There was a Latvian speedskater who was skating both long track and short track, making him the first person to compete in the same Olympics in two different sports. I thought that was pretty cool to demonstrate that kind of range.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Feb 14, 2010 8:38:50 pm PST #8469 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
megan walker - Feb 14, 2010 8:39:09 pm PST #8470 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That's always bugged me too. But I'm not a big fan of most of the sprinting races in summer or winter.
I loved that skier Hannah Kearney said the one thing she really wanted to see was skating because that epitomized the Winter Olympics for her.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 8:46:45 pm PST #8471 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But Eric was 5 for 5 gold.
As Emmett would say: "Beast mode!"
And Heiden won at both sprints and long distances.
He's still a legend in the Netherlands.
(Plus, a doctor! From Stanford! Oooh, Debi Thomas flashback...)
megan walker - Feb 14, 2010 8:48:04 pm PST #8472 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
He was one of the doctors for the American speed skater who had that horrible injury.
Trudy Booth - Feb 14, 2010 8:50:30 pm PST #8473 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I wish they were talking more about the equipment. I love that stuff.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 8:51:53 pm PST #8474 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Surprise, the scoring is controversial again.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 8:52:16 pm PST #8475 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
He was one of the doctors for the American speed skater who had that horrible injury.
Celski. Cut to the bone.
Connie Neil - Feb 14, 2010 8:56:00 pm PST #8476 of 30001
brillig
Surprise, the scoring is controversial again.
At least to the female announcer it is. Whether anyone else agrees with her is a different story. I suspect it's more than a little of "*I* wouldn't have scored it that way."
-t - Feb 14, 2010 9:00:00 pm PST #8477 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Why do some people keep their leg up in the death spiral? Is it easier? Harder? It certainly doesn't look as pretty.
I was just asking the same thing (here in my living room, where I am quite sure nobody knows or (besides me) cares). Do not like.
§ ita § - Feb 14, 2010 9:08:36 pm PST #8478 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is Buzz supposed to compete with Twitter?
Twitter, bits of Facebook, random stuff. It's supposed to give you blips of information of people you don't even know, but are geographically close to you, for instance.