Friday 22 November, 2024

19 tweets everyone who is obsessed with Olympic gymnastics will just get

It’s the best.

LET’S BE HONEST, the gymnastics are the best part of the Olympics.

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1. We can’t get enough

Look, RTE, all I'm asking for is a little gymnastics. Hook it right up to my veins.
— aideen (@aideenblackwood) August 7, 2016

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2. It’s almost soothing to watch

Me watching the gymnastics:

'Nah! Knees were too far apart and I've seen ducks land better than that!!'

*picks cornetto crumbs off belly
— 📻 ED SMITH 📻 (@EdTodayFM) August 6, 2016

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3. They’re SUPERHUMAN

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4. It makes us feel unfit AND stupid

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5. Really

Olympic gymnastics:
"omg that was incredible I can't believe she did that"
Commentators: "she's not gonna be happy with that one"
— Blair (@BlairForce) August 8, 2016

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7. Even Irish mammies like to think they know what’s going on

Classic Irish mammy content from RTÉ gymnastics analyst, "this event doesn't need much artistry, which will suit her"
— the burke interpreter (@voodoo_criminol) August 7, 2016

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8. It’s just pretty overwhelming

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9. How do they DO IT?

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10. We genuinely haven’t a clue

Watching the Olympics makes me realize I'm an instant expert at judging things I know absolutely nothing about.
— Emerson Collins (@ActuallyEmerson) August 8, 2016

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11. The hottest activity of August

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12. It’s giving us some ideas

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13. We could TOTALLY do that

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14. We could just make up our own moves when you really think about it

I'm up next in the gymnastics, in the one where you run around on the lino with the bus ticket roll on a stick
— David O'Doherty (@phlaimeaux) August 7, 2016

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15. Because we’ve all slowly become experts

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16. Just once they’re alright

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17. We can imagine

U get 2 choose yo own song 4 that gymnastics floor exercise thing right? I think I'd pick nothin but a G thang by Dre #Olympics2016
— James Vincent McMorrow (@jamesvmcmorrow) August 7, 2016

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18. That’s all

While watching Olympic gymnastics:

'My knees hurt if I sit on the couch for too long.'

'Sometimes if I drop stuff, I just let it go'
— Nicola Piggott (@nicolapiggott) August 8, 2016

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