Alright so you’re a double amputee stuck with prosthetic limbs on the end of what would have been an athletic body. Sucks to be you. Unless maybe you can somehow learn to run with these goofy looking metal things and dedicate your life to one day making it all the way to the Olympics and beat all those who can warm up for a race by touching their toes. Nevermind, your life still sucks:
“Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee bidding to race against able-bodied athletes in this summer's Olympics, has been banned from taking part.
A study commissioned by the IAAF found that the South African 400 metre runner, who wears hi-tech prosthetic limbs on both legs, uses 25 per cent less energy to run at the same speed as able-bodied rivals.”
So in a world that took both of his legs from him, Pistorius is banned because the prosthetics gave him a leg up on the competition. No word on the sprinter’s next move, although one could bet it won’t involve tap-dancing or clipping his toenails. But don’t pity poor Oscar, think about all the money he saves on shoes, and if that kid ever drops out of the show Two and a Half Men there's always a spot for Oscar as the half.
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