Offtopic: Olympics

[Melissa \'01]

thank god....for awhile there i was ready to get in my car, drive to salt lake and shake some sense into my flailing fellow canadians

[Melissa \'01]

awwww god. maybe i spoke too damn soon. jeez.

[judy]

don't drive. hop southwest. it's faster.

[ugarte]

Relax. You made it out alive.

[melissa]

don't know if cdn game is on eveyrwhere right now so i won't spoil anything but the second period has the weirdest goal i've ever seen

[melissa]

Nieuwy just tied it up for CANADA. HUGE goal!!!!

[Joran Siu 04]

BWHAHAHA  

It's about time we played a real game of hockey.

GO CANADA GO!

[judy]

it's paining me to watch germany play this game.

[Jim Hyla]

As it should.

[jtwcornell91]

BTW, has anybody else been enjoying the curling that they've shown after the hockey games?  My Canadian colleague has been amused at the announcers having to explain so much of the sport, but in my first real exposure I'm finding it almost as fascinating as snooker.  And it doesn't hurt that the US women are playing well, headed for the medal round.  D'you suppose NBC will alter their original plan to show the men's curling semi-final (tape-delayed) in between the Canada and US men's ice hockey semifinals and instead show the women's curling semi involving the US?  It would seem to be a no-brainer from a ratings point of view, but TV executives can often be brainless.

[Graham \'02]

My housemates and I have discovered the joys of curling over the past week.  It's really a great game which is surprisingly exciting to watch.  It has had us jumping off the couch and screaming on a couple of occasions :-))

[Greg Berge]

Nieuwy got great facetime in front of the cameras after his huge game-tying goal.  Great to see him one-time and bury it, just like the old days.

[CUlater \'89]

I too have discovered the joys of curling, including the crusty US skip (don't you think he'd be a sea captain in days of yore?).

I really enjoyed the legendary announcing team and learning from "eavesdropping" on them (like listening to two Italian guys talking bocce strategy in the park) but it was even more interesting when Bob Papa had to fill in for the play-by-play announcer (who was ill) and basically became the voice of most of the US, asking questions like the novice he is and then tentatively making statements about the action/strategy, follwed by "right, Don?" to his color man.

[jy3]

yeah i have gotten into curling as well. some of my classmates dont agree, but they will see the light! curling rocks

[Josh '99]

CUlater '89 wrote:

I too have discovered the joys of curling, including the crusty US skip (don't you think he'd be a sea captain in days of yore?).

::laugh::

Just imagine:

"Yarr, 'tis a forty-two pound stone, and the ice be o'er fifteen fathoms long."