and total meltdown last season. Which preceded their complete and total meltdown against Tampa Bay. You ever get the feeling something is a breath away from falling apart??? Just when we’re trying to warm ourselves up to the outrageous cost of attending an NFL football game, Roger Goodell unloads a real whopper on fans across the country: The NFL Fan Conduct Policy. It’s a real treat. Let’s put it this way: If you want to be sure of not getting banned from attending a game you will not boo, yell at opposing fans, get up to use the bathroom, carry a large ‘D’ and a large picket fence, be the 12th man, have one too many beers, or wear a tight fitting shirt if you are of the Pamela Andersen variety. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? Goodell just single-handedly made the Man-cave a top priority for every football loving person, man or not.

And in this week’s IT HAS TO BE SAID, The Girls bow to Mother Nature and mock those who don’t. So grab your wind meter, leave behind your puffy finger, and dream of Olympic gold on the court…it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!

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