Nearly impossible

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Seventeen years ago, I was spending a holiday in Australia. One day, a group of youngish people came to stay at our hotel - and I tell you, the women among them looked like Hollywood had come calling, or Olympus had just emptied itself. What made it stranger was that they all were dressed cheaply and in quite spectacular bad taste. Inquiries showed that these were an air crew from a Czech airliner, having a day off. This explained the rotten clothing - Czechoslovakia, as it then was, was only just then struggling out of the overhang of Communism, which, among other things, had done sad things to people's taste in clothing. It did not explain the spectacular beauty of every single woman in the group.

Since then, observation has confirmed me in my belief that the most beautiful women in Europe are to be found in Bohemia and Moravia. Sure, that is also where Martina Navratilova comes from, but we'll chalk that up to an aberration. Some kind of genetic encounter between different stocks has produced long, tall, yet curvy bodies topped by frequently blonde heads with astonishingly regular features. If I ever have to move away from here, I think I would give the Czech Republic at least a look.

Now they have done the nearly impossible. As some of my friends know, I am a passionate lover of athletics, track and field. I have been following the world championships currently taking place in Osaka, Japan - of course. Now, in order to be any good at any of the throwing specialities - discus, shot, javelin, hammer - you have to be bulky, and I mean BULKY. Every extra gram of muscle helps. Germany, the Scandinavian countries, and Eastern Europe tend to produce most champions in these specialities, male and female, and I do not think it is unfair to say that if the females in this contingent ever achieve a happy family life, it is for reasons other than their looks.

Nevertheless, the Czech Republic have produced their first female javelin world champion - Barbora Spotakova. And while photos cannot render the sheer charm and beauty of her face in motion under the lights, I think they may help you believe that she really is beautiful - http://www.corny.cz/_clip/barbora-spotakova.jpg.

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"Some kind of genetic encounter between different stocks has produced long, tall, yet curvy bodies topped by frequently blonde heads with astonishingly regular features."

Hrumph!

Oh, well, it's nice to hear from you, even if it is all about tall blondes!

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Of course, if you came across a part of the world where the majority of men look like Steve McQueen or Cary Grant or a young John Wayne, it would never occur to you to post about it.

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What! I never post about hot men! No, I was just teasing you!