XX Olympic Winter Games

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Chad and Shawnie need to screw each other. There's obviously some latent sexual tension there.

Show of hands - who else watched that press conference and was expecting one of them to jump up and shout "Bitch, you did *not* just say that"?

[Not Afraid]

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Yeah, at first I was admiring her guts and tenacity, then the more I thought about it, I just kept landing on stupid. But, hey, she got a bronze.

Oh, that one. She was only 4 months out of surgery (don't recall her nationality). The Aussie that was 7 months out of surgery actually did blow her knee out again in quals. They kept showing it over and over, including the audio of her shrieking in agony.

What bugs me are the announcers that are just completely bashing what a particular athlete is doing.

This is why I'm absolutely loathing Dick Button right now. I don't know if NBC decided that to compete with American Idol they had to have one person be the Simonesque asshole, but it's really getting old.

It was bad enough when Dick was criticizing the hell out of the lower-rung competitors, while being a total appologist for the top 5 contenders (suddenly his comments would go from, "That was just a terrible example of that move" to, "A small bobble, but it can be overlooked" for the more well known skaters). But he crossed the line for me the other night when he said of one skater, "She needs to not just go to the gym to work out, but she need to think when she's there." Scott Hamilton must have shot him a look or something becuase he pathetically followed it with, "I hope that's not being unkind."

[Stan4dSteph]

Yeah, those aerials athletes are nuts. However, since they keep opting for the allograft there's no shortage of ligaments to worry about, as long as people keep dying.

[Not Afraid]

Dick Button picks a body part and/or move to concentrate on every year.

This is the Year of the Ass (especially involving a sit spin and a death spiral).

[Ghoulish Delight]

I may have to change my opinion of Ice Dancing...

[Gemini Cricket]

Women's ice skating commentators:

Male Announcer: "Well, she hasn't started skating yet but, boy, does she stink."
Female Announcer: "Yes, you're right. I can smell her stinkiness from here."
Male Announcer: "Her short program sucked, too. We can't expect much from her tonight, I'm afraid."
Female Announcer: "Nope."
Male Announcer: "She's starting off her routine strong, but she's just not into it."
Female Announcer: "Boy, her routine is so bad it's giving me hives."
Male Announcer: "No passion, no drive. Gee, I think she should go out into the parking lot and shoot herself in the face."
Female Announcer: "That's what I'd do if I were her."
Male Announcer: "My biggest complaint is about her shoelaces. They're sticking out, she should tuck them in. That's really ruining it for me."
Female Announcer: "I stopped paying attention, she's horrid. I wish the ice were too thin to skate on."
Male Announcer: "What a disappointment."
Female Announcer: "Completely."
Male Announcer: "I hate to be so negative, but she deserves it."
Female Announcer: "If I see her off the ice later, I'm going to tell her off."
Male Announcer: "Well, her routine finally ended and not a moment too soon."
Female Announcer: "Her score puts her in first place."
Male Announcer: "And I, for one, think that's wonderful."






These judges are brutal!

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Male Announcer: "My biggest complaint is about her shoelaces. They're sticking out, she should tuck them in. That's really ruining it for me."

OMG I tnougnt you were joking!

[mousepod]

Is it me... or is the music they keep playing to go to commercial the theme from "Brisco County Jr."?

[wendybeth]

I defy anyone to grow up with the unfortunate moniker of 'Dick Button' and not be a bit of a bastard.

I confess I have had zero interest in these Olympics, excepting the psycho-Austrian drama, of course.