Post #245,819
2/22/06 7:10:23 PM
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Let the wailing, knashing of teeth and navel gazing start!
Canada bounced by the Russians in the quarter finals of the hockey event in the Olympics! GAH! Things smelled from the third game against the Swiss where Canada lost 2-0 and then lost again, albeit to a much better team than the Swiss, to the Finns 2-0.
Ah well, I can at least take solace that the Americans sucked out worse than us...
Time to cheer the Swedes on despite the assine "We'd rather play the Swiss than Canada" comments by the head coach.
Way to go Cindy Klassen for becoming the first Canadian to win four medals at a Winter Olympics and the first Canadian woman to win five career Olympic medals. Short track speed skating, lots of fun to watch! :-D
lister
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Post #245,870
2/23/06 1:44:29 AM
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hockey in the office
my manager brought in a tiny TV and a set of rabbit ears so we could watch the game. The picture was pretty bad, but a couple strips of tinfoil on the antennas helped loads. try that with your fancy HDTV.
The disallowed goal was a heartbreaker. The rules are the rules and the ref called by the rules. Still it hurts.
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #245,906
2/23/06 10:23:50 AM
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Hockey. Bah.
Where's the real winter sports in these Olympics? Basketball is our preferred winter sport! Perhaps they need to rechristen it as the Frozen Olympics? Ok, so the US hockey team was quite dismal in it's showing. Ok, so they qualified for the medal rounds, but they only needed one win to get there. No miracle on ice this time around. But then real miracle would have the Jamaicans winning the gold.
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Post #245,956
2/23/06 4:22:36 PM
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Basketball. Bah.
Stupid sport. Soccer too.
Try playing basketball in regular gear during the winter in the northern US and Canada. Talk about a brisk game! :-p
lister
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Post #245,960
2/23/06 4:57:54 PM
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Bah to both, it you want to discuss a real sport lets talk
Tiddley Winks or Marbles.
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Post #245,964
2/23/06 5:11:07 PM
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Both soon to be sanctioned as Olympic sport
everything else is
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #245,970
2/23/06 5:36:28 PM
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Bring back curling!
The only Olympic sport that you can smoke a cigarette and drink a beer while playing ;-)
Ha Ha,
Amy
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #246,034
2/24/06 9:28:24 AM
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But who wants to watch a bunch of women curling their hair?
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #246,065
2/24/06 1:42:33 PM
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Uhhh...it never went away...
But you got to love a game where the International rules still call for the winning team to by the losing team drinks!
jb4
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Post #246,071
2/24/06 2:08:11 PM
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Anything that involves sweeping couldn't possibly be a sport
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Post #246,074
2/24/06 2:31:53 PM
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Never seen judo I take it? What, leg sweeps don't count?
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Post #246,075
2/24/06 2:36:47 PM
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Don't count unless it involves a broom or mop
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Post #245,980
2/23/06 7:23:42 PM
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Not baseball and softball
They're being canned after the 2008 Olympics. Weird considering how popular it is in North America, the Caribbean and parts of Asia and the fact that women play which the IOC has been trying to increase the levels of.
lister
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Post #245,986
2/23/06 7:54:52 PM
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Except the U.S. women keep crushing everyone
Can't have that, now, can we?
</jigoism>
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Post #246,033
2/24/06 9:27:37 AM
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Games take too long
Would have to change to 3 inning game, one pitch per batter, one out per inning, to make the game fast enough.
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