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Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!

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The Triplecast sucked because those Olympics were in Barcelona and the time difference was tough for folks to stomach, especially for the cost of getting it.
 
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Puck Swami said:
Venue revenues are expensive, but what really makes the games expensive is when you start adding public infrastructure projects like airports, transit lines and new highways and lumping them in with other Olympic costs.

If costs were really the issue, the IOC could simply build a permanent Olympic sports complex in Greece (Summer) and Switzerland (winter) and hold the games every four years there. But that would take a lot of the fun out of it....:eek:
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I think it's actually a great idea.

But for the true Olympic spirit the athletes have to compete in the nude, which would be great for women's gymnastics but not so much for skeleton.
 
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Kepler said:
I think it's actually a great idea.

But for the true Olympic spirit the athletes have to compete in the nude, which would be great for women's gymnastics but not so much for skeleton.
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And forget about the men's double luge. :eek:
 
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Kepler said:
I think it's actually a great idea.

But for the true Olympic spirit the athletes have to compete in the nude, which would be great for women's gymnastics but not so much for skeleton.
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Personally, I'd rather not see the 12 year old chinese gymnysts in the nude.
 
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Kepler said:
I think it's actually a great idea.

But for the true Olympic spirit the athletes have to compete in the nude, which would be great for women's gymnastics but not so much for skeleton.
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Why do I get the feeling that the sex appeal of the women's curling "curlgars" would be lost if they were naked?
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Personally, I'd rather not see the 12 year old chinese gymnysts in the nude.
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Kepler said:
If they're white it's exploitation. If they're non-white it's anthropology.
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Hey it worked for the 1904 Olympics:

The organizers of the games held "Anthropology Days" on August 12 and 13. Various indigenous men from around the world, who were at the World's Fair as part of the exhibits, competed in various events for anthropologists to see how they compared to the white man.
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The marathon included the first two black Africans to compete in the Olympics; two Tswana tribesmen named Len Tau (real name: Len Taunyane) and Yamasani (real name: Jan Mashiani). But they weren't there to compete in the Olympics, they were actually the sideshow. They had been brought over by the exposition as part of the Boer War exhibit (both were really students from Orange Free State in South Africa, but this fact was not made known to the public). Len Tau finished ninth and Yamasani came in twelfth. This was a disappointment, as many observers were sure Len Tau could have done better if he had not been chased nearly a mile off course by aggressive dogs.
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For those of you miffed that Rush wasn't in the final ceremonies! :D

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SteveP said:
For those of you miffed that Rush wasn't in the final ceremonies! :D

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Well screw the closing ceremonies, now I wish Rush was in the two-man bobsled!
 
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Badger Abroad said:
But just think of the ratings the Olympics would get in Belgium.
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It's the only way* to make the winter games popular in the South. :p

(* although in addition to being pre-teen, you'd also have to demonstrate the athletes were the viewers' close relatives)
 
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redheadzeb said:
VIKINGSTAD!

PuckingHilarious has just the thing. :D
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Funny story on this.

I was at the Olympic game in Vancouver when Vikingstad got his hat trick for Norway against the Swiss. About 20 minutes before the game (and 90% of the fans were already in their seats, mostly neutral Canadians) the arena host interviewed Vikingstad's wife and family on the giant scorboard video screen, and Vikingstad's young daughter held up a sign that said "Go, Dad, Go." Everyone gave some cute applause and went on with life. During the game, Vikingstad scored his first goal, and the scoreboard screen cut back to the kid holding the sign and the place erupted in cheers. Then after his second goal, they cut back again to the kid and the parts of the crowd start chanting "Go Dad, Go". By the time Vikingstad scored goal #3, the hats are raining down, the kid is holding the sign on screen and virtaully the whole arena crowd is all chanting "Go, Dad, Go". Probably the greatest day in that familes life - he's likely never played in front of 20,000 before, and to have them all chanting for you at the Olympic Games for your hat trick is about is cool as it gets - a true Olympic moment for an obscure Norwegian hockey player.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
You think Alex Lifeson or Neil Pert would be better as the second man in the sled?
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I'd pay to see Neil Pert do that synchronized baton twirling thingy they do in the summer games.
 
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Puck Swami said:
Funny story on this.

I was at the Olympic game in Vancouver when Vikingstad got his hat trick for Norway against the Swiss. About 20 minutes before the game (and 90% of the fans were already in their seats, mostly neutral Canadians) the arena host interviewed Vikingstad's wife and family on the giant scorboard video screen, and Vikingstad's young daughter held up a sign that said "Go, Dad, Go." Everyone gave some cute applause and went on with life. During the game, Vikingstad scored his first goal, and the scoreboard screen cut back to the kid holding the sign and the place erupted in cheers. Then after his second goal, they cut back again to the kid and the parts of the crowd start chanting "Go Dad, Go". By the time Vikingstad scored goal #3, the hats are raining down, the kid is holding the sign on screen and virtaully the whole arena crowd is all chanting "Go, Dad, Go". Probably the greatest day in that familes life - he's likely never played in front of 20,000 before, and to have them all chanting for you at the Olympic Games for your hat trick is about is cool as it gets - a true Olympic moment for an obscure Norwegian hockey player.
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That's a fantastic story. Just awesome.
 
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