New 'Steamy' Michael Phelps Ad

RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
edited August 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics- ... --oly.html

Michael Phelps is back in the water, sort of. The Speedo-clad superhero of the U.S. Olympic swim team is taking the world's fanciest bath in a new Louis Vuitton ad.

Phelps may have retired from competitive swimming, but that isn't going to stop him from making a living in the water. The new ad has the all-time winningest Olympian sitting in a bathtub wearing nothing but Speedos and goggles. Goggles? You may be able to make the case for wearing something resembling clothing in the tub, but who wears goggles for a few inches of water?

We may have just discovered the secret to Michael's success. Perhaps it wasn't his superhuman physique or his incomparable work ethic. Maybe it was just a pair of lucky goggles. And they seem to be working in and out the pool. If you've had a chance to see who Michael is dating these days, you wouldn't go anywhere without them either.

Phelps apparently, at least in the ad, carries his goggles, Speedos and 22 Olympic medals everywhere he goes in a leather Louis Vuitton duffle bag. He even fearlessly carries it right to the bathtub. Unlike us mere mortals, Phelps' dominance of H2O ameliorates the contentious relationship between leather and water.

The ad was reportedly shot by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz, which makes sense given her knack for the art of composing shots of famous people having a wash. Leibovitz loves a good bathtub shot -- be it her shot of Angelina Jolie nude in the tub, or her photo of Whoopie Goldberg in a bathtub full of milk.

This probably won't be the last time we see Michael Phelps in the water. He remains a marketable name and his association with the pool is the stuff of legends. And 2012 may not be the last time he's in the winner's circle. Word is he's taking golfing lessons from Tiger Woods' old swinging coach. Let's hope those aren't the only lessons he learns from Tiger's life.


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Upon closer inspection...I noticed some weird shape in the water...either it's an unfortunate reflection or did he just fart in the tub?
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Comments

  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Yum. Olympic gas. Mmmm
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Why the goggles?
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Why the goggles?

    No shit :lol:
  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Upon closer inspection...I noticed some weird shape in the water...either it's an unfortunate reflection or did he just fart in the tub?


    I zoomed in.

    It's a skull with buck teeth
  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    Can we please exchange him out for Ryan Lochte? :oops: Thanks
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Can we please exchange him out for Ryan Lochte? :oops: Thanks


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  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    Why the goggles?

    No shit :lol:

    read the article.
    He takes his goggles and his medals with him everywhere he goes

    They're in that bag next to the tub
  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    Can we please exchange him out for Ryan Lochte? :oops: Thanks


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    Don't go ruining things for me! :evil: :lol:
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    "I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    After reading the article, I'm thinking of starting a "Things men should not carry" thread.
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    rollings wrote:
    Why the goggles?

    No shit :lol:

    read the article.
    He takes his goggles and his medals with him everywhere he goes

    They're in that bag next to the tub

    I'm not going to read the article
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    After reading the article, I'm thinking of starting a "Things men should not carry" thread.

    Fire it up
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    After reading the article, I'm thinking of starting a "Things men should not carry" thread.

    :corn:
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    RKCNDY wrote:
    After reading the article, I'm thinking of starting a "Things men should not carry" thread.

    :corn:

    Louis Vuitton handbags.
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    their goggles to the bath tub
  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    their goggles to the bath tub

    Does carrying something on your face count?
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    Why the goggles?

    protection

    RKCNDY wrote:
    did he just fart in the tub?
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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