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As people arrived before the beach volleyball competition, I noticed a lot of
bright yellow tee shirts, featuring a cartoon of a very large gentleman
carrying a torch. Then I saw the inspiration for this cartoon, the Grand PooBah
of Brazilian Beach Volleyball. There were 50 to 60 fans in this group, there to
support their teams (the women eventually won the gold and silver). They reminded
me of the New Orleans Saints fans who come to town for Falcons games. They come
dressed in full party regalia, bring a band, dance most of the time, and occasionally
ask "what's the score?"
These distant professional cousins of mine behave in mysterious ways, sometimes. At the beach volleyball venue, they are 4 feet from the edge of the court, yet they insist on using those 20 pound $5000 dollar extreme telephoto lens. I guess if I had to lug that kind of glass around, I'd dang sure use it, too. But how much demand is there to see Karch Kiraly's skin pores?
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