One fine butt in Rome

Due to my failure to do anything entertaining yet still appropriate to share over the internet in the last 48 hours, I resort to creating yet another webpage containing praise for Ricky Berens' A+ Rear.

A little background first. This kid is a gorgeous, funny, little gem of a human being who's currently finishing up at the Swimming World Championships in Rome. While getting his preparatory stretch on behind the blocks, poor baby Ricky tore his probably nearly $1000 bathing suit and exposed his butt to everyone in the stadium with reasonably good eye sight...and now the entire world, as tons of American news outlets and jackass bloggers and gossip-spreaders like myself push his pictures around the internet.

This is not the first time that this type of thing has happened actually, but last time, the victim was a mediocre-looking Italian girl who cried rather than a smiley boy whose "butt will make his face famous," according to CNN. Obviously, Flavia didn't get much play.

This thought leads me to wonder though....is it actually possible for Ricky Berens' butt to make Ricky Berens famous? I mean, there's a swimmer on the news around the country, and it's not for smoking pot in front of a bunch of college dopes with cameras, and it's not for breaking a million records or doing anything spectacular. This kid is all over the internet and the television simply for having a great booty. I like it (not the butt...although it's nice...but rather the idea that this might make him an internationally recognizeable dude).

So, I began to think...has this happened before, that a person gets famous because of his/her butt? I turned to YouTube for my research, and this is what I found for "butt." And this is what I found for "booty." All of these are videos of nasty girls...and not a single one is of an attractive gentlemen's rearend. So...I guess the answer is NOOO.

Maybe, though, Pretty Ricky can be the first. Good luck on your butt's quest for fame, big guy, we'll all be pulling for you and making sure as many people see your picture as possible.