Four years later, this Irish sailing “commentary” is still great, fecking great

Though it got passed around as an authentic bit of commentary at the time, the video’s humor is very much intentional. The voiceover comes from Francis “The Viper” Higgins, an antagonistic character played by Chris Tordoff on the Irish mockumentary series Hardy Bucks. The original video was actually taken down by the International Olympic Committee (which “Higgins” was none too happy about). It was reposted on another channel, however. And now it can lend one last bit of absurdity to an already absurd Olympics.