The Winter Olympics

They started today. Are you watching them?

(Thread and description thanks to Em.)

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83 Responses to The Winter Olympics

  1. Em says:

    yeah for the olympics!

    *first post dance*

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  2. Em says:

    why is there no description under this thread’s heading? like ‘thanks to em’ or ‘they started to today, are you watching them?’

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  3. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Sheer laziness.

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  4. Em says:

    okay, now everyone is going read this thread and be confused.

    no, i’m not watching them. my parents are though. i watched some people ski. usually i watch the skating.

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  5. Em says:

    oh yes, i see. you thought ‘olympics thread, good idea’, pushed the button ‘use awesome gapa powers’, and ‘create new thread’ and typed in ‘winter olympics’ and pushed ‘ok’ without even thinking. (i really have no idea how gapas go about creating new threads, but i imagine it goes something like that)

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  6. MediOchre (RRF) says:

    Do the opening ceremonies get more strange every year, or is it just me? Apparently (I was at a sabre class,) they had people dressed up in cow suits dancing around. Cow suits?

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  7. Phoenix says:

    Oooh! I did nae know abou the Olympics! How can I find them?

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  8. Anata the HG2TG but not muse deprived who has decide to change her name says:

    As I am writing this, my brother and dad are watching the Olympics right now, and my dad is critisizing most of the events. (I don’t blame him.)

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  9. Zallie says:

    Oooh, I ♥ the Olympics. I watch ice-skating mostly, although I think down-hill skiing is also fun to watch. Rawr.

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  10. Ebeth The Lurker says:

    The olympics rock. I actually like the summer ones better, but the winter stuff’s cool too.

    My mom is freaked out by the skiing. She’s always like “oh they’re gonna die, oh i can’t watch” but she always watches it anyway.

    Me loves the skiing.

    Skating’s cool too.

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  11. Em says:

    i assume you find the olympics by turning on the tv.

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  12. Phoebe says:

    Yeah, the cows were pretty random.

    Phoenix, you can find them on the NBC news channel, or if you don’t like TVs, I think a few radio stations are doing something about it.

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  13. luna-the-cupcake says:

    I watch the skating.

    I’m kind of sorry for Michelle (Kwan) that she had to drop out, but on the other hand I thought all along that Emily Hughes deserved the spot more.

    How about that throw triple axel?

    ~Luna

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  14. Zallie says:

    Oh-ho. Wait a second here. Michelle Kwan dropped out?

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  15. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Yes. She announced it today. She has a groin injury and doesn’t think she’d be competitive. Emily Hughes is to replace her but couldn’t fly to Italy right away because of the snowstorm.

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  16. Zallie says:

    Ah. I see.

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  17. Jadestone says:

    I watch the hockey(USA won 5-0!!!). And the skiing. And the skating. And the luge(SP?). And a lot more that i cant remember at the moment.

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  18. Em says:

    Emily Hughes? Emily Hughes was terrible!

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  19. Ebeth The Lurker says:

    i missed the hockey. *sniff* hockey fun. unfortunately the plague hath come uponeth my mom so she wasn’t letting anybody else near the tv to change the channel…oh vell.

    me loves the olympics song! Who else? Wheeeee!!!! da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da deeeeeeee dum da deeeeeeee!!!

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  20. dark lord of darkness says:

    didnt watch. poor me.

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  21. luna-the-cupcake says:

    I liked Emily in the competition I saw. I haven’t been following her all season though.

    ~Luna

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  22. yesterday's_kinked_moose says:

    There’s hockey in the winter olympics? I didn’t even know that. And I like hockey too. Darn. I like figure skating, snowboarding, and the luge. That just looks like so much fun, sliding about on your gut… Well, I like them all, but those are my favorites. Unless there are more I didn’t know about.

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  23. Jadestone says:

    Da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da deeeeeeee dum da deeeeeeee!!!

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  24. Jadestone says:

    Ahhhhh! Stupid wordpress wont let me go anywhere but here! not that theres anything wrong with here, but ive read everything! Great now it wont even let me snd this. Sigh. ill have to wait. I know! Song time! Da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da da da da da da da da da daaaaa da da da da da deeeeee dum da deeeeeeeeeee!!!

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  25. Queen Julietaini the Froody. Kiador. (Queenie J) says:

    I don’t watch sports. Boring to the mandrill. Ugh.

