Missing: Orange Tan Jelafied Hair Fake Jewelry In Synthesis: Michael Phelps does not meet the six pilars of douchebaggery. Thefore I would think he's just a goofy whiteboy who loves The Beastie Boys.
To really find out if someone is a douche, you actually have to met them. You can say that he dresses like a douche but you don't really how much douchery he has in him until you get to know him.
Given his appearance one might initially think so maybe....but from everything that has been written about him in the last three weeks I wouldn't say he is a douche at all. Almost all the personal accounts by people that have met him have described him in one way or another as a shy, slightly introverted young man who will eventually open up to you if you keep at him. They say he goes out of his way to avoid large crowds and attention if at all possible when he is on his own time. That is probably why his neighbors in the neighborhood he has been living in for the last four years in Ann Arbor, Michigan were completely unaware that he lived there until the reporters started to come around sniffing for quotes.
one side of his mouth is wtf'd up. and yes if he was some random guy walking down the street wearing what he was wearing in those pics, I would think he was on the upper level of douchebaggery
Hmm, interesting that I saw a link over at GorillaMask (right HERE ) that covered this very topic today.
he is a dork,that like most of us, probably enjoyed confessions of a teenage drama queen. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080820/SPORTS17/808200406/1217/SPORTS It's the second week of the Olympics, and George Bush is gone. So we're down to Billy Bush of "Access Beijing." Uh, Hollywood. Anyway, the show sought to update its Michael Phelps story from the Athens Olympics, when it asked him which celeb he'd most like to meet. Said Phelps in 2004: "Lindsay Lohan. She's pretty hot." So four years later, Bush brought Phelps this text response from Lohan: "Tell him he's (expletive) amazing, and I want to meet him." "That's pretty cool," Phelps said. Don't get in over your head, Michael. More Team Phelps news: • Baltimore plans to do a big homecoming celebration for Phelps, and Michigan also hopes to do something in Ann Arbor for its former volunteer swim coach, a spokesman said, as soon as it can work it out with his schedule. Where would it be? The Big House or Canham Natatorium? Will they give him a maize medal? Will Lindsay be there, too? • Debbie Phelps was named the official Mom of the Olympics by Johnson's, which will make a charitable
His agent has probably set him up with some kind of PR person or stylist that has him wearing stuff like that. Probably, since he's just a little bit goofy, they need to give him a more "hip" image to be able to market him better.
Did you notice when he walked into the locker room on the video during the game this morning, he tried to act cool like all of the NBA players. The best part is he walked in with his hat on straight, and when he sat down, he realized he wasn't cool enough and turned his hat backwads and sideways. I gotta give him a break though. Just because the dude won eight golds doesn't change the fact that he is a swimmer. Swimmers will never be as cool as bballers. Never. Gonna give him the nottadouche pass.
