I created today's image Tiger In The Tank especially for this post. No, it doesn't particularly look like a tank OR a tiger--but the black-and-orange color scheme is called "Tiger"--although this looks like hot lava. Come to think of it though--that might work for the situation Tiger Woods has gotten himself into as well. So--on with the snark!-
So it seems that another athlete held up as a role model for our children has proven he has feet of clay. The incident happened around 2:30 AM Saturday November 28 but I didn't hear anything about it until two days later. By then rumors were swirling around about Tiger Woods and how he ran into a tree. Some people said his hot blond, Swedish wife Elin rescued him by breaking out the windows of his Escalade with a golf club--but other sources said she'd chased him out of the house WITH a golf club because of an affair. In a rare public-relations blunder the golfer holed up in his home--refusing to talk to police or the press. (Dunno how the press came up with the girl's name but Rachel Ucatel
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Why am I still interested? One word--schadenfreude. (For you who might happen to be uninitiated into the concept "schadenfreude" is a German word meaning "happiness at the Misfortune of others:" it takes quite the people to come up with a concept like that--much less a word for it!) I find it endlessly fascinating why someone in Tiger Woods position--who pretty much has it all--would WANT to risk throwing it all away. Why would he want to live down to every negative stereotype of a black athlete? (What's next? Massive "bling"--maybe an O.J. Simpson after the wife has enough sense to leave him?) Besides--who doesn't love juicy gossip? Since Tiger ain't providing any details we're free to make stuff up!
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I also find it interesting how much "information" Media types feel free to give out: here's some interesting tidbits I've heard. (Whether ANY of it is true I haven't any idea...)
- DID Tiger deposit a million dollars into his wife's personal account so she wouldn't leave with the kids?
- DID the wife demand (and GET) a re-write of the "prenup"--in her favor?
- Are the couple REALLY in "round-the-clock" marriage counseling?
And of course I want all the tawdry details of the sordid affair(s)... Not enough to buy any book or watch the inevitable interview with some TV "Talking Head"--but all the good stuff will be all over the news shows soon enough. God, the very THOUGHT makes me feel dirty! (In a good way though...)
Still, it's sad to see a good guy done in by himself. I can only hope Tiger Woods figures out why he felt the need to trash his family and makes a real effort to repair the damage he's done. We haven't heard the last of the trash from this story (and personally I can't WAIT for the dish!) but if Tiger cleans up his act all will be forgiven and forgotten. But that's a story for later...
'nuff said.
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