Watching the Olympics

[Yaworski]

I used to look forward to the Olympics. About the only sporting event that I made an effort to watch. I don't anymore. Watch or care.

NBC ruined it with all of their special pay channels to watch the games.

 

[s4s4u]

Yea it's a PITA to try and watch live, but I just DVR everything and sort it out later. The DVR finds the right channel(s) and then I just sort through for the events that I enjoy. Advantage is the ability to FF through all the ads.

 

[Mobuck]

NOPE, not worth my time.

 

[txramfan]

Nope, pros masquerading as nationalists to further personal vanity or finances doesn't interest me.

 

[Yaworski]

Nope, pros masquerading as nationalists to further personal vanity or finances doesn't interest me.

I do think that the olympics lost much when they accepted pros. I also think that the olympics have lost significance. In olden days, an athlete from America didn't get many opportunities to compete against someone from Australia. Travel took too long.

Now athletes fly all over the world and the olympics have become just one more stop on the "tour."

 

[375hh1973]

I will watch the hockey.

Thats about it

 

[s4s4u]

The Women's Snowboard Big Air Final was a nice watch.

The guys spin faster, but the girls gots way more style.

 

[Sagebrush Burns]

So far, their coverage of alpine skiing (downhill, etc) has been exceptional.

 

[john guedry]

Not a fan of the "curling"? I know some folks sit spellbound on the edge of their seats. But meh.

 

[xTopGun]

dance figure skating last night was awesome, but the judges scoring seemed skewed....

 

[badguybuster]

Nope, I would rather watch grass grow

 

[vito]

I'm stuck at home for awhile due to serious knee surgery less than a week ago. I flipped on the TV and it happened to be men's figure skating. Could there possibly be a sport that is more gay? Ten seconds and the channel was changed.

 

[rcs9250]

I watched some YouTube videos of that real fast downhill skiing, whatever it’s called. For me it’s like NASCAR fans, there are two types, the ones that watch it for the crashes and those that lie about it.
America hating Lindsey Vonn’s crash was karma at work.

 

[bobski]

i will watch luge and skeleton.

skeleton is 'head first straight down skydiving' on your stomach!

 

[protoolman]

Yeah, I remember cancelling the Dixie chicks for saying something bad about our president in a foreign country. Any Olympian badmouthing his country should be sent home with no medals regardless of where he's from.

 

[gnappi]

I gave up on them years ago.

 

[Yaworski]

Not a fan of the "curling"?

I like the women of curling.

 

[Yaworski]

Could there possibly be a sport that is more gay?

Soccer. Hockey. Golf.

 

[rcs9250]

I flipped on the TV and it happened to be men's figure skating. Could there possibly be a sport that is more gay? Ten seconds and the channel was changed.

My wife came into the room where I was watching TV and said she was watching figure skating and mentioned one of the male skaters. I said “He’s gay”. She said “No he’s married to the female he’s skating with”. I said “Oh, OK, he’s bisexual”.
Nuff said.

 

[Johnny-Baseball]

My wife came into the room where I was watching TV and said she was watching figure skating and mentioned one of the male skaters. I said “He’s gay”. She said “No he’s married to the female he’s skating with”. I said “Oh, OK, he’s bisexual”.
Nuff said.

Well, they each might be Trans. "Ya jest never no.'

 

[Terry Morgan]

Not a fan of the "curling"? I know some folks sit spellbound on the edge of their seats. But meh.

I grew up in the 50s around Utica, NY. Sunday afternoon WKTV had mostly live curling from the local site. Gripping....

 

[xTopGun]

My wife came into the room where I was watching TV and said she was watching figure skating and mentioned one of the male skaters. I said “He’s gay”. She said “No he’s married to the female he’s skating with”. I said “Oh, OK, he’s bisexual”.
Nuff said.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates are married, and not "bi".

Now, Johnny Weir is a whole other, something...

 

[Yaworski]

I remember reading an article years ago about a male skate who was straight. The article focused on how hard it was for a straight guy to be a figure skater.

 

[vito]

I'm not an athlete, but I can well imagine a boy growing up in a cold climate to find that he enjoyed ice skating and wanted to be involved in speed skating or hockey. But if he said he wanted to be a figute skater, that would be telling me that he would be joing the alphabet community before long. Unfair generalization? Maybe, or maybe not.

 

[rcs9250]

I'm not an athlete, but I can well imagine a boy growing up in a cold climate to find that he enjoyed ice skating and wanted to be involved in speed skating or hockey. But if he said he wanted to be a figute skater, that would be telling me that he would be joing the alphabet community before long. Unfair generalization? Maybe, or maybe not.

Confidence is high that he would be “batting for the other team”.

 

[Yaworski]

I had a friend in college who was an ice dancer. As far as I know, he was straight. He was married to a girl.

 

[eveled]

If you’ve never seen it the movie THE CUTTING EDGE was fantastic. He didn’t seem gay to me.

 

[s4s4u]

Or, Blades of Glory