Olympics

[chuck]

Originally Posted by cured

I gathered that. But...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani

Oh yeah - I get the bit about Eric - I think I linked to it earlier in the thread - but with some random other commentary.

I hadn't realised there were actually 2 other swimmers who were disqualified - and they were wearing skin-suits - which take ages to get into! What a mare.

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Originally Posted by Sean

I had a feeling that would get some kind of comment.

yeah; somebody had to do it, nontheless!

Yep. Two on two beach volleyball (I know...."two on two"....ha ha ha). It's been popular here in the States for years, and has been growing in popularity recently:

http://web.avp.com/index.jsp

It's a very exciting sport. And it's called "beach" volleyball because it's basically designed to be played in the sand. I don't think two person teams could be anywhere near as effective if they were playing on a solid floor since a huge percentage of plays involve diving headlong to the ground. The injuries would be out of control.

...yeah; i knew about beach volleyball; i just didn't realise that men played too

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Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

Do you think Laura kicked his ass when they got back to the hotel?

no; but putin invaded georgia

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

[QUOTE=cured;100422]http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bei...?urn=oly,99745

Sunday, Aug 10, 2008 9:29 pm EDT
Some Opening Ceremony fireworks were faked

it's not necessarily as bad as you think.


When it comes to fireworks, I agree.

Now, our current news media outlets doing the same kind of stunt is a whole, new(?) matter.

[BrotherLovesDub]

and they faked the singing little girl too! china rocks.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

...yeah; i knew about beach volleyball; i just didn't realise that men played too

Really? It's actually one of the toughest sports I've ever played....assuming you play it by the rules, and actually try to use proper technique. A couple buddies of mine and I took lessons for a couple years with Jen Meredith, an AVP Tour player for about 10 years, and man, you wouldn't believe what it takes to really play top-notch beach volleyball. Or maybe you would, but what I'm trying to say is that it's a challenging, addictive sport.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

and they faked the singing little girl too! china rocks.

Sure, but only because the girl who actually sang was too ugly, so it's okay....

[Troy McClure]

This story about the Opening Ceremonies made me laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh:

'Blue Screen of Death' Appears at Bird's Nest During Ceremony


http://gizmodo.com/5035456/blue-scre...torch-lighting






Enjoy...Jason

--ps--If I remember correctly, NBC mentioned that the feet fireworks flyover video was simulated, but they didn't really explain why.

[gambit]

Well, apart from the Opening Ceremonies stuff, anyone paying attention to Michael Phelps? 5 gold medals, all world records.

Wow.

[gambit]

Originally Posted by Troy McClure

--ps--If I remember correctly, NBC mentioned that the feet fireworks flyover video was simulated, but they didn't really explain why.

I remember watching that and thinking that looks incredibly fake. The rest at the end looked real to me.