**The Winter Olympics**

LONGRD

I'm only interested in the Snowboarders, they just seem like the only cool performers there.
Go Shaun White and Gretchen Blieler, go U.S.A !!! Sorry, they're the only two Olympians I know about..LOL

One Song Glory

lukin2006 wrote:

Wait to go Alexandre Bilodeau Canada'sfirst ever gold medal at a home olympics.

Fuck yeah! What a rush that must have been.

Lizard

lukin2006 wrote:

Wait to go Alexandre Bilodeau Canada'sfirst ever gold medal at a home olympics.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

That speed skating last night was exciting!!! I like Apolo Ohno Creed!!!

lukin2006

Lizard wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

Wait to go Alexandre Bilodeau Canada'sfirst ever gold medal at a home olympics.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

That speed skating last night was exciting!!! I like Apolo Ohno Creed!!!

I like Creed as well, he's an exciting skater, short track speed skating is awesome, roller derby on ice.

thesewordselope

One Song Glory wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

Wait to go Alexandre Bilodeau Canada'sfirst ever gold medal at a home olympics.

Fuck yeah! What a rush that must have been.

So happy for him, to see the excitement in his brothers eyes, wow!

Thoughts_Arrive

Canada might as well add another silver medal to their tally.
Dale Begg Smith won silver in the moguls.

Fifthelement

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Canada might as well add another silver medal to their tally.
Dale Begg Smith won silver in the moguls.

Fifthelement

Congrats to . . .

Alexandre Bilodeau - G - (Freestyle Skiing Men's - moguls)
Jenn Heil - S - (Freestyle Skiing Women's- moguls)
Kristina Groves - B - (Speed Skating - Ladies 3000m)


GO CANADA GO

Thoughts_Arrive

O Canada!

pjfan31

That was exciting. Shame the Aussie didn't win, but hey, that Canadian went really well. That was Australia's 7th ever winter Olympic medal. We are a sunburnt country

Fifthelement

pjfan31 wrote:

That was exciting. Shame the Aussie didn't win, but hey, that Canadian went really well. That was Australia's 7th ever winter Olympic medal. We are a sunburnt country

Yeah, was an amazing contest. Too bad the French guy seemed like such a dick :roll:

There's always more short track medals standing by Glad your CANAussie won a medal though, although I would have liked to have seen one of the other Canadians on the podium as well.

pjfan31

Fifthelement wrote:

pjfan31 wrote:

That was exciting. Shame the Aussie didn't win, but hey, that Canadian went really well. That was Australia's 7th ever winter Olympic medal. We are a sunburnt country

Yeah, was an amazing contest. Too bad the French guy seemed like such a dick :roll:

There's always more short track medals standing by Glad your CANAussie won a medal though, although I would have liked to have seen one of the other Canadians on the podium as well.

Pure Aussie mate. It would of been funny if he was the first Canadian to win a gold medal.

In terms of medals for Aust, we needed that. We hardly ever win anything in the Winter Olympics. Everyone here in all the media had already penciled that one in,

Bring on London 2012 so we can win something

Fifthelement

Yeah, you guys do pretty awesome in the Summer Games :ugeek:

Tbh, I wasn't really feeling the games until the opening ceremonies. Kind of a shame as I'm only an hour and a half from Van. Feelin' it now though :P :P
I grew up in Calgary and was living there during the '88 Games. Whoa, now that was a party. A bit of fake ID and it was on. I remember being excited beyond belief when a Soviet athlete winked at me in the Athlete's Village :roll:

Thoughts_Arrive

Dale doesn't even live in Australia, he lived here for a few short months to get his Aussie citizenship because the Canada team would not accept him into the team.
Now he lives in Canada, far from an Aussie.
Maybe if he listened to AC/DC he would've won instead of listening to KD Lang and Michael Buble.

pjfan31

Fifthelement wrote:

Yeah, you guys do pretty awesome in the Summer Games :ugeek:

Tbh, I wasn't really feeling the games until the opening ceremonies. Kind of a shame as I'm only an hour and a half from Van. Feelin' it now though :P :P
I grew up in Calgary and was living there during the '88 Games. Whoa, now that was a party. A bit of fake ID and it was on. I remember being excited beyond belief when a Soviet athlete winked at me in the Athlete's Village :roll:

Yeh, I was 20 mins from Sydney games. My Mum and Dad saw the Dreamteam walking through the city. It was awesome. I really am jealous that you guys have the games. I would love it back here.

