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talkpoliticsAaaalright. Who's watching the Olympics? Why? Why not?? Which sport do you like most?? Which athlete are you drooling after rooting for?? Do you care at all??? What about the opening ceremony??? How weird was it, rated from 1 to 10???? Are you bored by all this questioning??????
Why do *I* watch the Olympics? Wellll.....
Really. Why would anyone love the Olympics? I don't know, you tell me!
And the patron of these Olympics? Ain't she such a sweet lady?
Cap'n Pickard ain't delighted either.
And the opening? Smokin' chimneys, cylinder hats, and all those kids in hospital beds... JUST MARVELOUS!
Why do *I* watch the Olympics? Wellll.....
Really. Why would anyone love the Olympics? I don't know, you tell me!
And the patron of these Olympics? Ain't she such a sweet lady?
Cap'n Pickard ain't delighted either.
And the opening? Smokin' chimneys, cylinder hats, and all those kids in hospital beds... JUST MARVELOUS!
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Date: 3/8/12 15:55 (UTC)Also, baseball.
Darts, anyone? Snooker?
And... chess? Where's chess, dammit?
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Date: 3/8/12 15:56 (UTC)Also paintball. And rollerskating.
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Date: 3/8/12 16:09 (UTC)USA has a rugby team but it's been more than mediocre.
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Date: 3/8/12 16:04 (UTC)The Olympic spirit is what matters. :-)
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Date: 3/8/12 16:12 (UTC)I love watching the events and seeing sports that typically never get the time of day here in the United States. The opening ceremonies too for a variety of reasons (e.g. that they used lines from one of my favorite Shakespeare plays to set the theme- the short video movie showing the Thames River's source, and following it along to London with vignettes of people who live by it). All the uniforms / national dress (see below) and the stories of courage in their respective countries (e.g. Tunisia's Malek Jaziri [tennis] and the Independent Athletes (e.g. South Sudan who were my personal favorite-- they literally were dancing into the stadium because they were so happy to be there). Being a photography geek, I love checking out the camera gear used to photograph/broadcast the events, and some of the photographs are just stunning pieces of art. And oh yeah, I like watching the hot man studs.
Egyptian Olympic Team
Belgian Team: looking sharp
Sam Mikulak (United States), Gymnastics
Rosalba Forciniti of Italy celebrates winning the bronze medal against Marie Muller of Luxembourg.
Yahima Ramirez (Portugal), Womenʼs 172 lbs., Judo, Aug. 2
Rebecca Adlington, Womenʼs 800-Meter Freestyle, Swimming, Aug. 2.
Olga Kharlan (Ukraine), Womenʼs Saber Individual, Fencing, Aug. 1
Bradley Wiggins (Britain), Menʼs Individual Time Trial, Cycling - Road, Aug. 1.
Zhang Jike (China) and Jiang Tianyi (Hong Kong), Menʼs Singles, Table Tennis, Aug. 1.
Michael Jung (Germany), Team Eventing, Equestrian, July 31.
United States, Swimming, July 31.
Gabby Douglas (United States), Womenʼs Vault, Gymnastics - Artistic.
David Schroder (Germany) and Frank Henze (Germany), Menʼs Canoe Double, Canoe Slalom, July 30
Ville Lang (Finland), Menʼs Singles, Badminton, July 31.
Bjorn Barrefors (Sweden), Decathlon
And I'm just awed by South African runner Oscar Pistorius, who has no lower legs, but is competing in the games.
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Date: 3/8/12 17:24 (UTC)I've always tried to catch what I could of the Olympics in the intervening years. Online, in the news, following some of the athletes of various nations. I love the stories.
This year, I've cut cable. Just as well, since I have no idea where it's airing anyway.
The only part of the opening ceremonies that even remotely interested me -- and the only part I saw, via YouTube -- was Mr. Bean.
I know about Michael Phelps because I deliver newspapers and glances at the top of it.
I know about some Chinese gymnast because of TP (sorry, didn't read through).
I know about the women's gold in skeet shooting, because no one else has any idea because guns.
I've seen exactly zip of anything other than swimming for a two minute period when I stopped in to chat with a friend at the local hotel and it was on the TV in the lobby. I paid it no attention.
No one talks about it at work, at the grocery store, while getting gas... and this is a sports-oriented area. Hobbies? No. But every kid plays three or more sports in school. It's the local recreation around here.
There is very little caring about these games, that I've seen, online and IRL. Including me. The most interest I've had has been the hoo haa around the Olympic Word Police, because it had direct connotations for freedom and my life. And an online friend made sculptures that are in the Olympic Village, but we'll never see them because offlimits for security purposes.
Congratulations, NBC. You done sunk your battleship.
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Date: 3/8/12 17:43 (UTC)http://www.p2pfree.net/
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http://mypremium.tv/
You're welcome!
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Date: 6/8/12 21:12 (UTC)Nearly all I know like at least 1 sport.
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Date: 4/8/12 04:36 (UTC)My step-brother found this image from the qualifying stuff. She's indicated with the arrow. It took dedication to find just that much. For me, too much sitting through silly ads and shit about which I could not give an aerial intercourse.
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