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Vampyr 02-13-2010 12:01 PM
Re: Olympic Opening Ceremony
 
Yeah, I enjoyed this ceremony more than Bejing's.

KillerGremlin 02-13-2010 12:52 PM
Re: Olympic Opening Ceremony
 
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Originally Posted by The Germanator (Post 263384)
Yeah, I understand that. What I said wasn't even necessarily a joke, it's just real. I mean, you're supposed to have this happy ceremony celebrating these games and the saddest thing possible just happened. I couldn't even really watch the ceremonies because of it. Any excitement for the Olympics is definitely tempered. It's sad as hell. I'm actually going to delete that post because I don't really want to seem insensitive and I didn't quite mean it to be that jokey. It's just a really bad way to start these Olympics. I guess especially with these high-flying downhill events, it will be tough to keep the recent accident out of my head.
If you are talking about the luge then lighten up...those guys are crazy as fuck; as Robin Williams joked: What drunken, German gynecologist invented this sport? What guy went, "I want to dress like a sperm, shove an ice skate up my ass, and ride balls first down an ice chute. Ya. That would be fun." ?

Was it a tragedy....yes. Could there have been better safety precautions....probably. Is there still an extreme risk in participating in any extreme sport be it nascar, snowboarding, extreme skiing, dirtbiking, the one where they flip their snowmobile, the luge, etc. ....YES.

I thought the opening ceremonies were good. The Winter Olympics are so much better than the Summer ones.

Good job Canada! :bath:

Dyne 02-13-2010 05:42 PM
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Hahaha. Gretzky lit it.

Also he went past my building with the torch! Eee hee hee.

Yeah it was disappointing with the final hydraulic failure but it was bound to happen.

We watched the luge trials today and even though they lost 10 stories on their start (by moving to the women's start), they were going goddamn fast.

Typhoid 02-28-2010 07:26 PM
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Instead of making a new thread, I just thought I'd post in here how pumped I am that Canada broke the record for most Golds ever won by any country at the Winter Olympics.

ZebraRampage 02-28-2010 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Typhoid (Post 264080)
Instead of making a new thread, I just thought I'd post in here how pumped I am that Canada broke the record for most Golds ever won by any country at the Winter Olympics.
I'm very surprised too. It seemed like everyone thought Canada would struggle getting Golds, to begin with. I think I heard somewhere that the record for most medals won was by Germany, with 36, and the Americans got 37 this time, but I really have to check on that first.

Typhoid 02-28-2010 07:39 PM
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The US did indeed get 37 medals.


But realistically, we won the most.;)

Bond 02-28-2010 07:52 PM
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Congrats to the Canadians. I was glad to see our two countries take the gold and silver.

Fox 6 02-28-2010 08:23 PM
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Hope the closing ceremonies are good. I just hope Nickleback doesnt play or :(

ZebraRampage 02-28-2010 08:24 PM
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I don't think I'm going to watch. I wasn't very impressed with the opening ceremony this time and I have other things I need to get done.

Typhoid 02-28-2010 09:37 PM
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The thing I liked about the closing ceremony (I stopped watching because my head started hurting too much - no that's not a jab at the ceremony itself) was it started with them raising the last pole that failed in the opening ceremony. I thought that was pretty funny.

Also: There was so much lip syncing that it made me sick. I hate how the Olympics are all about that now.

Also Also: Joannie Rochette is a babe.

Swan 02-28-2010 11:07 PM
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The final part of the ceremony was awful.


Nickelback, Avril Lavign, Simple Plan, Hedley.


FUcking ridiculous

Fox 6 02-28-2010 11:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Typhoid (Post 264089)
The thing I liked about the closing ceremony (I stopped watching because my head started hurting too much - no that's not a jab at the ceremony itself) was it started with them raising the last pole that failed in the opening ceremony. I thought that was pretty funny.

Also: There was so much lip syncing that it made me sick. I hate how the Olympics are all about that now.

Also Also: Joannie Rochette is a babe.
You mean Tessa Virtue

Swan 02-28-2010 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Fox 6 (Post 264094)
You mean Tessa Virtue
YEs, yes she is

Typhoid 03-01-2010 04:39 AM
Re: Olympic Opening Ceremony
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox 6 (Post 264094)
You mean Tessa Virtue
No.
No I do not.

Professor S 03-01-2010 08:55 AM
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The closing ceremony reminded me of the Mummers Parade.


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