Oh and did you have to rub it in putting that guys photo as your avatar????

Fifthelement

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Dale doesn't even live in Australia, he lived here for a few short months to get his Aussie citizenship because the Canada team would not accept him into the team.
Now he lives in Canada, far from an Aussie.
Maybe if he listened to AC/DC he would've won instead of listening to KD Lang and Michael Buble.

Seriously???? The media here is saying that he went over to AUS to develop a business or something and got AUS citizenship so he could ski for them (despite the fact that he grew up in the Whistler area)

And, for your information, we don't all listen to k.d. Lang or Michael Buble :x Actually, I can only name one song by k.d. and none by Buble. Does that make me a bad Canadian? Are you going to revoke my citizenship? :oops: :?

Fifthelement

pjfan31 wrote:

Oh and did you have to rub it in putting that guys photo as your avatar????

Yes! :P :P :P

pjfan31

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Dale doesn't even live in Australia, he lived here for a few short months to get his Aussie citizenship because the Canada team would not accept him into the team.
Now he lives in Canada, far from an Aussie.
Maybe if he listened to AC/DC he would've won instead of listening to KD Lang and Michael Buble.

Now now thoughts. AS long as he is winning medals we will happily accept him. And as soon as he stops, we'll deport his arse back there.

Thoughts_Arrive

pjfan31 wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Dale doesn't even live in Australia, he lived here for a few short months to get his Aussie citizenship because the Canada team would not accept him into the team.
Now he lives in Canada, far from an Aussie.
Maybe if he listened to AC/DC he would've won instead of listening to KD Lang and Michael Buble.

Now now thoughts. AS long as he is winning medals we will happily accept him. And as soon as he stops, we'll deport his arse back there.

This irks me, we happily accept all the Russians and other overseas born athletes but when someone else plays for another country we shoot them down, we are hypocrites.

Thoughts_Arrive

Fifthelement wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Dale doesn't even live in Australia, he lived here for a few short months to get his Aussie citizenship because the Canada team would not accept him into the team.
Now he lives in Canada, far from an Aussie.
Maybe if he listened to AC/DC he would've won instead of listening to KD Lang and Michael Buble.

Seriously???? The media here is saying that he went over to AUS to develop a business or something and got AUS citizenship so he could ski for them (despite the fact that he grew up in the Whistler area)

And, for your information, we don't all listen to k.d. Lang or Michael Buble :x Actually, I can only name one song by k.d. and none by Buble. Does that make me a bad Canadian? Are you going to revoke my citizenship? :oops: :?

As long as you know one song of his that is ok, as for Bubbles you need to know at least one.
What would make you a bad Canadian is if you dislike Canadian Club Whiskey and Maple Syrup.

Thoughts_Arrive

Just a qn...
Why are you guys called 'Cannucks'?
Is it offensive to call Canadians that?
What does it mean?

P.S your country is beautiful, I have relatives in Vancouver maybe hopefully one day I shall visit.

pjfan31

I love it. Most of the time anyway. Like Kosta, we happily adopted this champion. Who I'm not a fan of is Jelena Dokic, who tried to threaten Australian tennis and say she would play for Yugoslavia, and now she's back.

As long as they are proud to represent Australia, they are more than welcome. Plus, a bit of talent won't go astray.

