The true origins of Gymnastics

[Joshua Naterman]

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Gymnastics

Ok, I've never heard of Uncyclopedia before. It's the nonsense version of Wikipedia. This is hilarious!!! Brilliantly written.

This is both fictional and awesome.

I give you the origin of the first few events:

Vault

The earliest of the gymnastics events, the vault originally involved SEXY Naked Greek Man and a bull. After smothering the bull with a fine lubricant from the Dead Sea, Naked Greek Man would then try to wrestle the bull to the ground. Spectators would later swear that the bull 'enjoyed' it. One day, while trying to wrestle the bull, Naked Greek man flipped over it and a new sport was born. Soon, everyone was vaulting over lubricated bulls. By all spectator accounts, the bulls again enjoyed it. Today, many of the world's finest vaulters, such as Cheng Fei and Marian Dragelescu, like to vault naked in tribute to the original Naked Greek Man.

High Bar

This gymnastics event was first performed by Dannii McButcher, a stocky but somehow alluring butcher from Scotland. Every day she would build muscle by doing chin-ups in her meat locker. However, one day in 1928, a group of local pigs, inspired by George Orwell's "Animal Farm" had plotted to avenge the slaughtering of their porky comrades.

In honour of pigs' contribution to their sport, gymnasts don't eat pork. They do eat bacon though, because that stuff's just scrumptious.

They applied glue to the pole, so McButcher's hands got stuck and then the pigs turned the pole so that McButcher spun round and round, like an aerodynamic spit-roast. After about an hour, the glue gave way, releasing McButcher, who miraculously landed on her feet. Even the pigs had to applaud the balance of their sworn enemy. They then scarpered and left McButcher vomiting in a corner. Luckily, the whole incident was recorded on the shop's primitive CCTV system (which sadly had no slow-mo or frame advance function) and soon everyone had seen it and wanted to swing round the bar.

Parallel Bars

Most people think this originated when McButcher installed a second bar in her meat locker to satisfy public demand, but rather foolishly put them back-to-back in an effort to maximise space for dismounting. However, this is an urban myth. In reality, McButcher was copying a group of Lancashire railway workers who would entertain themselves by walking on their hands along the track. They then took their pastime to its logical conclusion by digging a pit under the rails to allow room for swinging. This indirectly led to the Great Lancashire Railway Collapse of 1932.

Pommel Horse

The pommel horse began life as a piece of showmanship. After riding their horses into the arena of competition, gymnasts would show off both their beautifully toned thighs and their skills by dismounting their equine vehicles in increasingly elaborate ways. This became a very popular part of the show and there were many calls for it to become an official discipline. However, the World Gymnastic Association feared that they would be sued by the governing bodies of equestrianism, who had a similar event, except jockey's would "fall" off. The requests for official status would become irresistible after the extraordinary performance of Ivan Ajumpundansunsyn, where he did two and a half somersaults before diving into the horse's rectum. Upon emerging from the horse's mouth, Ivan The Great, as he would become known, did a triple corkscrew pike to the floor. The horse died shortly afterwards and was then stuffed and put on display in the British Museum. Due to legal wrangles with equestrians, live horses would eventually be phased out in favour of the pommel horse we see today.

The Still Rings

The still rings were invented in 1967 when male gymnasts suddenly realized they needed at least one event that wasn't completely gay. However, after recent discovery, they found the "G factor" was caused by the rainbow leotards.

The Floor

The floor routine was invented at the 1948 Olympic Games in London after a scouser came south and stole all the gymnastic equipment. Chief Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe (not that one) didn't know what to do. "What do we do?" he asked. "I don't know," said Winston Churchill, Britain's gymnastics coach (who had been given the prestigious role as reward for winning the Second World War), "Perhaps everyone can just roll around on the floor and maybe do the odd cartwheel." And so it went ahead with the American, Daisy "She's a rubbish gymnast, but boy, can she do a cartwheel" Adams, taking gold. The event was a success, due to forward rolls being a recent craze amongst London's youth (after the war, yo-yos and pogs were strictly rationed, so children had to entertain themselves).

I hope at least SOMEONE thinks this is as funny as I do!

[Jamie]

I think it is funny. Almost all articles on the website is humorous! . The Article about the computer is way funnier though

[Animalonfire]

I agree, that was hillarious

[Sternford]

Just don't get Uncyclopedia confused with Encyclopedia Dramatica, especially at work

[Joakim Andersson]

haha

[Patrick Angelo Sardilli]

lol