Just watching the Olympics opening ceremony and learned this fascinating nugget of information: Omar Bongo, the president for life of Gabon, has offered any Gabonese gold medalist "A dream house and untold riches."

Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't trust central-african dictators-for-life, but isn't "dream house and untold riches" awfully ambiguous? Before winning the gold, you might want to see that house and be told just what sort of riches he has in mind. Then again, maybe its better not to look a gift horse in the mouth.