\'Lympics... 2008.. ..which sport should go?

[Caballo]

The Dutch are not alone...heres our Prince Charles.....

[Na Saighdiuir]

D D Those pics are priceless!! Hilarious!

[Hibernicus]

All the more reason to switch the javelin competition to a pilum competition......


Sean / Hibernicus

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

Wow

Watched the Opening Ceremonies

If only the NBC sport casters would

a) SHUT UP
b) not talk about current world affairs
c) learn how to pronouce the names of countries
d) stop guessing at what some politician/athlete/cute little kid.... must be thinking...

If only the NBC Director would not ZOOM IN on scenes that required the camera angle to be broad... "PULL BACK!!"

If only the NBC broadcast didn't include interruptions for commercials.

If only....

Other than the above as a short list of MY complaints the Ceremony was SPECTACULAR

The friggin jinormous LED screen ; 2008 drummers at the opening; the LED screen...... the popping up and down square towers...

Sean / Hibernicus

add ARD (our main TV station) besides NBC and I fully subscribe to the aforementioned

[Hibernicus]

Best coverage of some events yesterday and today was a Korean language station we get..

So go figure.. we get boxing and basketball and al year long in US sports stations.. so what does NBC spend most of its main channel air time on.. boxing and basketball.... in fact boxing was on 3 of NBC's stations at one time last night.... another had a rerun of a soccer game while live events were being broadcast on Spanish and Korean language channels we happen to get.

dumbdumbdumb

Hib

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[Hibernicus]

Hey All, Y'all

I've been asked by The Moderators to remind us about the Rules for Posting in regards to politics... I think the BEST way to put it is the way they put it: "We moderators agree that your post was most likely not intended to spark political discussions, particularly those that have to do with modern governments and/or government officials. However, there are those who have changed the complexion of the thread to be exactly that."

So no more jibing at specific politicians!

And that why I changed the name of the THREAD...

Sean / Hibernicus

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[M. Demetrius]

Thank you, Hibernicus.

And thank you, too, Henk.

[MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS]

Well i saw a few of the sports events and i must say i like the ancient greek Olympics better...!



M.VIB.M.

[M. Demetrius]

The ancients were probably just athletes trying to do the best for their towns. After the event they went back to whatever they did. I don't know if it's wrong to make a fortune endorsing products, I guess whatever way you can make a living is ok, as long as it's honorable and legal. Nobody can stay at the apex of skill for long, there's always someone coming up behind who is younger, faster, stronger, whatever.

I don't really understand why they let professionals in the competition, though. I suppose basketball is a separate category or something.

[DanM]

Well i saw a few of the sports events and i must say i like the ancient greek Olympics better...!



M.VIB.M.

With some reasearch I made last night, " OLYMPIA 2011" Its funny how the city state would give their winning athletes money, just like the canadians!

[M. Demetrius]

Its funny how the city state would give their winning athletes money, just like the canadians!

The ancients gave money to the Canadians? Wow. I never knew that.

[Jona Lendering]

If only the NBC sport casters would
a) SHUT UP

You're not the only one who's complaining, and Slate is doing something about it.

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