Olympics 2008 - Page 25

Alex · 08-11-2008, 08:21 PM

Lani and I have agreed that Phelps is fine from the shoulders down (thought so out of physical proportion on the lengths it is kind of weird) but he's kind of hard to look at from the neck up.

Not Afraid · 08-11-2008, 08:21 PM

First of all, men's synchronized diving is on. Great bodies, tiny swim suits.

Secondly, commentary that goes like this:

Question from our viewers; why do the men go to the showers immediately after their dive?

Female sportscster: The water is cold so they go there to warm up, stay loose and have FUN!

LOL!!!

Also, great Honda commercial
Car Salesman: "looking for a car with better gas milage?"
Shot of customer looking at Suburban
Customer: "Ahh, I haven't done as much river fording as I thought."

Kevy Baby · 08-11-2008, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Question from our viewers; why do the men go to the showers immediately after their dive?

FWIW, the women did it too

lashbear · 08-11-2008, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I'm sure there are those who will declare that we are being bamboozled.

I think you're being bamboozled.

..or is it just the Darvon talking?

CoasterMatt · 08-11-2008, 08:27 PM

I root for whoever seems most likely to have a dramatic (possibly tragic) physical/emotional breakdown during competition.

When the 1984 Olympics were in L.A., I got to go to a few events, including Men's Soccer at the Rose Bowl - I rooted for Egypt to beat Italy, but alas, despite a brutal player (who ended up with bandages on his head after some wonderful interactions with opponents), Italy won

Alex · 08-11-2008, 08:56 PM

I knew that sychronized diving is lame, but I'd never had such a strongly negative reaction to it before.

Then after about 10 minutes I realized that the female commentator has a voice that is a dead ringer for Nancy Grace. Apparently that produces a deep visceral and immediate hatred. Once I realized that I kept expecting her to say "and to have a chance at taking silver they need to average 6.5 and why did you kill your wife sir?!"

And speaking of subjective judging, it just strikes me as completely broken when two judges can look at the exact same thing and one gives a 4.5 on execution, as New Zealand on China's last two dives, while the Japan judge gives 9.0 on the same dives.

lashbear · 08-11-2008, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

And speaking of subjective judging, it just strikes me as completely broken when two judges can look at the exact same thing and one gives a 4.5 on execution, as New Zealand on China's last two dives, while the Japan judge gives 9.0 on the same dives.

cos japan's just kiss-assing to become friends with China again?

Alex · 08-11-2008, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lashbear

cos japan's just kiss-assing to become friends with China again?

Well, on a different dive by the Russians the New Zealand and Japan judges were switched and NZ gave 9.0 to the Russians while Japan gave 4.5 to them. Do kiwis love Russia (or maybe hate Georgia)?

swanie · 08-11-2008, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

And speaking of subjective judging, it just strikes me as completely broken when two judges can look at the exact same thing and one gives a 4.5 on execution, as New Zealand on China's last two dives, while the Japan judge gives 9.0 on the same dives.

Are you sure they were grading the same diver? The 1st two scores are for one diver and the 2nd two scores are for the other diver.

It made for a HUGE disparity on a few dives.

scaeagles · 08-11-2008, 09:09 PM

This is why I hate the subjective scoring system. At least when a race is close you don't have one clock saynig Team A won by .07 seconds and team B won by .13 seconds.

08-11-2008, 08:21 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Lani and I have agreed that Phelps is fine from the shoulders down (thought so out of physical proportion on the lengths it is kind of weird) but he's kind of hard to look at from the neck up.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	First of all, men's synchronized diving is on. Great bodies, tiny swim suits. Secondly, commentary that goes like this: Question from our viewers; why do the men go to the showers immediately after their dive? Female sportscster: The water is cold so they go there to warm up, stay loose and have FUN! LOL!!! Also, great Honda commercial Car Salesman: "looking for a car with better gas milage?" Shot of customer looking at Suburban Customer: "Ahh, I haven't done as much river fording as I thought."
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08-11-2008, 08:56 PM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I knew that sychronized diving is lame, but I'd never had such a strongly negative reaction to it before. Then after about 10 minutes I realized that the female commentator has a voice that is a dead ringer for Nancy Grace. Apparently that produces a deep visceral and immediate hatred. Once I realized that I kept expecting her to say "and to have a chance at taking silver they need to average 6.5 and why did you kill your wife sir?!" And speaking of subjective judging, it just strikes me as completely broken when two judges can look at the exact same thing and one gives a 4.5 on execution, as New Zealand on China's last two dives, while the Japan judge gives 9.0 on the same dives.
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08-11-2008, 09:09 PM	#10
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	This is why I hate the subjective scoring system. At least when a race is close you don't have one clock saynig Team A won by .07 seconds and team B won by .13 seconds.
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