http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44930 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 22:12:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44930#post-128658 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:04:59 +0000 V Riddoch 128658@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It's the line about attending RADA 'for the cake' that really tickles me... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44930#post-128645 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:32:08 +0000 Very Little Else 128645@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>So many lovelies! "...and other emotional fluids at will..." had me snarfing, among others.</p> <p>Please accept 5 stars wrought from my angst-ridden core. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44930#post-128613 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:03:49 +0000 Golgo13 128613@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it. Some lovely details. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44930#post-128587 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:54:40 +0000 dvo4fun 128587@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Started mad and kept going. Have some! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44930#post-128582 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:33:06 +0000 nickb 128582@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The were  long faces at the Olympic  Grimacing Association  HQ as reports emerged of athletes in the sport  getting "special training" from drama schools and acting coaches.</p> <p>"The events should be about emotional integrity," said OGA official Mike Chambers,  "these should be  faces of true sporting effort and concentration, of intensity and sheer hard work.  They express determination, pain,  the gathering together of an athlete's last iota of energy and the eternal fight with exhaustion.  If athletes are not playing by the rules, by learning to make these faces without the athletic effort and commitment involved, then it's a grim day for grimacing.  </p> <p>Suspicions were aroused when Ukrainian-born weight lifter and top face-puller Milos Sprcz was regularly seen going into London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, having shown no interest in theatre arts since a disappointing "F" in his GCSE Drama in 2002.  At first he said he was attending RADA "for the cake" but later was seen with Shakespearian face coach Celia Smythe.  Dr Smythe occupies the UCL  Frankie Howard chair of Pouting and is orgasm consultant to the RSC.</p> <p>Sprcz, known for his powerlifting prowess and his ability to make faces of surprise, agony, grit, fear and triumph in the space of 0.67 seconds can also produce sweat and tears and other emotional fluids at will, according to those who have shared a changing room with him.  He memorably bit his own lip off in the European Games in 2007, earning a gold and worldwide fame in the sporting and medical worlds.</p> <p>"If Sprcz is faking, there will be some worried looks  in the Olympic Village" said the OGA's  Mike Chambers.  "Some people already look down their noses at the facial events.  If the contagion has spread to happy synchronised swimming expressions, we're sunk. It's a pity because the Wimbledon grunting events are really taking off"</p> <p>Sprcz's trainer James Darwin remains tight-lipped about the allegations.  He told reporters "Mmmm. Mm mmm mmmm  mm."</p> <p>Elsewhere, officials have denied an outbreak of football at the diving events. </p>