George the Gymnast was terrific on the rings, parallel bars, vault and floor exercises. But the pommel horse, created by Josef Pommel in 1903 in Poland, was his Waterloo.His hands got mixed on switches and his hips didn't swivel fast enough. Josef had to be a sadist.
Came the Olympics, with millions watching. He felt nerves as he approached the apparatus. Dead silence. Every eye on him. Coaches and teammates praying he would get through this. He mounted the horse.
Suddenly he awoke to find himself atop his startled wife in bed.
"Get the hell off me, Willis. It's too early for that crap. I have to make breakfast. And stick your Johnson back where it belongs. Every Olympics, the same thing with you."
Willis sighed. Good thing his weakness wasn't the vault. They just repainted all the walls.
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