Olympic Blue Tongues and an Interesting Parallel!

[Claude Dreyfus]

I have just seen this article on the BBC website about 'Olympic Oddities'...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19180559

The blue tongues have been put down to some nasty fizzy drink...but those of us who know and love Asterix the Gaul will see a rather amusing parallel between this and the adventure 'Asterix and the Olympic games'!

For those of you not lucky enough to be fully aware of Asterix, or the story, a precis is attached...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_at_the_Olympic_Games

[Klink]

I have that very story in an omnibus in my cupboard...methinks its time to get reaquainted!

Seems to me the Asterix Olympics are considerably more interesting than the real thing...

[fisherman]

imagine them  Big  French  pacifics  being   named  after  Asterix  characters...