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  26. dark lord of darkness says:

    most are :)

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  27. leftoversteak says:

    me watches the olympics!!! me sorry that the people that did the throw triple axel ended up only in 6th place.:(

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  28. leftoversteak says:

    me watches the olympics!!! me sorry that the people that did the throw triple axel ended up only in 6th place.:(

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  29. leftoversteak says:

    me watches the olympics!!! me sorry that the people that did the throw triple axel ended up only in 6th place.:(

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  30. leftoversteak says:

    oops.:oops: double post

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  31. Zallie says:

    Dude, how cool would it have been if that Chinese team had stuck their quad-throw. That would have been amazing. Wow.

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  32. Nancy Kangas says:

    Oh, this is embarrassng. (It is embarrrrasssing that I don’t know how to spell embarasing.) I SO watch the Olympics. I watch for the little “up close and personal” thingies in which you see how much the guy or gal has always wanted to win (and the tragedies that they have endured); and I watch because sometimes the commercials are so funny.

    And then I make categories:
    Events that look way too hard I don’t even want to think about it:
    * Figure skating. Ice is cold and hard; I don’t want to wear those tiny skirts.
    * Luge. I would want to look up and see where I was going, which I realize would ruin the aerodynamics of it all.

    Events that look like a piece of cake:
    * Mogul skiing. Like, all you gotta do is make your legs all jelly-like and you’re set!
    * Ski jumping. After you slide down that big hill, what ELSE are you going to do besides jump into the air?

    Events I would like to see:
    • Extreme winterishness, in which participants must make the totally perfect snowball and throw it right in the middle of a friend’s back, then make a perfect snow angel; then run inside and make a perfect batch of hot chocolate that would serve 6.

    but that’s just me.

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  33. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Mae govannen, Nak! Welcome back!

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  34. kokopelli #2 (a.k.a. Mutt) says:

    whoah. did ye see how the one from the US made getting up from falling that throw look…almost…gracefull.

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  35. Ebeth The Lurker says:

    YAAAY! You DO love us!!! We feel loved! Woohoo!

    I like the snowball fight thing. That would be SO cool as an olympic sport!

    Why just 6 though?

    i didn’t watch the olympics yesterday. i watched ivanhoe. :D

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  36. MontgomeryGurl says:

    Did anyone watch curling? That’s gotta be the most bizarre display of pointlessness I’ve ever seen.

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  37. Em says:

    arrggghhh!!! wamnaka came back and i didn’t even notice! bad em!

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  38. Jadestone says:

    Mr. Pittner, our LA teacher, will give us extra credit if we find out where curling originated.

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  39. Queen Julietaini the Froody of Kiador. (Queenie J, Juliette) says:

    Scotland, Jadestone. Don’t ask how I know this.

    Hello, Nak! Are you Nak Attack? Telling us things would be Nak Ed, and things you hate could be Nakky Dreads. I could have FUN with this.

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  40. kokopelli #13,(a.k.a.,TerroR) says:

    How are the Olympics going :?: I haven’t been able to watch any of the events or anything, for that matter. :idea: Maybe someone could tell me!! :roll: Well duh!! :idea: Just an idea…

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  41. The AHHH! says:

    SHAUN WHITE!! WHOO! GO FLYING TOMATO!!!! YAY!!!

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  42. Ebeth The Lurker says:

    No he’s definitely rupert grint in a rather uneffective disguise… :lol: :P lol

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  43. The AHHH! says:

    YES! That is how Ron Weasley is supposed to look like. Although Rupert Grint is cool…
    SHAUN WHITE IS BETTER!!! YAAAAY!!

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  44. Jadestone says:

    THE FLYING TOMATO!!!

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  45. emogrl says:

    SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    im not affiliated w/ any sports whatsoever… think the only exercise i get is typing this stuff………….

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  46. Jadestone says:

    Tut tut. You wil grow lazy like that.

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  47. Kricket says:

    i don’t watch the olimpics except for the skating…. sometimes… i am going to go eat choklit….

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  48. Kricket says:

    i gots some… and a lollipop!!!

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  49. Queen Julietaini the Froody of Kiador (Queenie J, Juliette) says:

    Kricket, every time I read one of your posts, which are invariably guilty of a range of grammatical errors impressively wide and hairy, my liver starts to crunch. “I gots some”? That’s just painful. Sadomasochistic.