Fifthelement

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Dale doesn't even live in Australia, he lived here for a few short months to get his Aussie citizenship because the Canada team would not accept him into the team.
Now he lives in Canada, far from an Aussie.
Maybe if he listened to AC/DC he would've won instead of listening to KD Lang and Michael Buble.

Seriously???? The media here is saying that he went over to AUS to develop a business or something and got AUS citizenship so he could ski for them (despite the fact that he grew up in the Whistler area)

And, for your information, we don't all listen to k.d. Lang or Michael Buble :x Actually, I can only name one song by k.d. and none by Buble. Does that make me a bad Canadian? Are you going to revoke my citizenship? :oops: :?

As long as you know one song of his that is ok, as for Bubbles you need to know at least one.
What would make you a bad Canadian is if you dislike Canadian Club Whiskey and Maple Syrup.

Love me the whiskey (especially with coke) and can't get enough of maple syrup (although pineapple flavoured is a very close second

Fifthelement

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Just a qn...
Why are you guys called 'Cannucks'?
Is it offensive to call Canadians that?
What does it mean?

P.S your country is beautiful, I have relatives in Vancouver maybe hopefully one day I shall visit.

It's not at all offensive

The nickname comes from the Crazy Canucks, a group of Canadian alpine ski racers who rose to prominence in the World Cup during the 1970s and 80s. Dave Irwin, Dave Murray, Steve Podborski and Ken Read earned themselves a reputation for fast and seemingly reckless skiing.

Yeah, I love living in Lotus Land (British Columbia). This whole country is amazing. I've driven across it a couple of times (excluding Newfoundland and the Territories). It is amasingly diverse. If you ever make it out this way, be sure to look me up.

Thoughts_Arrive

pjfan31 wrote:

I love it. Most of the time anyway. Like Kosta, we happily adopted this champion. Who I'm not a fan of is Jelena Dokic, who tried to threaten Australian tennis and say she would play for Yugoslavia, and now she's back.

As long as they are proud to represent Australia, they are more than welcome. Plus, a bit of talent won't go astray.

What about Aussie Joe Simunic and Ante Seric?

pjfan31

Fifthelement wrote:

pjfan31 wrote:

Oh and did you have to rub it in putting that guys photo as your avatar????

Yes! :P :P :P

You know, I really want to get you back for this. Just to rub some sort of AUstralia beating Canada. SO I just googled it and this is what I came up with.

Aussies Beat Canada in Epic Battle
Unbelievably dramatic game was played by the members of the team Australia and the team Canada. The defending champions from Australia confirmed their dominance after all and defeated their opponents 12:10 in the fabulous battle.

Canadians were demonstrating that they did not fear the defending champions and often engaged in dangerous attacks. Dany Dobbie was the first one to shot a goal, but Aussies scored four times in a row and thus led 4:1. After that, Canada pressed their opponents and were down by only a single goal (4:5) after a couple of successful actions.

However, the end of the first half was in Australian hands, who added three goals and led 8:5 in the halftime. Fearless performance of the Canadian players suggested very interesting and dramatic lacrosse in the second period, what was affirmed soon ofter the break. The Maple Leafs players were the ones who commenced striking in great style. Three goals, which authors were twice Brooke McKenzie and once Jess Brownridge, meant a tie 8:8. Noticeably shattered Australians called for a timeout, which was their second wind, Canadians struggled to attack, and soon it was the Aussies who were in charge.

The first quick attack was soon successfully finished by Cassandra Cursaro, and when Tegan Brown and Stacey Morlang added another goals of the defending champions, it seemed that Australia reached the crucial advantage. However, Canadians refused to settle for this score, and managed to conjured an astonishing end of the match. After Crysti Foote scored to 9:11, Alicia Moodie followed her lead and just one-goal game was played fifteen minutes to the end of the game.

Canada reigned in next ten minutes, but their attackers failed to push the ball behind awesome Australian goalkeeper. Australia controlled the ball only since the third minute to the end of the match and Melissa Williams was the last one to score to final 12:10. Yet Aussies will face USA in the World Cup finals.

