XX Olympic Winter Games

[MickeyLumbo]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

If I wasn't married I might be stalking one particular women on the US curling team. That fair skinned red head with the smile.

you go, boy!

er, um, you don't go boy.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

If I wasn't married I might be stalking one particular women on the US curling team. That fair skinned red head with the smile.

She is cute. Hell, they're all cute.

[€uroMeinke]

Maybe there will be a curling team calendar

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Maybe there will be a curling team calendar

NBC could up their ratings - change the Olympic rules to require all women's sports be done in bikinis. Curling in bikinis, downhill in bikinis, moguls in bikinis....

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

NBC could up their ratings - change the Olympic rules to require all women's sports be done in bikinis. Curling in bikinis, downhill in bikinis, moguls in bikinis....

and the guys in speedos (some of the guys, NOT Dick Button, thank you very much, nor Bob Costas, Jim Lamply, etc.)

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

She is cute. Hell, they're all cute.

I've always been one more attacted to the "girl next door" type rather than the "super model" type.

[Not Afraid]

Snowboardcross - or whatever it is called - it sort of like watching Roller Derby with men.

The highlights of last night were Evan L doing so well in the long and a Swiss skater winning silver. I can name only one other recent Swiss skater - Denise Bielman. His tears were touching.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Okay, but what does that have to do with ratings? Such things can't be known until people are watching and they happen. They really have no affect on the rating.

Sorry to get back to this so late, but this thread has grown a bit over night.

I just must point out that these things became known as the Olympics proceeded, and ratings skyrocketed as the dramas moved along. The Tonya/Nancy thing was news from the beginning. And the gymnastics competition heated up and then got huge ratings for the final showdown where the injured girl's performance would likely (and did) decide the difference between winning and losing. That the final performances turned out to be uber-dramatic does not mean that the drama was not anticipated, and tuned into, aforehand. It was in both cases.

It was the Drama Gods who saw to it that drama was fulfilled for all we mortals who tuned in for the drama we sought.

[innerSpaceman]

As for the prevailing topic of cuteness and skin ... well, we have the summer Olympics for near-naked cuties.

I find the winter Olympians, ironically, to be much hotter.

[Ghoulish Delight]

So I'm not saying Plashenko didn't deserve the gold, but 82 on the Program Component (nee artistic impression)? Hardly.

Bummer that Lyscek was just barely judged out of the bronze. What a superb performance he had in the free skate (it doesn't even need the "especially after the disasterous short progrm" qualifier. It was just awesome).