Olympic great Michael Phelps announced that he is un-retiring. The swimmer will compete in his first meet since he called it quits later this month in hopes to return to the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Michael Phelps is trending on twitter and as you can imagine some jokes are being made involving that one time he was caught smoking pot on camera. Remember that?
Michael Phelps announces boredom with weed.
— The Fake ESPN (@TheFakeESPN) April 14, 2014
Michael Phelps has un-retired, and is looking to the entire state of Colorado as his sponsor for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
— Lee Mays (@OriginalLeeMays) April 14, 2014
Michael Phelps will come out of retirement and compete in Rio in 2016, becoming the first pothead to come out of retirement.
— max blake (@dudeitsmaxblake) April 14, 2014
I knew Michael Phelps was coming back when I saw that the Rio Aquatic Center was shaped like a bong. #Rio2016pic.twitter.com/nJSgCPEnLZ
— Jeff Faughender (@JFaughender) April 14, 2014
But there aren't just pot jokes going around.
Sugar Ray Leonard and Brett Favre can't believe it took Michael Phelps this long to unretire
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) April 14, 2014
I see that Michael Phelps has adopted the "Brett Favre Retirement Plan."
— Michael Creason (@michaelecreason) April 14, 2014
And his Subway endorsement is always an easy target.
Breaking: @MichaelPhelps coming out of retirement to ensure more free @SUBWAY sandwiches.
— Allie Vivianne (@AllieVivianne) April 14, 2014
Michael Phelps has participated in recent subway commercials, the first necessary step of coming out of retirement #Rio2016
— Mitch Fischer (@magicmitch11) April 14, 2014
Michael Phelps is un-retiring? I was sure those Subway commercials would have led to acting opportunities.
— Joe 'Monk' Pardavila (@joepardavila) April 14, 2014
Michael Phelps is un-retired and starring in Subway ads. It was clear Subway forgave him for the pot when they introduced the "Fritos" sub.
— Jenna Kim Jones (@jennakimjones) April 15, 2014
Clearly everyone is pretty excited to see Phelps is back in the pool if not at least for the jokes. See you in Rio, Phelps!
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