French track athlete shoving a mascot

[MonsterD]

And they say the french are rude, come on all mascots have it coming.

Seriously it was a 14 year old girl in the costume,what a tough guy.

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It is not the first time the track and field athlete has attacked a mascot, according to Le 10 Sport.
During Mekhissi-Benabbad's first European Athletic Championship experience in Barcelona in 2010 he reportedly asked a mascot to kneel in front of him before he pushed it to the ground

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[MonsterD]

Here is the d-bag fighting another runner a year ago.

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[danielofthesaints]

Supposedly back in the day, he was running a race and was making great time when a mascot ran in his way and ruined his race. They gave him a re-do and he didn't do so well. After that day, he has had it out for mascots. I find it rather hilarious. This guy probably has bad dreams about them.

 

[a_minimalist]

i wonder how such a skinny guy can think he is so tough. poor guy is gonna catch a meaty right hook one day.

 

[Cythim]

i wonder how such a skinny guy can think he is so tough. poor guy is gonna catch a meaty right hook one day.

lol

I guess in America 6'3" 170 lbs is considered skinny. He may catch a meaty right hook one day but the poor guy that throws it will probably spend more time in the hospital for all the health problems his weight will cause.

 

[rkell87]

lol

I guess in America 6'3" 170 lbs is considered skinny. He may catch a meaty right hook one day but the poor guy that throws it will probably spend more time in the hospital for all the health problems his weight will cause.

170 at 6'3" is skinny no matter where you are from, I'm 5'9" 170 and I'm only about 10 pounds away from being considered skinny

 

[Tabascocat]

I's 6'2" at 170 and people always tell me to eat something, too skinny.

 

[big dog cowboy]

 

[Cythim]

170 at 6'3" is skinny no matter where you are from, I'm 5'9" 170 and I'm only about 10 pounds away from being considered skinny

Are you a world class athlete? That is skinny to our society's standard but our society is fat. He happens to fall nearly dead center of the normal range for BMI.

 

[rkell87]

Are you a world class athlete? That is skinny to our society's standard but our society is fat. He happens to fall nearly dead center of the normal range for BMI.

no and that means nothing in regards to the topic, he falls in the healthy range on BMI, are you saying that healthy is not considered skinny? or is the term skinny reserved for those that are under the healthy weight? I think it is the former and the later is usually termed 'too skinny'

 

[Cythim]

no and that means nothing in regards to the topic, he falls in the healthy range on BMI, are you saying that healthy is not considered skinny? or is the term skinny reserved for those that are under the healthy weight? I think it is the former and the later is usually termed 'too skinny'

Skinny is typically used to mean under-weight. In this instance it was used in a mocking tone to suggest he was below average and weak.

skin·ny   [skin-ee] Show IPA adjective, skin·ni·er, skin·ni·est, noun
adjective
1.very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
2.of or like skin.
3.unusually low or reduced; meager; minimal: skinny profits.
4.(of an object) narrow or slender: a skinny bed.

 

[rkell87]

Skinny is typically used to mean under-weight. In this instance it was used in a mocking tone to suggest he was below average and weak.

skin·ny   [skin-ee] Show IPA adjective, skin·ni·er, skin·ni·est, noun
adjective
1.very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
2.of or like skin.
3.unusually low or reduced; meager; minimal: skinny profits.
4.(of an object) narrow or slender: a skinny bed.

very lean or thin, that doesn't sound under weight to me and I have never heard anybody refer to an under weight person as just 'skinny'

 

[Hostile]

Connotation versus denotation.

Connotation is how people perceive a word.

Denotation is the actual meaning of the word.

The denotation of a word has no bearing on how it is perceived. In this case how one person perceives skinny is different than how another person perceives it and both use the same definition.

 

[Cythim]

very lean or thin, that doesn't sound under weight to me and I have never heard anybody refer to an under weight person as just 'skinny'

Would you care to go back and read the original statement to see how it was used?

"i wonder how such a skinny guy can think he is so tough. poor guy is gonna catch a meaty right hook one day."

At his height and weight he should be above average size and shouldn't be considered "such a skinny guy." Unfortunately we are fat and the average weight is 190 lbs, anyone under is considered "skinny" instead of "athletic."

 

[a_minimalist]

lol

I guess in America 6'3" 170 lbs is considered skinny. He may catch a meaty right hook one day but the poor guy that throws it will probably spend more time in the hospital for all the health problems his weight will cause.

By meaty I meant a hard right hand from someone who has some muscle on their bones. I'm 6'4 and I was told I was skinny growing up, because I was. I used to weigh about 175lbs. When I reached 195lbs in my early 20's I looked like I was at a healthy weight. IMO, he is without a doubt skinny no matter where he lives on the planet.

I do understand your point about Americans being overweight but who said it had to be from an American?

He happens to fall nearly dead center of the normal range for BMI.

Those charts that tell you how much you should weigh based on your height are antiquated. There are so many variables that need to be taken into consideration. LeBron James is 6'8 250lbs. According to that chart he would have a BMI of 27.5 which is about 2.5 points from being obese. Explain that to me.

Skinny is typically used to mean under-weight. In this instance it was used in a mocking tone to suggest he was below average and weak.

I take it you're skinny?

 

[ologan]

Back to the damn point, if he made the Olympic team, let's see him try that in London.

 

[wittenacious]

Back to the damn point, if he made the Olympic team, let's see him try that in London.

Exactly. And like you said, "... let's see him try that in London." Hope he gets his block knocked off, if he does anything like that again. I think that's the skinny of it all... uh... if I used the idiom properly.

 

[rkell87]

Would you care to go back and read the original statement to see how it was used?

"i wonder how such a skinny guy can think he is so tough. poor guy is gonna catch a meaty right hook one day."

At his height and weight he should be above average size and shouldn't be considered "such a skinny guy." Unfortunately we are fat and the average weight is 190 lbs, anyone under is considered "skinny" instead of "athletic."

the original usage doesn't prove your point in my eyes because I responded to you and your notion that he would only be considered by american standards which is ludicrous.

the guy is skinny plain and simple, and so is usain bolt for that matter, and it is by design too, they are world class runners and every pound counts for because every hundredth of a second is precious to them.

and besides all of that your insinuation that saying someone is skinny some how precludes them from also being considered athletic and vice versa is a serious reach

 

[RoyTheHammer]

So, basically the french guy is a loser and cythim is a skinny dude.