No flys on me, says zippy lifter

JAKARTA (JP): If you think the strapping well-built weight lifting athletes are nothing but Hulk Hogans who cannot laugh at embarrassing situations, then you are wrong.

Philippine lifter Jocynie Villarta was chatting and joking with her teammates during an event Tuesday when an Indonesian friend, female lifter Sri Indriyani, called her over and whispered something in her ear.

Indriyani told Villarta that her jeans were unzipped.

Instead of flying off the wall at the news, Villarta calmly pulled up the zip and laughed with her friends who had watched the scene with amusement.

"No problem. I have nothing to worry about anything flying out of my jeans," Villarta said. (cst)