The Olympics!

[smiley_cow]

I heard she was getting married right away though, isn't she? Not that excuses it, but maybe explains it somewhat?

[Apocalyptus]

I think they mentioned that it was going to be in New Mexico in June.
Why do I remember this? FUUUCK YOU Channel 7.

[Oldrac the Chitinous]

Oh. That's less bad, I guess, than if they brought the subject up apropos of nothing.

[Euclidthegreek]

Apparently some Australian woman won a gold medal in snowboarding. But all the commentators were talking about was how beautiful she is and how she's gonna make a great bride and better start planning her wedding soon.
I hate Australian commercial television.

Really? So sad.

Nothing's more fun than sexism!

[Snarky00]

The womens snowboarding was kind of sad to watch. Half of them fell on their asses.

[Oldrac the Chitinous]

Wait, I thought that was the point.

[Cirtur]

Yeah, the main revenue from the Olympics is those juicy ass shots of the female competitors.

Well the unmarried ones.

[smiley_cow]

The womens snowboarding was kind of sad to watch. Half of them fell on their asses.

You can replace 'women's snowboarding' with 'women's downhill ski', 'pairs figure skating, long program', 'men's figure skating, long program'* and that phrase would still be accurate. Probably other events as well, but that's what I've been watching.


*Actually there was a face plant in this one too.

[Lethal Interjection]

Yeah, it has been a messy olympics that way.

Watching the super-aggressive speedskaters (primarily the Koreans, and to a lesser extent the Americans). And getting very disappointed that the 3 medal hopefuls were beat, including the Hamelin brothers, who despite being 2 of 5 in the final, did not get a medal. Canadia is going to be lucky to get 15 medals this year. Which is a huge step down from 4 years ago, and rather embarassing for being on home soil.

[smiley_cow]

Look at the bright side, at least we managed to win a gold this time.

The only channel I can find figure skating on is French; I'm a lot less annoyed at this than my Mom is. Also we just moved into second, but it's still early and we still have another team!

[LordRetard]

Apparently some Australian woman won a gold medal in snowboarding. But all the commentators were talking about was how beautiful she is and how she's gonna make a great bride and better start planning her wedding soon.
I hate Australian commercial television.

Yeah, I would wife her, if you know what I mean. Wait who is this?

[smiley_cow]

Thank goodness I chose to watch figure skating and not hockey.

[smiley_cow]

On the third night of ice dancing. I've devoted three nights to this event, we'd better get a medal.

[smiley_cow]

On the third night of ice dancing. I've devoted three nights to this event, we'd better get a medal.

Gold Baby!

[Lethal Interjection]

Yeah, I heard that this morning.

Might you be able to explain the difference between Ice Dancing and Pairs Figureskating?