**The Winter Olympics**

intodeep

CanadasPearl wrote:

But Neil Young was there though, ...

That reallly is all that matters to me

fife

mca47 wrote:

Sorry, but this closing ceremony is retarded (sorry for not being PC there...)


It's just really, really bad.

i thought it was very funny. all the sterotypes that peopel have about Canada and us making fun of it was very canadian.

why didn't neil play Heart of Gold since we had the most golds? and why or why was Broken social scene not there

Rygar

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/01/russian-president-olympics-chiefs-quit
Doesn't look like the Russians enjoyed the Olympics.

polaris_x

Rygar wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/01/russian-president-olympics-chiefs-quit
Doesn't look like the Russians enjoyed the Olympics.

dare someone say doping? ... anyways - what has also changed is some of the scoring ... figure skating was always semi-rigged to favour the russians ... that isn't the case anymore ...

intodeep

I'm sad i can't go home and watch the olympics tonight :(

i miss them already.

Rygar

intodeep wrote:

I'm sad i can't go home and watch the olympics tonight :(

i miss them already.

It's funny, I didn't think I'd get into the Olympics very much but it brought out a lot of patriotism.

norm

Olympic Athletes Hoping To Exchange Bent-Up Medals For Normal Ones

VANCOUVER—A number of medal winners at the 2010 Winter Olympics admitted Tuesday that they looked forward to exchanging their inexplicably beat-up medals for regular ones that weren't completely dented for some reason. "When I was on the podium, I was like, what the hell is this?" said speed skater Shani Davis, adding that his gold and silver medals looked as though they had been "beat to shit." "Then I figured that they were just using these old medals for the ceremony so nobody would lose the nice, normal, non-fucked-up ones during all the excitement. I know a bunch of people who just recycled theirs afterward." Alpine skier Julia Mancuso told reporters that she knew an auto-body guy who could probably hammer her medals flat.

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I'll miss the ramblings of Bob Costas and commecials that preceeded and followed his lead ins.

intodeep

norm wrote:

Olympic Athletes Hoping To Exchange Bent-Up Medals For Normal Ones

VANCOUVER—A number of medal winners at the 2010 Winter Olympics admitted Tuesday that they looked forward to exchanging their inexplicably beat-up medals for regular ones that weren't completely dented for some reason. "When I was on the podium, I was like, what the hell is this?" said speed skater Shani Davis, adding that his gold and silver medals looked as though they had been "beat to shit." "Then I figured that they were just using these old medals for the ceremony so nobody would lose the nice, normal, non-fucked-up ones during all the excitement. I know a bunch of people who just recycled theirs afterward." Alpine skier Julia Mancuso told reporters that she knew an auto-body guy who could probably hammer her medals flat.

That is odd.

I love that quote by Mancuso too lol

Rygar

intodeep wrote:

norm wrote:

Olympic Athletes Hoping To Exchange Bent-Up Medals For Normal Ones

VANCOUVER—A number of medal winners at the 2010 Winter Olympics admitted Tuesday that they looked forward to exchanging their inexplicably beat-up medals for regular ones that weren't completely dented for some reason. "When I was on the podium, I was like, what the hell is this?" said speed skater Shani Davis, adding that his gold and silver medals looked as though they had been "beat to shit." "Then I figured that they were just using these old medals for the ceremony so nobody would lose the nice, normal, non-fucked-up ones during all the excitement. I know a bunch of people who just recycled theirs afterward." Alpine skier Julia Mancuso told reporters that she knew an auto-body guy who could probably hammer her medals flat.

That is odd.

I love that quote by Mancuso too lol

Lol, you saw the source, right?

The Juggler

god bless that lindsay vonn

:thumbup: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/2 ... 86748.html

FenwayFaithful

The Jeagler wrote:

god bless that lindsay vonn

:thumbup: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/2 ... 86748.html

Did she act out the scene? Is this pic just one of a series of photos? We need to get to the bottom of this, Jeags.

The Juggler

FenwayFaithful wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

god bless that lindsay vonn

:thumbup: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/2 ... 86748.html

Did she act out the scene? Is this pic just one of a series of photos? We need to get to the bottom of this, Jeags.

i don't know the answer to any of this. all i know is she is awesome

haffajappa

wow thread revival...


now that the olympics are done, sans snow, we're supposed to get a lot this winter.. Yeuhhh suckas.

Jason P

There is a 50/50 shot the 2022 winter olympics could be hosted by the number one exporter of potassium! Norway dropped out so only Kazakstan or Beijing (which is no where close to mountains) or the only choices left after every potential country with a democratic government balked after Putin spent $51B on a ghost town.

Wobbie

I get sad when I see all our departed posters (above) :(

mace1229

Has there really been no thread for the 2022 olympics, or do I just not see it?
Watching the short track speed skating. Some baffling penalties that keep putting China on top. Go figure, a Beijing olympics.

The Juggler

haffajappa said:

wow thread revival...


now that the olympics are done, sans snow, we're supposed to get a lot this winter.. Yeuhhh suckas.

One half HAPPA, one half.....SOMETHING ELSE

She's HALF OF A JAPPA, FOLKS!

I miss these old heads too, @Wobbie

Lizard

I am watching some of the winter olympics.  the snowboarding was cool.

Gern Blansten

I feel sorry for the US skater that is going home because of Covid....really sucks

Get_Right

The figure skating helped me sleep the other night. 

Wobbie

pretty awesome that the winter olympics were “awarded” to a place with no snow.

the nuclear reactors behind the snowcross (some new made up event; I dunno) were just beautiful.

Meltdown99

Olympics lets award losers medals as well…the ultimate sport for participating…lol…

mace1229

Wobbie said:

pretty awesome that the Winter Olympics were “awarded” to a place with no snow.

the nuclear reactors behind the snowcross (some new made up event; I dunno) were just beautiful.

I didn’t even know it was Beijing until a couple months ago. It is pretty ridiculous. 

lastexitlondon

Curling

tempo_n_groove

lastexitlondon said:

Curling

I haven't been into it this year.  I should start...

I did watch another special on the skier Gu.  Very interesting.

dankind

Yeah, the Winter Olympics is probably my all-time favorite sporting event, but it just doesn’t feel right watching this year.

So I won’t. 

eddiec

RCS!!!!

Silver in the Super-G.

Great race.

Tough watching Nina O'Brien yesterday. Such a bad injury, but she seems in good spirits on her Intagram post.

Michaela goes for Slalom Gold tomorrow.

Jumb0

lastexitlondon said:

Curling

I'm up $150 on my two curling parlays so far. 

lastexitlondon

Jumb0 said:

lastexitlondon said:

Curling

I'm up $150 on my two curling parlays so far. 

You  bet on curling 
 Man thats hardcore
 Tip of the  hat sir!