The Olympics

[max2k106]

discuss all olympic issues here . . .
so . . . im into tennis and i kinda want andy roddick to kick some international ass . . .how bout u guys?

[T3km4n]

I'm in the golfing section of the Olympics.

[Excaliber]

tennis is one of the fun things to do and ive played olf since i was 4 so i like both

[max2k106]

tennis is SUPER fun . . . i hear julia plays too:D

[ck1]

Paintball missed being in by ONE VOTE!!!! Argh....

[max2k106]

paintball an olympic sport? thank you god:D

[Dark*Demon]

the racing its fun seeing every1 is wearing nike sneakers and running super fast and yea

[thrdflrmshr]

The announcers they have on NBC are total douches. They have hardly anything positive to say.

[max2k106]

lol, I DEMAND JUSTICE! they showed the f***ing american team for like 10 mintues walking . . . and they show the rest of them for like one minute . . .thats bullshit!

[Dark*Demon]

Originally posted by max2k106
lol, I DEMAND JUSTICE! they showed the f***ing american team for like 10 mintues walking . . . and they show the rest of them for like one minute . . .thats bullshit!
TOTAL BULLSHIT

[Aro23r]

I saw a soccor game on MSNBC two days ago.

Iraq upset Portugal 4-2. I was speechless.

[Duffman]

ummm maybe cause the Americans brought over the biggest team out of all the countries... They need the extra time to walk past their mark...

Plus there is only so long you can have 2 man team from Boolgatisvtia on the screen.

[max2k106]

HOLY SHIT ARO!!! U SERIOUS? doesnt portugal have like the best overall player in the world or something?

[Aro23r]

Well the ref gave Portugal a red card when it really only should have been a yellow card, so Portugal was down to only 10 players from like the 50th minute on...

But yea, Iraq beat Portugal 4-2.

[lostandconfused]

I enjoy watching the Track and Field events in the olympics, because I'm a sprinter myself and just find it very entertaining to see how much the Olympians would whoop my ass in a 100 meter dash. I won't be surprised when it's like, "World Record!!! 100 meters in 6 seconds!!" And I will be sitting there.., "Shit man, I'm a slowass..I'm twice as slow as them."

[Noda]

well i gotsta say im more of a winter olympics kidna guy, but im UBER happy about seeing Tae Kwan Do, hoefully America will get its ass kicked and karate will finnaly be realized as importartant...(rant)

and soccer of course

ball room dancing in spandex will rock like hardness

[Serge]

Also, if you were watching it on an American broadcasting network of course it would favor the American team, duh.

Anywho, about what Aro said. That's the one thing I don't like about sports, shady refs. It irritates me to no end to see one team get away with murder while the other gets penalized to death. I've seen NHL plays where a guy will get called for a hook when a guy across the rink is spearing.

[-God-]

No!
I'm Portuguese!
Nooooooooooooo!

[Serge]

If people from Portugal are Portguese, is one person from Portugal a Portugoose?

[-God-]

I feel like Jay Leno is about to come out and kick someone in the balls.

[thrdflrmshr]

Kudos to who(m?)ever designed that torch. It's pretty nifty.

[max2k106]

i wish i had the honor of lighting the torch:confused:

[thrdflrmshr]

Why?

[xyxaxyz2]

Of all the things to wish.

[Serge]

Jay Leno?

Anyway, isn't the torch water proof, thrd? That's awesome. However about the honor of lighitng the torch, why is that an honor? I don't see why people put so much importance on trivial things sometimes.

[thrdflrmshr]

The first I've seen or heard anything about it was when I walked by the television downstairs while my parents were watching it.

I suppose it needs to be waterproof. The things that really caught my attention were the pivoting design, the counterweights, the size, and the way the flame gradually grew bigger and bigger as the torch angled upwards. It'd be a shame if it lit up like that in the guy's face.

[max2k106]

people . . . seriously . . . lighting THE TORCH . . . if they trusted me with that thing . . . .hehehe, lets just say there would be no tomorrow:D

[Snarr]

You got to remeber that for football they only send their under 19 team cause the rest are involved in leagues which are more important than the Olympic games.

My friend Hannah Wilson is swimming for Hong Kong, I want to wish her best of luck.

[Eagle]

Originally posted by Serge
If people from Portugal are Portguese, is one person from Portugal a Portugoose?

some say you are a portugee, but that can be offensive depending on where you say it...My family reached guam from the azor islands, then later made it to fall river mass like many portugeese did. I'm half portugeese...But i deffinitly don't get my tan from that side lol

[DivineRight]

I noticed that both Hong Kong and Vietnam have athletes representing their own countries this year. I believe this is a first time for both countries to be represented on their own. Very cool.

[MANSLAUGHTER1]

running is fun to watch but not to do

[Hugh Junit]

I like to watch the boxing. My wife was a swimmer in college, so she's way into that. Uhh................yeah, I have nothing else to say.

