2010 Winter Olympics thread...

[katladyd]

I had no idea that Shaun White was a blue baby.
He was born with Tetralogy of Fallot.

And look at him now - repeat Gold Medal winner in the halfpipe!

He's a local boy. When he trains in Southern California, he is right near my sister and brother's homes. The guy is just unbelievable!

[Grace]

Oh Canada - it's not going to be given to you on a silver(gold) platter. You're going to have to work for it.

[RICHARD]

What was with the outfits the sno-borers were wearing? And I laughed MAO with the crown of roses at the skating arena.

I was watching a talk show where they commented on the 'gear' on the half pipe.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/ga...ontext=teamusa

IT was fabric that looked like filthy jeans and the jackets were Homeless Couture. I swear it's way too funny, they looked like the people that go thru my trashcans on trash day!

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-feat...nhomepage&cid=

What ever happened to a the classic pants, jacket and short little dress that showed a little arse cheek?

Thanks to the bad reporting and ramming the American athletes down our throats?

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I had to laugh at the commercials too.

Vicks was running a commercial with Jacobellis, the woman who lost the gold medal in Torino. As soon as she tanked again the commercial when downhill faster that the woman that won the whole event.

[cassiesmom]

I don't get this look ...
http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/ga...on+call+police

Nice pants, Czech team!
http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/ga...on+call+police

[RICHARD]

I don't get this look ...
http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/ga...on+call+police

Nice pants, Czech team!
http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/ga...on+call+police

I get the colors and the patterns, but the 'distressed' look on the 'denim pants' just made them look dirty, unkempt and like a bunch of slobs.

[RICHARD]

I am stariting to unsderstand curling.

What a game.

[RICHARD]

http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2010/02...gone-from-gam/

Scary, considering all the 'action' sports that get in.

I saw a clip of the medal ceremony with that hack Shaun Whiite doing a "guitar solo" during the National Anthem, Nice!

Rock on dude!

[caseysmom]

I get the colors and the patterns, but the 'distressed' look on the 'denim pants' just made them look dirty, unkempt and like a bunch of slobs.

My daughter just recently got into snowboarding, she said they definetely have their own lingo and way of dressing. The outfits don't look comfortable at all to me but I guess its for the cold and falling but the skiier's have those pretty tight outfits that are much more attractive...am I showing my age?

[RICHARD]

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CM,

You are a traditionalist, that's all.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35487968...ics/?GT1=43001

NICE!

[Grace]

What was with the outfits the sno-borers were wearing? And I laughed MAO with the crown of roses at the skating arena.

I was watching a talk show where they commented on the 'gear' on the half pipe.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/ga...ontext=teamusa

IT was fabric that looked like filthy jeans and the jackets were Homeless Couture. I swear it's way too funny, they looked like the people that go thru my trashcans on trash day!

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-feat...nhomepage&cid=

What ever happened to a the classic pants, jacket and short little dress that showed a little arse cheek?

From the NY Times, an article about fashion at the Games

[RICHARD]

From the NY Times, an article about fashion at the Games

The days of a female ice skater dressing like a prostitute preparing to make her First Communion may be behind us. Why bother with that look anymore, when Lady Gaga has it nailed?

LOL,

So, no mention of Johnny Weir dressed up like a Dr Franken Furter at the annual West Hollywood Halloween Parade? I heard about the corset and pink little "things" as adornment. JW wants to push our heads into his 'sense of style' and any other body part he can get us close enough to.

If he was a good enough skater to conquer the sport, then he'd have every right to do so, but he's just a very bad caricature of a man and a real distraction to the rest of the competitors.....

I expect to see a sports "What Ever Happened To" story about him in a few years - it will be a piece about how he lives with his costumes in a one bedroom house. Him on the couch and the bedroom filled with cedar and dead animal skins.

The guy is entertaining, not for his skating or his desire or to be a Russia Princess. It's the story of what happens to annoying people who have talent, but toss it away, acting like idiots. He has nothing to fear from PETA or animal activists.

He'll get beat up by woman he makes fun of by saying something like, "You look like a man in that outfit!"

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Sorry,

Snow boarders look like they generally smell and dress like tramps.

I really can't say anything about their talent. I have a hard time standing up and urinating most days. But, I think I do have a little bit of a say as to how I would like to see the U.S. athletes look when they represent.

Hannah Teter finally decides to brush her hair...Hmmm, I wonder if brushing armpit and leg hair are part of the program too. Deodorant and soap? Could shampoo fit into their training regime?

I am a freak about seeing people with dirty, unkempt hair.

Perhaps they should give medal to all the parasites living on the kids too?

[Grace]

And then there is Petra Majdic, a cross country skier from Slovenia.

She won the Bronze Medal in the Individual Classical Sprint with 4 broken ribs and a Pneumothorax!!

Story is here.

[RICHARD]

OMG!!!!

One of the Army Knives just scored a incredible goal - stunning!