Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt collecting their medals at the
Olympics
The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper is reporting an increase in
tourist bookings for trips to the island, attributing it to the "Bolt
bounce." The newspaper of course is referring to gold medalist sprinter,
Usain Bolt, who became a legend at the 2012 Olympics in London, setting world records. His race in
the 100m was the most watched of the Olympic games. The charismatic Jamaican
sprinter will once again be featured in tourism ads for Jamaica set to
air shortly.
Prince Harry in Jamaica racing against Bolt. Now
it's a race to find Harry's pants.
It would also be cool if in addition to the Bolt ads, there
was also one featuring other gold medalists with Bolt. His training partner,
Yohan Blake, has become quite popular. Humorous bronze medalist Warren Weir has
also increased in stature.
Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt and Warren Weir
Side Bar: Weir is on Twitter teasing his girlfriend over her
love of cheesecake and complaining about putting 5 packs of sugar in his tea
that still refuses to sweeten (LOL). Um, is it diet sugar? I tried a certain
artificial sweetener the other day and I must state, it tasted like
Chloraseptic sore throat medicine and made my tongue slightly numb. Is that how
it works - it knocks out your taste buds so you can't taste your food, causing
you to give up on eating, resulting in less calories going in, hence the term
"low calorie sweetener."
Side Bar 2: check out this thoroughly adorable picture of a
cute little girl doing the Usain Bolt pose (Photo Credit: www.twitter.com/fionalcarter)