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  50. Jadestone says:

    Me gots some too! Aint i jus’t the bestest grammatical person ever!

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  51. emogrl says:

    honestly…… i should learn yous guys how to be more eddicated…

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  52. Pwt #2 (em) says:

    oh god… shawn white. he looked like an absolute dope. but the new thing is johnney weir and is he gay or not, and it doesn’t matter because half the world has decided that he is so he may as well be. this irritates me to no end. why does everyone have to accuse everyone else of being gay?

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  53. Pentatonikk (RRF) says:

    I watch stuff. Yeah. Stuff. Who saw that snowboard cross girl attempt that trick and then fall? Stupid, if you ask me. She had gold all wrapped up, too. But then she just has to show off, and she loses first place. Smaaaaaart.

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  54. Pentatonikk (RRF) says:

    Who cares if Johnny Weir is gay? Get a life, people, and get out of his. He’s a good skater. End of story.

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  55. Queen Julietaini the Froody of Kiador (Queenie J, Juliette) says:

    *weeps*

    You wreck me! My liver is soooooo painful…and I have a headache-I’m going up to my room now.

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  56. 5up3rr H3ff4lump454uru5 says:

    The AHHH! and I have this really huge fan club for Shaun White… The members are her and I. Like I said… A really HUGE fan club.

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  57. mr. imposter says:

    i appear to be lost. where am i?

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  58. Lizzie says:

    Man, did you see that costume that Johnny Weir was wearing at the US Championships? The swan one? That was fairly… um.. hideous.

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  59. Axa says:

    Japanese male figure skaters= yes.

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  60. Pentatonikk (RRF) says:

    (66) Indeed.

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  61. HRH Queen Julietaini the Froody of Kiador (Queenie J, Juliette R.) says:

    I got hit on the head with a hockey stick once. That ruined the glamor for me. Ow.

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  62. Ebeth The Lurker says:

    I love field hockey but i can’t skate. :D

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  63. Violetfire says:

    I played a long time ago but quit because I didn’t have enough time.

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  64. Em says:

    who won the women’s figure skating yesterday?

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  65. Violetfire says:

    i dunno, but Emily Cohen got silver in something.

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  66. Nancy Kangas says:

    ho-kay. Are you guys as DONE with the O-pics as I am? I can’t wait to have my evenings back. Chad, Shani, Kimmie, Sasha, Ms. Slutskaya, Mr. Tomato — I love them all, but come ON.

    (Actually, it’s the frequency of commercials that is wearing me down. And I even LIKE some of them… )

    Last night, we turned the sound off on the TV and played modern classical/jazz music instead, and it was GREAT! The skaters seemed to be dancing to OUR music. If I ever watch TV again, this is what I’ll do.

    Here I go: I am officially saying I don’t care if I ever see another image of Olympic-ness again. EVER!!!! (Until 2008.)

    oh, and ANOTHER thing (but I really am done with the Olympics) — would somebody PLEEZ tell the skaters we are SO done with the teensy “raggedy” looking teensy skirts? Go PANTS!

    um. that’s all.
    back to you all,
    Nak

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  67. Jadestone says:

    I agree with the pants. Jeans rule!

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  68. Ebeth The Lurker says:

    Can’t skate in jeans.

    But yes, it would be nice to see some pants.

    The spandex bugs me too though.

    Ah well…

    Tonight was depressing. so many people got disqualified!

    Who’s watching closing ceremonies tomorrow? (Me! Me!)

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  69. Violetfire says:

    I like seeing the Olympics. But yeah, the outfits get kinda weird. Some of them look like bikinis with skirts.
    I just saw some US speedskater win a gold medal! Yay!

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  70. Anata who finally got HG2TG and Februrary Muse says:

    Which one?

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  71. Anata who finally got HG2TG and Februrary Muse says:

    Wait…Never mind, Apollo Aton Ono was the only US speedskater who won a gold medal today.

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  72. Anata says:

    I mean yesterday

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  73. kokopelli #2 (a.k.a. Mutt) says:

    0_0 did anyone see the closing ceremony. i was almost crying i was laughing so hard at the clown dudes. xD

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  74. Clara says:

    I’m proud of the cross country skier #4 who fell in the beginning but then made it to 3rd place or something

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  75. akaskadude says:

    i saw the clowns. they were cool.

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