Covered in lube and sliding about — it’s a fantastic way to make friends

October 11, 2015 1:58 AM

The "Lube Olympics" makes slippery bid to rival 2020 Tokyo Games — featuring popular Greece sports like group sumo, tug-of-war, giant balls relay, sliding underneath the sheets and so much more
posted by a lungful of dragon (13 comments total)

Lotion Sports Association commissioner
posted by threeants at 4:20 AM on October 11, 2015 [2 favorites]

The next lotionist is you
posted by cynical pinnacle at 4:59 AM on October 11, 2015

Oh sure, it looks really hard and everyone is mostly screwing around have a good time but you know that some people are going to take this really seriously and actually get good at these events.
posted by VTX at 5:55 AM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

“We slip about in medical lotion but there’s nothing naughty about it,” said contestant Kentaro Otani, a 30-year-old office worker in a skimpy costume of rope trusses and a baby’s diaper.

This is perhaps the greatest sentence I have seen all year.
posted by sciatrix at 6:21 AM on October 11, 2015 [10 favorites]

Finally! A proper reason to use my 55 Gallon Barrel of Lube. I was beginning to think the only reason I purchased it was due to the top review being by George Takei, but now I have everything I need to train to be the next star of Lube Sports.
posted by mcstayinskool at 6:33 AM on October 11, 2015 [3 favorites]

“I’ve come to get my birthday lotion on,” she said, gel dripping from a black-and-white cat suit costume. “I heard last year the human caterpillar and tug of war were awesome"

Well, I guess at some point the people stitched together would want to be separated.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 6:53 AM on October 11, 2015

Giant balls, indeed.
posted by rokusan at 8:15 AM on October 11, 2015

Also, since this is "medical lotion," I'm guessing we're talking about water-based lube here? Silicone would be a higher degree of difficulty, not to mention harder to wash off.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:32 AM on October 11, 2015

The Lotion Sports Association Commissioner's chief duty being to determine whether or not "it gets the hose again."
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:04 AM on October 11, 2015 [5 favorites]

Honestly this sounds like another Thursday at the leather bar.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:10 AM on October 11, 2015

Another Thursday at the Leather Bar.

Say what you will, that's still my favorite Springsteen Album.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:23 AM on October 11, 2015 [7 favorites]

Is that the album that makes an even stronger allusion to the handkerchief code than this one does in its cover art?
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:57 AM on October 11, 2015

I'm shocked that no one has brought up Yakity Sax and these videos. Metafilter must be busy having a weekend.
posted by girl Mark at 1:18 PM on October 11, 2015 [1 favorite]