As I sat down on the soft, yellow mat next to my escort for the evening I firmly kept myself from wondering about that look, but that doesn't mean I didn't worry a little.

"Uh-huh ..." The salesgirl came back, carrying more yellow mats.

Performed inside an octagon made of three-inch agricultural piping on a big yellow mat, the show involved a mixture of naturalism, Brecht and satire.

A boom box surfaced, the yellow mat being used by speakers became a scene of gravity-defying displays of break-dancing, and expedition members were transformed into an appreciative audience.

Then the scientists laid their yellow mat over the bump.

Schwing It - This game consisted of an obstacle course involving the following elements: flying fox (over a smoke-filled pit), chain link bridge (over a yellow mat), monkey rings and a smoke filled pit.

And Karelin was expected to fling Gardner, best known for winning two Pan American championships, about the yellow and red mat like a helpless mammal and return to Novosibirsk with his fourth gold.