The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

[ScoobyDoo]

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There's a dog show on. That's awesome.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Ha! Canada can't make ice.

 

[du78]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Ha! Canada can't make ice.

Unbelievable

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

How can Canadians not be able to make ice, at the Olympics!?!

FAIL AGAIN!

 

[bronconick]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

There's a dog show on. That's awesome.

Insert commentary about how dog shows are the 5th highest rated show on cable this week because 97% of Americans suck.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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{sigh}

Cost one of America's best speed skaters too.

Back to the dog show.

 

[aparch]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Wait, they cannot make a proper speed skating ice surface... IN CANADA?!?!

Holy fu** has this been a disaster of an Olympics. How fitting that NBC is aring them.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

There is absolutely no reason to have ice that **** poor without a major equipment failure.

 

[Priceless]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Ha! Canada can't make ice.

It's just a ploy to try to get speed skating better time later in the coverage.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Paraphrasing Costas about the ice situation with the speed skating: "unacceptabe". Hey Costas you know what else is unacceptable? NBC's crappy coverage.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Canada can't make ice, which means Canada is only 1,000,000 better at what they do than NBC's coverage of <strike>commercial breaks</strike> the Olympic games.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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OMFG... If there is one more commercial I am going to fly up to vancouver and murder someone.

*disclaimer since we live in a culture that takes everything seriously*
THIS IS A JOKE
*disclaimer since we live in a culture that takes everything seriously*​

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Canada can't make ice, which means Canada is only 1,000,000 better at what they do than NBC's coverage of <strike>commercial breaks</strike> the Olympic games.

But don't you want to know what the Olympics were like back in the time of vikings and dragons!?!?!!?

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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And Sue, how many dogs were in your group?

This Dog Show has the cats meow of post pose interviews EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Priceless]

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Paraphrasing Costas about the ice situation with the speed skating: "unacceptabe". Hey Costas you know what else is unacceptable? NBC's crappy coverage.

But I bet they have good ratings. They aren't catering their coverage to us - we're sports fans. They want the casual viewer that typically doesn't tune in to sports except every couple of years.

 

[Priceless]

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But don't you want to know what the Olympics were like back in the time of vikings and dragons!?!?!!?

They couldn't make ice back then either?

 

[SteveP]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

I think they were American-made Olympias that broke down!

Embarrassing nonetheless. But hey, we ROCK at curling!

Reilly on the other hand....

HURRRRYYYYYYYYYY!!!

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[bronconick]

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Holy crap. If you want to see something really painful, check out ESPN's coverage of the UConn-Oklahoma women's b-ball game.

Oklahoma decided this game was time for Breast Cancer awareness. Their team is wearing hot pink, as is everyone in the crowd.

 

[Greyeagle]

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But I bet they have good ratings. They aren't catering their coverage to us - we're sports fans. They want the casual viewer that typically doesn't tune in to sports except every couple of years.

The sad truth.

I can just an NBC Olympic coverage planning meeting: "You know, if like the drama of spontaneous, unpredictable nature of like sports is cool just think how like awesome it would be if we could like invent some drama, man.

 

[SteveP]

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Re: The Official Thread of the Run-Up to the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Holy crap. If you want to see something really painful, check out ESPN's coverage of the UConn-Oklahoma women's b-ball game.

Oklahoma decided this game was time for Breast Cancer awareness. Their team is wearing hot pink, as is everyone in the crowd.

Pepto Bismol night in OK!