Bloody bloody

I’ve heard a lot about Olympic Funding this week so I’m going to buy in and rant. John Coates this week argued against withdrawing funding for Olympic sports, indeed he pushed for more. Lots of people have argued that Olympic success is necessary for creating national pride, in turn motivating Australian’s to get out there and get involved in sport. Apparently funding for the Olympics trickles all the way down to the grassroots and supports kids on the way up. Blah blah blah.

I think it is shocking that we give so much money to the Olympics program. Not because it’s only every four years, or even because we’re funding numerous obscure sports, it’s because we have a nation of fat kids who aren’t healthy. We need to make kids healthy, so why not make them all play sport. I don’t care if you don’t like it now, every kid should play sport so that they have an active upbringing. I’m not talking just about rugby or cricket, sport is anything from running, to dancing, to lawn bowls – kids need to be outdoors and active, or indoors and active. They need to be active. There is no correlation between Olympic success and increasing participation in sport in the community. I would think though that there is some correlation between a lack of funding in regional and rural areas for sport and lowering participation rates. The answer is simple, fund the grass roots.

So there. Not a really coherent rant, but right. LIKE HEAPS

Tuck tuck tucking

How do you tuck your shirt in? Mine always looks daft, it tends to creep around? I’ve had this problem for as long as I’ve been tucking my shirt in, which has probably been since birth given my Father’s insistence that my sister and I look respectable when out. I’ve tucked in lots of shirts, from primary school through high school uniforms, to t-shirts into jeans (what a STATEMENT), yet all have the same issue – they seem to draw a bit around the side and never quite stay.

Whilst this post is an attempt to SEARCH for answers, I have done some scholarly research – I’ve googled ‘how to tuck in your shirt’. I’ve since learned that I’m not the only one with this problem – the quest for the ‘perfect tuck’ is shared by many, and documented on youtube clips and on websites. I found the website ‘How to do things’ to be particularly useful with its advice to:
- Pick the right shirt
- Make folds on the side of your shirt
- Zip and button up your pants
- Raise your arms
http://www.howtodothings.com/fashion-personal-care/how-to-tuck-your-shirt-into-your-pants

Well, what do you think? I’ve been conscious of the shirt and buttoning up my pants, but the folds and the arms could do the trick! Perfect tucking may only be a simple fold away!