Not quite as good, but ha, In your face Canada

Thoughts_Arrive

Fifthelement wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Just a qn...
Why are you guys called 'Cannucks'?
Is it offensive to call Canadians that?
What does it mean?

P.S your country is beautiful, I have relatives in Vancouver maybe hopefully one day I shall visit.

It's not at all offensive

The nickname comes from the Crazy Canucks, a group of Canadian alpine ski racers who rose to prominence in the World Cup during the 1970s and 80s. Dave Irwin, Dave Murray, Steve Podborski and Ken Read earned themselves a reputation for fast and seemingly reckless skiing.

Yeah, I love living in Lotus Land (British Columbia). This whole country is amazing. I've driven across it a couple of times (excluding Newfoundland and the Territories). It is amasingly diverse. If you ever make it out this way, be sure to look me up.

What about the French dominant East (Quebec)?
I saw some pics, looks interesting, French type architecture.
Yeah B.C looks scenic.

pjfan31

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

pjfan31 wrote:

I love it. Most of the time anyway. Like Kosta, we happily adopted this champion. Who I'm not a fan of is Jelena Dokic, who tried to threaten Australian tennis and say she would play for Yugoslavia, and now she's back.

As long as they are proud to represent Australia, they are more than welcome. Plus, a bit of talent won't go astray.

What about Aussie Joe Simunic and Ante Seric?

The reason Joe was hounded was because of the 3 yellow cards. That could of been really costly in A world cup.

There is a young up and coming Brit who plays tennis. She is Aussie born, and the media here were getting behind her. ANd the Hollioke brothers. They had successful careers until Ben I think it was died. Look at Christian Vieri also. I don't think they get bagged as such. I think, As Aussies, we claim them as our own.

Fifthelement

pjfan31 wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

pjfan31 wrote:

Oh and did you have to rub it in putting that guys photo as your avatar????

Yes! :P :P :P

You know, I really want to get you back for this. Just to rub some sort of AUstralia beating Canada. SO I just googled it and this is what I came up with.

Aussies Beat Canada in Epic Battle
Unbelievably dramatic game was played by the members of the team Australia and the team Canada. The defending champions from Australia confirmed their dominance after all and defeated their opponents 12:10 in the fabulous battle.

Canadians were demonstrating that they did not fear the defending champions and often engaged in dangerous attacks. Dany Dobbie was the first one to shot a goal, but Aussies scored four times in a row and thus led 4:1. After that, Canada pressed their opponents and were down by only a single goal (4:5) after a couple of successful actions.

However, the end of the first half was in Australian hands, who added three goals and led 8:5 in the halftime. Fearless performance of the Canadian players suggested very interesting and dramatic lacrosse in the second period, what was affirmed soon ofter the break. The Maple Leafs players were the ones who commenced striking in great style. Three goals, which authors were twice Brooke McKenzie and once Jess Brownridge, meant a tie 8:8. Noticeably shattered Australians called for a timeout, which was their second wind, Canadians struggled to attack, and soon it was the Aussies who were in charge.

The first quick attack was soon successfully finished by Cassandra Cursaro, and when Tegan Brown and Stacey Morlang added another goals of the defending champions, it seemed that Australia reached the crucial advantage. However, Canadians refused to settle for this score, and managed to conjured an astonishing end of the match. After Crysti Foote scored to 9:11, Alicia Moodie followed her lead and just one-goal game was played fifteen minutes to the end of the game.

Canada reigned in next ten minutes, but their attackers failed to push the ball behind awesome Australian goalkeeper. Australia controlled the ball only since the third minute to the end of the match and Melissa Williams was the last one to score to final 12:10. Yet Aussies will face USA in the World Cup finals.

Not quite as good, but ha, In your face Canada

:problem: :yawn: They really need a smiley with it's tongue sticking out

Thoughts_Arrive

lol @ just reading a news article about my local soccer team recruiting a Canadian, from a Toronto club.