Stalker was amazed to learn of the original Olympics doping scandal that rocked the world of sport back in the day.
In ancient Greece the Olympics basically constituted a lot of naked men grappling with each other.
One trick employed by the champion wrestlers was to ingest a wee smidgen of fly agaric – not enough to sicken them badly, but enough to drive them into a frenzy and thus make it harder to fight against.
It ain’t a doping offence that we are likely to see at the London Olympics. But you never know...
