The Olympiad - Page 3

wolf · 02-24-2006, 12:49 AM

Are they over yet? I'm tired of taping Law and Order and finding an hour of some idiot on a luge.

Trilby · 02-24-2006, 12:52 PM

Sasha, Sasha, Sasha...

...sigh.

Elspode · 02-24-2006, 12:55 PM

I'm not down with this new scoring system. It is taking all of the artistry out of it and turning figure skating into gymnastics on ice. I can't even believe Sasha fell on her tiny little hiney twice and still came up Silver.

Trilby · 02-24-2006, 12:59 PM

Sasha deserved GOLD. She was the only ARTIST on the ice! There was no comparison and Dick Button knew it, too! She was a ballerina. Ice skating wants ballerinas.

wolf · 02-24-2006, 01:09 PM

Dick Button is, and always has been, a gaping idiot who couldn't skate his way out of a paper bag.

That's what my mom says anyway. She was a skater.

Trilby · 02-24-2006, 01:12 PM

wolf, I disagree. He was right on in his commentary. (I wanted to say 'asessment,' but was afraid I'd spelt it wrong) anyway--dick was right. and the Japanese girl who won gold was mediocre. Period.

I used to skate.

Elspode · 02-24-2006, 02:26 PM

I've noticed that Dick has gotten a good deal more critical, and a good deal more harsh in his criticism, since his head injury. Still, it just isn't an Olympics without Dick Button. I do miss Peggy Flemming, though, because she is an incredible babe, and was a damn fine skater in her day.

Okay...tell the truth now...has anyone else besides me and Mrs. Elspode been watching "Skating With Celebrities" on Monday nights on FOX?

Griff · 02-25-2006, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I've noticed that Dick has gotten a good deal more critical, and a good deal more harsh in his criticism, since his head injury. Still, it just isn't an Olympics without Dick Button. I do miss Peggy Flemming, though, because she is an incredible babe, and was a damn fine skater in her day.

Pete was pretty ticked at Dick. It seems like NBC chose to go negative a number of times. Did you catch Peekaboo smacking on Mancuso? Note to Peekaboo you are over, Mancuso is the champ now! I can't see cracking on anybodies training or competitive style at this level as long as it keeps you in the frame of mind you need to be in to win. She made it to the podium.

Interesting note from the NYT. Her family background was newsworthy as well. Her father, Ciro, was jailed for marijuana smuggling when Julia was in kindergarten and went to prison when she was in high school. [insert drug war diatribe here.]

Griff · 02-26-2006, 06:47 AM

Ohno wins gold, bronze on final night
Ties U.S. men's mark with five career Winter Olympic medals

That was big fun!

elSicomoro · 02-26-2006, 10:53 AM

Yesterday, April and I were talking about the race where Ohno got bronze behind the Koreans the other night. He handled that with grace...it was like, "Yeah, I couldn't get past them...shit happens." Compare that to Ahn Hyun-Soo in 2002, when he was disqualified and the gold went to Ohno...he threw his country's flag down and made a scene, and Ohno got death threats. People like Ohno, Shaun White and the men's curling team (Bronze, baby!) make up for asses like Chad Hedrick and Bode Miller.

I didn't watch the Olympics as much this week as I did last week, but they were good games. Maybe April and I will have enough $$$ to go to Vancouver in 4 years.

kgg · 02-26-2006, 02:13 PM

Dick Button is a crotchety old bastard. Look what happened when Ohno was given the gold in 2002...the flag-throwing idiot kept it on the front pages for a LONG time to the point where they contemplated giving a double gold. Just like the canucks when the ice-skating duo was ripped off. Give me a break!

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02-24-2006, 12:49 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Are they over yet? I'm tired of taping Law and Order and finding an hour of some idiot on a luge. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-24-2006, 12:52 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Sasha, Sasha, Sasha... ...sigh. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-24-2006, 12:55 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I'm not down with this new scoring system. It is taking all of the artistry out of it and turning figure skating into gymnastics on ice. I can't even believe Sasha fell on her tiny little hiney twice and still came up Silver. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-24-2006, 12:59 PM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Sasha deserved GOLD. She was the only ARTIST on the ice! There was no comparison and Dick Button knew it, too! She was a ballerina. Ice skating wants ballerinas. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-24-2006, 01:09 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Dick Button is, and always has been, a gaping idiot who couldn't skate his way out of a paper bag. That's what my mom says anyway. She was a skater. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-24-2006, 01:12 PM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	wolf, I disagree. He was right on in his commentary. (I wanted to say 'asessment,' but was afraid I'd spelt it wrong) anyway--dick was right. and the Japanese girl who won gold was mediocre. Period. I used to skate. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-24-2006, 02:26 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've noticed that Dick has gotten a good deal more critical, and a good deal more harsh in his criticism, since his head injury. Still, it just isn't an Olympics without Dick Button. I do miss Peggy Flemming, though, because she is an incredible babe, and was a damn fine skater in her day. Okay...tell the truth now...has anyone else besides me and Mrs. Elspode been watching "Skating With Celebrities" on Monday nights on FOX? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-26-2006, 06:47 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ohno wins gold, bronze on final night Ties U.S. men's mark with five career Winter Olympic medals That was big fun! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-26-2006, 10:53 AM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Yesterday, April and I were talking about the race where Ohno got bronze behind the Koreans the other night. He handled that with grace...it was like, "Yeah, I couldn't get past them...shit happens." Compare that to Ahn Hyun-Soo in 2002, when he was disqualified and the gold went to Ohno...he threw his country's flag down and made a scene, and Ohno got death threats. People like Ohno, Shaun White and the men's curling team (Bronze, baby!) make up for asses like Chad Hedrick and Bode Miller. I didn't watch the Olympics as much this week as I did last week, but they were good games. Maybe April and I will have enough $$$ to go to Vancouver in 4 years.

02-26-2006, 02:13 PM	#11
kgg A Friend Indeed Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Issaquah Posts: 42	Dick Button is a crotchety old bastard. Look what happened when Ohno was given the gold in 2002...the flag-throwing idiot kept it on the front pages for a LONG time to the point where they contemplated giving a double gold. Just like the canucks when the ice-skating duo was ripped off. Give me a break!

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