The Finger Wag – Athletes using Twitter and Social Media to their Disadvantage

The 2012 Olympic mascots were announced today. Their names are Wenlock and Mandeville.

If the pure sight of these two are not enough to give you nightmares check out their backstory:

The pair are based on a short story by children’s author Michael Morpurgo that tells how they were fashioned from droplets of the steel used to build the Olympic stadium.

Now if that doesn’t sound like it is ripped right out of a JJ Abrams horror movie nothing does.

Let’s see if we can make it any more family friendly…

Tommy: Guys something is wrong!

Black Guy: What’s that Tommy?

Tommy: Olympic mascots have not been freakishly shitty since the 1996 games in Atlanta and the advent of Izzy

The Pink One: MAN! He was gross!

Zordon: Tommy is right, Rangers! I have a feeling Rita Repulsa is up to something

Alpha: AI-YI-I!!!

Rita Repulsa: Magic Wand, make my monster grow!

Power Rangers: It’s MORPHIN TIME!!

Source: London Olympics 2012: Meet Wenlock and Mandeville, drips off the old block