The Olympics

[dukez]

Im assuming most of yous don't really care, since i dont see any threads mentioning it. Me neither, i havent watched a single event, but i just saw some of the results on the 10oclock news. Doesnt seem the USA is winning in anyhting. HAH. AND our (dream team) basketball team lost to Pertu Rico, badly..

[aussie_s4]

Originally posted by dukez
I'm assuming most of you don't really care, since i dont see any threads mentioning it. Me neither, i havent watched a single event, but i just saw some of the results on the 10oclock news. Doesn't seem the USA is winning in anyhting. HAH. AND our (dream team) basketball team lost to Puerto Rico, badly..

Aussies are doing OK! 4 gold vs USA's 1 gold

Medal Table

[Imperial]

I've been watching it pretty regularly...well, the sports I think are interesting, anyway

[tigabalm]

BOOOOO!!! i cant believe our "drem team"!!!!!

I'm sure the USA will make a comeback in medals tho... we always manage too... tho every olympics we seem to be getting worse and worse...

peace

[aussie_s4]

Originally posted by tigabalm
I'm sure the USA will make a comeback in medals tho... we always manage too... tho every olympics we seem to be getting worse and worse...

USA has the largest team and the biggest pool of athletic talent, so they should definitely end up winning the most medals. I might be biased, but Australia always does well, considering it has less than 20 million people compared to the USA's 290 million.

I agree about the olympics getting worse....maybe it's just the TV coverage?

[Anthony]

I enjoy watching the swimming events, even though I'm a terrible swimmer. They just amaze me, they're like freaking fish! Some of the T&F events are great too.

[tigabalm]

so anth lieks the ripped guys in skimpy suits huh? ineresting.... heheh j/k

peace

[A4_Andre]

i love womens volleyball

[blacka4]

^^^ what he said

[shehatezme]

Originally posted by Anthony
I enjoy watching the swimming events, even though I'm a terrible swimmer. They just amaze me, they're like freaking fish! Some of the T&F events are great too.

I agree the swimmers are bad ass.

For the most part, the US can't win every single year for having the most Gold Metals. Sure, the US has the largest pool for good talents but what it comes down to is training. If other countries are putting more time into training their atheletes than the US, the US should do the same as that of other countries. There is no one to blame but themselves for doing bad. No one can really dominate anymore in the olympics, everyone has an equal chance.

[chrisrunner]

mmm jennie finch from the usa softball team.....




chris.

[Wilafur]

mmmmm.....women's v-ball.

the olympics are cool to watch, depending on the venue. i am still amazed by the flexibility of the female gymnists.

[Delta00]

I have been watching a lot of the olympics. Whatever event it is, I dont care Ill watch it.

Mainly because, well Im Greek and I have some huuge national pride. I really hate that I couldn't make it to watch the olympics in person in Athens this year, but it never turned out. But I will be going for 3 weeks next year with my mom and grandfather to see where he grew up and go all over the country, itll be ****in awesome.

[Imperial]

Originally posted by aussie_s4
USA has the largest team and the biggest pool of athletic talent, so they should definitely end up winning the most medals. I might be biased, but Australia always does well, considering it has less than 20 million people compared to the USA's 290 million.

I agree about the olympics getting worse....maybe it's just the TV coverage?

Okay, so I'm going to go on a limb here and say you're likely Australian. Am I close?

<rant>

And YES, the TV coverage SUCKS. OH MY GOD I SWEAR they get the DUMBEST people to be commentators. I just want to reach into the screen and strangle them for their stupidity. The gymnastics commentators are the WORST. SO ridiculously stupid they should be barred from reproducing for the sake of the future.

</rant>


...back to the topic of Australia, seriously, how cool is that chant they have? The "OZZIE OZZIE OZZIE, OY OY OY!" one!? I want to root for the Australians just so I can join in on that chant

[aussie_s4]

Originally posted by Imperial
Okay, so I'm going to go on a limb here and say you're likely Australian. Am I close?

Good guess , but I've lived in the USA for almost 5 years, so I cheer for both Aussies and Yanks.

It would be nice to have some live TV coverage, rather than a carefully packaged presentation of 3 or 4 sports with an 8 hour delay.

[Imperial]

Originally posted by aussie_s4
Good guess , but I've lived in the USA for almost 5 years, so I cheer for both Aussies and Yanks.

It would be nice to have some live TV coverage, rather than a carefully packaged presentation of 3 or 4 sports with an 8 hour delay.

hahahahaha, you just straight called us "Yanks"...that's hot Where in Australia are you from originally?


Yeah, live coverage WOULD be nice, but then how would they show 239042 commercials per hour? And those lovely vignettes about the athletes and their struggles for whatever, complete with annoying narration and super-cheesy music! Can't live without those!

[aussie_s4]

Originally posted by Imperial
hahahahaha, you just straight called us "Yanks"...that's hot Where in Australia are you from originally?

I like to think that my passport offers me diplomatic immunity from political correctness. Anyway, I used "Yanks" as a term of endearment, like friends do.

I'm from Sydney, site of the greatest Olympics ever. Though, if you watched on US television, you probably wouldn't know that.

[marked001]

I wanna watch the cycling events..but they're all on in the middle of the day..do they replay events or what?

[Imperial]

Originally posted by aussie_s4
I like to think that my passport offers me diplomatic immunity from political correctness. Anyway, I used "Yanks" as a term of endearment, like friends do.

I'm from Sydney, site of the greatest Olympics ever. Though, if you watched on US television, you probably wouldn't know that.

Oh no no, I'm not at all offended by the term "Yank". I'm tough to offend anyway

Sydney...nice. I reeeeeaaaallly want to go there sometime. My friend spent a year in Australia with the study-abroad program (she was in Wollongong) and she has nothing but rave reviews of Australia in general.


btw, add another gold to Australia's medal total cuz Thorpe just won another one in the 200m freestyle. Unstoppable that guy...

[Imperial]

Originally posted by marked001
I wanna watch the cycling events..but they're all on in the middle of the day..do they replay events or what?

I think they do...but in the middle of the night



check, though, cuz I'm sure they play em again

[Anthony]

Women's volleyball is interesting to watch too. The legs on those women!

[DDQ]

I just got my latest Playboy in the mail today. They have the Olympic chicks naked. Some are hot, but some have bodies that are muscular and have small boobies. That was weird.

But, the best part is the additional special issue they included with it, which was "College Coeds". High quality stuff, even though overall I think Playboy sucks.

That's my contribution to the Olympic thread.

[aussie_s4]

Originally posted by DDQ
....some have bodies that are muscular and have small boobies. That was weird. That's my contribution to the Olympic thread.

Playboy probably airbrushed out the Adam's apples too ....that's my (last) contribution to the thread as well.

[marked001]

Originally posted by Imperial
I think they do...but in the middle of the night



check, though, cuz I'm sure they play em again

I need a damn tivo

[shehatezme]

Originally posted by DDQ
I just got my latest Playboy in the mail today. They have the Olympic chicks naked. Some are hot, but some have bodies that are muscular and have small boobies. That was weird.

But, the best part is the additional special issue they included with it, which was "College Coeds". High quality stuff, even though overall I think Playboy sucks.

That's my contribution to the Olympic thread.

I am going to go out and buy that Issue. Speaking of V-ball players. I lived across the hallway from one a couple years ago. Great BODY! Always wanted to see her naked =P and I did haha during this annual celebration of the first rain of each school year where crazy muther ****ing students run around campus naked. She ran naked and I made sure I caught her in action. Yes, I am sick, but I bet every single one of you would have done the same.