Planet America

[sparks]

And what happens when Mary catches you?

[stanky]

I say " Just rinsing the dishes, dear."

[sparks]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Meadmaker]

I'm an Olympics fan. On the first day of operation the folks at NBC were really hyping the swimming rivalry between the US and Australia.

Is it really a thing, or is it something NBC made up to create interest? (Assuming one or more of you Southern hemisphere folks pays attention to the Olympics. I like them, but plenty of folks consider them completely tedious.)

[stanky]

it's a thing and has been for decades. i remember the rivalry with Australia from high school swim team, almost 60 years ago.

i like the games for a reference point of human achievement...like track....which is overlooked until it's time to find out how high a person can jump; how fast can they run, etc. See if records are broken. Today's jocks have huge advantages over past performers. I wish they had a special Olympics for dopers, so we could have an ongoing experiment on performance enhancing drugs.

I could do without all the pomp and ceremony and politics and celebrities. Highlights is plenty, and i can wait for that.

[grayman]

I'm an Olympics fan. On the first day of operation the folks at NBC were really hyping the swimming rivalry between the US and Australia.

Is it really a thing, or is it something NBC made up to create interest? (Assuming one or more of you Southern hemisphere folks pays attention to the Olympics. I like them, but plenty of folks consider them completely tedious.)

[Meadmaker]

it's a thing and has been for decades. i remember the rivalry with Australia from high school swim team, almost 60 years ago.
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I could do without all the pomp and ceremony and politics and celebrities. Highlights is plenty, and i can wait for that.

Ok. I guess it's a long running story that I just missed


For me, I like the pomp and ceremony. I also like what I might call the "15 minute celebrities"...i.e. folks who get a lot of air time after their victory in the pole vault, especially women's pole vault, and then they fade back into obscurity. I don't give a hoot for LeBron James, or any sport like tennis where this isn't the biggest sporting event of their lives.

I dislike the politics and the obsession with national medal counts.

[grayman]

it's a thing and has been for decades. i remember the rivalry with Australia from high school swim team, almost 60 years ago.
...
I could do without all the pomp and ceremony and politics and celebrities. Highlights is plenty, and i can wait for that.

Ok. I guess it's a long running story that I just missed


For me, I like the pomp and ceremony. I also like what I might call the "15 minute celebrities"...i.e. folks who get a lot of air time after their victory in the pole vault, especially women's pole vault, and then they fade back into obscurity. I don't give a hoot for LeBron James, or any sport like tennis where this isn't the biggest sporting event of their lives.

I dislike the politics and the obsession with national medal counts.

Only sport I have watched this far was women's fencing the other night on my laptop.

Somehow I found a site that was showing four simultaneous matches on a split screen.

No American involved. I watched it purely for the athletic beauty of the sport.

[Admin]

Only sport I have watched this far was women's fencing the other night on my laptop.

I'm gutted that NZ has never won a medal fencing.

If you haven't ever watched half a dozen guys try to create a 50m, 6-wire, 3-strainer fence the fastest, you should check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/NewZealandFencingCompetitions/

[Admin]

... especially women's pole vault...

I support that remark.