Best Olympic (Badminton) Rant Ever
casey morell @csymrlthe olympics are happening, which means it is time once again to remember mary carillo going off on badminton during the witching hours of the 2004 athens games
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That was amazing 
I was probably 14 or so. We wore out grooves in the backyard which drove my stepfather crazy. We got pretty good at it. We were like the kid who has a pool table at his house. A friend (still best friends with him) and I say, “Hey, want to play some badminton?” “Sure”, he says. He expects once a summer family picnic badminton. Nice lob shots to each other. Yaaay fun. He serves and I CHARGE the net smacking the shuttlecock in the ground on his side. ONE NOTHING I scream. He’s like 
I won.
She should be a stand up comic.
The thing is for all of us who have played in the backyard?
“Sounds about right! It always starts with the tree.
Next up - croquet
... how can they make the women wear bikinis? I mean, OK badminton on the beach the bikinis are the thing, usually people are drinking, and everybody gets what they want. (In a sense.) But indoor volleyball is a whole different animal: not only cut-throat game play, but there's no sand, and no bikinis. Eh.
I think men's volleyball (or badminton) would be much better to watch if the men were wearing bikinis. Any takers on that?
