I bought running shoes on credit while investing in pasta - Colbert

[LynneSin]

Gotta love Steve Colbert. That was such a hoot about Bode Miller:

http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2006/02/23/thu/

Bode Call Update: After earning the disgust of commentators before he even competed in these Olympics, and performing less than perfectly during his first two events, Bode Miller didn't finish the Super G on Saturday and came in sixth in the giant slalom on Monday. Were he just any American skier, he would be treated gingerly, if a bit negatively, by the press; yet his lack of gold has sparked no less than fury in sports commentators everywhere. To make matters worse, Bode injured his right ankle on Tuesday while playing basketball (though a spokesman for the U.S. team said it shouldn't affect Bode's next and final shot at a medal at this Saturday's slalom). And now even Stephen Colbert is cracking jokes at Bode's expense: "It's embarrassing. The U.S. Olympic team has dropped the ball. And not just on America, on something far more important -- American corporations. Take Bode Miller, skiing's bad boy. He's got endorsement deals with Nike, Visa, Barilla and Charles Schwab. Because I thought he was a winner, I bought running shoes on credit while investing in pasta." Other commentators were a little more dour: