Ready! Get set! Smile! Jamaican Olympic Humour

Picks from the jokes and funny photos circulating on the web related to Jamaica’s Olympic Track and Field team

2012-08-10 07.58.12 — Yohan Blake posted this photo of himself by Usain Bolt yesterday after the 200m with the following caption: “Now I know I have made it when I can hire a living legend to photograph me 😀 But seriously nuff respect to Usain- this is his time to shine”

: Source unknown

2012-08-10 07.07.53 — Natural stamina cause wi nuh fraid…
A dis a fi wi performance enhancement drug #TeamJamaica Source: Jamaica Olympics Facebook page. Rohan Preston reposted the photo with a translation into English. “Jamaica’s performance enhancement drugs yams, plantains, coconut, ginger, more yams, lol.”

2012-08-10 06.59.32 — Source unknown

2012-08-10 07.04.01 — Hilarious reference to Prince Harry’s jubilee visit to Jamaica some months ago and the staged race he ran with Bolt. Source unknown

2012-08-09 17.16.31 — Another stellar image by Ricardo Makyn of the Gleaner

2012-08-10 07.02.50 — More poses: Source unknown

2012-08-10 05.35.12 — Awww they’re just a bunch of irrepressible, overgrown BOYS who can run faster than anyone in the world…

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6 thoughts on “Ready! Get set! Smile! Jamaican Olympic Humour”

fledgist says:

August 10, 2012 at 6:58 pm

No one, I note, has mentioned the performance-enhancing qualities of breadfruit.

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petchary says:

August 10, 2012 at 8:24 pm

And I’m surprised there wasn’t a bottle of roots in that photo… Oh no, that’s a different kind of performance, eh!

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1. fledgist says:
  
  August 10, 2012 at 9:05 pm
  
  Nor a bottle of John Crow Batty.
  
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  1. petchary says:
    
    August 10, 2012 at 9:18 pm
    
    Ha ha!! Not sure THAT would have helped…
2. Annie Paul says:
  
  August 10, 2012 at 9:47 pm
  
  Entirely 🙂
  
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