Despite rumours, Greece has announced they will be ready for the 2004 Olympics.

However, some events have been changed Athens, Greece - Official Events for Olympics 2004


Cigarrette chain smoking marathon
First person to cough up a lung wins!

Gathering olives from trees
The Spaniards reckon they can take the Greeks on this one.

Long distance spitting
Ftou!

Nastiest armpit smell
This event takes place on any Bus in central Athens

Thickest moustaki!
Females are welcome to compete too
Goat herders' relay
Bulgaria were disqualified last year because they lost their bell.

Tavli
Ask for Kostaki at the kafeneio and don't eat the sporia

Komboloi (worry beads) toss
Both distance and accuracy count for points, double points if you get it stuck in the klimataria

Longest duration wearing the same piece of clothing.
Qualfiers for this event go straight into the final round for event 4

Papaki (small motorbike) race to the beach
10 bonus points if you knock over a German backpacker

The evil eye stare-down competition
Free xematiasma for anybody who arrives before 10pm

Diloti/Xeri playing
Bonus points if you slam the cards down so hard you knock over the bowl of xerous karpous.

Frappé drinking
Bonus points available if you can still look tough and macho with a frappé in your hand.

I swear I tried, but i couldn't laught at that

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ya i'm in the same boat as you it was alright though

*shrugs* *shrugs*
oh well.

"Cigarrette chain smoking marathon
First person to cough up a lung wins!"

That one made me smile
The rest

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I guess U have to be greek to get it..........

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quote:

Originally posted by dj ZevZ I guess U have to be greek to get it..........

hence the a few gags for the greeks title

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quote:

Originally posted by dj ZevZ I guess U have to be greek to get it..........

Australian actually...

that was nice, i don't think greeks are like this at all though. just really old people in villages...

these seem to still be true:

Long distance spitting
Ftou!
guys here do spit all the time

Nastiest armpit smell
This event takes place on any Bus in central Athens
that is SO bloody true!

Papaki (small motorbike) race to the beach
10 bonus points if you knock over a German backpacker
15-16 year old kids used to have these motorbikes, that was few years ago though

Cigarrette chain smoking marathon
First person to cough up a lung wins!
that's true! people here smoke a LOT! 70% of 16 year old boys start smoking. +30% of girls at this age

the others are stupid+not true. greek people are not like this at all. +most of those greek words were murdered...

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some of em , fun
some, not

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i think it'd be funnier if the words had a translation next to them. i mean some of them like the motorbikes had a translation but the rest just wouldn't make sense unless you knew greek.

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butterfly - what is a wang?
occrider - an object you stick into a poon.