[siva1979]

I don't like the summer olympics, it's all dumb track and field and stuff. Now the winter olympics, they're awesome, with snowboarding, bob sledding, skiing, etc.

[doubledown]

Originally posted by DivineRight
I noticed that both Hong Kong and Vietnam have athletes representing their own countries this year. I believe this is a first time for both countries to be represented on their own. Very cool.

Now I'm not too keen on the Olympics or on international affairs I guess, but wasnt Hong Kong gobbled up by the Chinese People's Republic (or is it the People's Republic of China....I cant remember) How do they get their own olympic team? Wouldnt that be the same as sending a US team and a Texan team both?

[max2k106]

i only watc like 4 events . . . tennis and swimming (summer) and snowboarding and hockey (winter)

[T3km4n]

I'm going to be on a plane during all of this...

[max2k106]

that sucks

[DivineRight]

Good Question DoubleDown, I'm not sure either. I just saw the flag so I'll need to look into it.

[Glamdring]

To respond to the very first post of this thread,

ANDY RODDICK NEEDS TO KICK SOMEBODY'S *bleep*

ermm, yes. I play tennis as well.

[max2k106]

tennis is fun, lol, i hope roddick kicks ass in the games

[DivineRight]

This is Canada's smallest showing at the Summer Olympic games since Munich. I wonder how this is going to affect us, since we only took home 14 medals in Sydney.

[ck1]

I love paintball. It should be a olympic sport, but the US would completely dominate.

[Serge]

No, ck1, it shouldn't.


Originally posted by thrdflrmshr
The announcers they have on NBC are total douches. They have hardly anything positive to say.

Yeah they are. I was watching the USA softball team playing Italy, (Laugh...now!) and a foul ball went into the stands. This one guy spent the next minute ragging on the guy who picked it up. He said something like "Way to go, you used your big shoulders to blast those women and children out of your path to that ball!"

[Duffman]

(Australia) Thorpe and Hackett. 1 and 2 in the 400 freestyle. woop woop woop woop woop woop. And 1st in Womens 4x100 edging out America on the last 100.

When it comes down to medals per capita we kick everyone's buttocks.

[thrdflrmshr]

Originally posted by Serge
No, ck1, it shouldn't.




Yeah they are. I was watching the USA softball team playing Italy, (Laugh...now!) and a foul ball went into the stands. This one guy spent the next minute ragging on the guy who picked it up. He said something like "Way to go, you used your big shoulders to blast those women and children out of your path to that ball!"
The lady commentating the men's tandem diving was so scathing. She was overly critical of the dives, acting like she knew exactly how the judges were going to score them. She was inconsistently wrong, too; she would "score" them high one time and too low the next.

Having said that, Phelps was amazing. He deserved to win the gold!

[Snarr]

What terrain type is olympic tennis?

[max2k106]

not sure . . . might be clay

[teester]

outer space is the new terrain

and i think they should reinstate the nude olympics

but then they'd have to outlaw stuff like viagra.....

[max2k106]

you'll have to excuse teester . . . hes experiencing severe brain damage

[Itzphill]

its grass i think.

[Itzphill]

Originally posted by teester
outer space is the new terrain

and i think they should reinstate the nude olympics

but then they'd have to outlaw stuff like viagra.....

ROFLMFAO

[allstarGL]

2006 olympics are coming up. Anyone excited like me? I hope canada can win some medals, its the winter olympics our specialty :D anyone plan on going to watch the olympics or just sit around and watch it on nbc or whatever channel you get it on.

[max2k106]

I'm definitely watchign all the hockey events. Possibly some snowboarding and most likely all of the slalom events (both ski and snowboard).

I <3 winter olympics! :D

[banditto]

It's cold, it's oh kay, we'll get a gold today.
Go Ruscanasa! (Bound to win gold that way) B)
I love winter, I love olympics, I guess I love winter olympics.

[x-useme]

I want Agassi to kick some ass, but that's pretty much over =/

So yeah, Roddick I guess, if Federer doesn't get to him.

[Ächilles]

I wish they'd put ultimate fighting in the Olympics.

It's actually a great idea, but they won't do it simply because it's so violent.

[Wizzy`]

I wish they'd put ultimate fighting in the Olympics.

It's actually a great idea, but they won't do it simply because it's so violent.

That would be pretty cool, But yeah..It is very violent, Seeing as many "young people" watch the olympics

[Anarchy_United]

In the original olympics everyone was naked, and the word Gymnasium meant: Place were naked people trained.

[Wizzy`]

In the original olympics everyone was naked, and the word Gymnasium meant: Place were naked people trained.

Yep..You listen in Social Studies (History) Very good. *claps*

[Anarchy_United]

Yep..You listen in Social Studies (History) Very good. *claps*
Actually latin class, and I was falling asleep when I suddendly heard the part about the meaning of gymnasium. I laughed my ass of for 1 minute and then told me gym teacher the next day.

[max2k106]

I want Agassi to kick some ass, but that's pretty much over =/

So yeah, Roddick I guess, if Federer doesn't get to him.
Yes . . .