#2964: Olympic Sports

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[A header is above three panels, with each panel containing a title at the top of how funny it would be, a bullet list of five sports, and one or two depictions of Cueball performing sports from that list.]

Header: Olympic Sports ranked by how funny it would be if I, a regular person without athletic training, snuck onto the team to compete:

[The first panel:]

Title: Not that funny

  • Rowing
  • Fencing
  • Weightlifting
  • Golf
  • Archery

[This panel shows Cueball putting a ball with a golf club and missing the hole from a close distance, and Cueball aiming a bow while three arrows are on the ground at various distances from the target.]

[The second panel:]

Title: Pretty funny

  • Swimming
  • Long jump
  • Pole vault
  • Diving
  • Hurdles

[This panel shows Cueball running stomach-first into a hurdle, while holding an arm in front of his head. Another hurdle behind him has fallen down.]

Cueball: [Bonk] Ow! [Bonk] Ow!

[The third panel:]

Title: Incredibly funny

  • Figure skating
  • Horizontal bar
  • Equestrian
  • BMX freestyle
  • Pommel horse

[The first depiction of this panel shows Cueball balancing himself on a pommel horse as if he's riding a real horse, with both of his hands and one leg down and the other leg slightly raised.]

Cueball: Look! Look!

[The second depiction of this panel shows Cueball wearing black helmet and riding a horse, struggling to stay on the running horse with both hands and one leg raised.]

Cueball: AAAAA!

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Thankfully for everyone involved, the Winter Olympics officials spotted me and managed to stop me before I got to the ski jump.


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