When World War II began, the 1940 Olympics were canceled.
When the 1940 Olympics were canceled, Esther Williams couldn't swim in Olympic competition.
When Esther Williams couldn't swim in Olympic competition, she turned to water ballet.
When she turned to water ballet, she made the water ballet movie Million Dollar Mermaid.
When she made the water ballet movie Million Dollar Mermaid, in 1952, water ballet debuted as a demonstration sport at the Helsinki Olympics.
When water ballet debuted as a demonstration sport at the Helsinki Olympics, it became known as "synchronized swimming" and became an official Olympic event in 1984.
When water ballet became known as "synchronized swimming" and became an official Olympic event in 1984, it was for women only . . . it looked silly . . . all those girls with gelatin in their hair and rapacious grins on their faces . . . yet it became a popular "sport" and annoyed the hell out of sports fans wanting to see real sports at the Olympics on TV.
When synchronized swimming became a popular "sport" and annoyed the hell out of sports fans wanting to see real sports at the Olympics on TV, a fan in Memphis got mad watching Olympic synchronized swimming and changed the channel to look for something else to watch . . . and found Million Dollar Mermaid instead.
When a fan in Memphis changed the channel to look for something else to watch and found Million Dollar Mermaid instead, he threw his TV set out the window.
When he threw his TV set out the window, he crushed his wife's begonias.
Don't throw your TV set out the window and crush your wife's begonias! Work to avoid a third world war that will lead a potential male Olympic swimming champion to take up synchronized swimming instead and thus lead to the inclusion of men's synchro in the Olympics! And get women's synchro out!
This has been a public service announcement. :-D
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