the olympics

hmonkey

i love them.  i especially love the nationalist sht-talking.  dh cursed out a frenchmen for coming from behind to win some sport neither of us have ever heard of before.

i also love the sad sack stories, especially the ones that are straight out of a coffee commercial, with mom and dad getting up at 5am to drive junior to the arena.

TheDuckis

We watched the men's biathlon the other day and were fascinated. I love the Olympics for making me a fan of sports that I never would have considered watching.

hmonkey

guns AND skiing?  what the what, man.  how has that sport gone on so long and no one has ever shot each other?

Wonderw1fe

I love to watch all those slide-down-a-hill events. I get the athleticism behind skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, etc., but what sort of exercise do you do to lay on a sled adequately? Or sit in a protective escape pod on skates? They seem to be like NASCAR, but on ice.

DG1

I was all over the snowboarding last night.  I've been skiing all of maybe twice in my life, and I was sitting there on the sofa wishing I could be snowboarding. HA! 

I also told H I thought I would be good at speedskating.  Not olympic good, but good.  He looked at me like I was nuts.  

We were watching some other obscure event, and H said "How do you even find out that you're good at that?"  

IDK. The winter games are a mystery to me. I grew up on the Gulf of Mexico. I remember it snowed once (March 12, 1993).  I know nothing of winter sports.

**Stinky!**

Ooh, I LOVE biathlon. Those dudes look like they just want to die when they're done. And to be able to shoot accurately when you can't hardly breathe and your body's shaking with adrenaline? Incredible.

But. I hate HATE figure skating. I loved me some Brian Boitano back in the day, but not any more.

Paulo's Menina Bela

Speed skating is definitely NASCAR on ice. It's all kinds of dangerous. Skaters have dislocated shoulders in nasty falls or were cut up all to hell by their own or others skaters blades in pileups.

baconsmom

I hate the Olympics. They take up ninety-five channels, nobody else will show new shows, and they are boooooooooring.

I have the feeling that I am alone with my husband in this opinion.

6fsn

I told DH speed skating was like Nascar too.  JR Celski had a nasty, nasty gash from a collision. 

jojobrn

Men's curling is on right now, I am giggling with all the talk about keeping their rocks in check and playing their rocks right. I totally don't get curling though.

hmonkey

there is this awesome/hilarious curling commercial for the olympics about some curling upset that took place in torino and the announcer starts screaming, "the americans have answered!  NOT IN MY HOUSE!"  i love it.

ReturnOfKuus

My favorite is the quintessential Apolo Ohno kidney slap to the closest opponent near the end of a race.

TheDuckis

Did you know that the targets in the biathlon are the size of a SILVER DOLLAR? That is very tiny. The zoomed-in view of them on TV doesn't do justice to their tinyness.

jojobrn

I am sad I missed the biathlon, that's one I've enjoyed. 

DG1

re: celski injury -

 Watch J.R. Celski's Olympic Road To Recovery - 6 Weeks Post Injury Online - VideoSurf Video Search

Wonderw1fe

No, I'm talking about the... is it bobsled? And the luge and skeleton. WTF. It's sledding. They look dangerous as hell, but what sort of anatomical requirements are there? That's how they are like NASCAR.

Paulo's Menina Bela

I've always thought of curling as bowling on ice, or perhaps bocci ball.