jeff_says_relax t1_jc45j51 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:19 PM

Reply to comment by BoomeRoiD in Athletics great Dick Fosbury dies aged 76 by d0mth0ma5

Fun little piece of trivia, they originally wanted to call it The Dick Flop but USA Track and Field stepped in and forbid it.

r1ngr t1_jc4kxpl wrote on March 14, 2023 at 12:08 AM

That’s truly a more descriptive term.

Parsecer t1_jc4m37b wrote on March 14, 2023 at 12:17 AM

We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close

CeramicLicker t1_jc4etjp wrote on March 13, 2023 at 11:24 PM

Buzzkills

Infinitelyodiforous t1_jc52xbq wrote on March 14, 2023 at 2:22 AM

Bunch of flop blocks.

Coupon_Ninja t1_jc5etbr wrote on March 14, 2023 at 4:02 AM

Buzzcocks

Anal_Herschiser t1_jc52e61 wrote on March 14, 2023 at 2:18 AM

Maybe it was just too confusing, prior to the Fosbury Flop a Dick flop could literally knock the bar over. So you’d be going from a Dick Flop being bad to a Dick Flop being good.

dont_shoot_jr t1_jc58ros wrote on March 14, 2023 at 3:09 AM

What a bunch of …