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sweetcell
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 25, 2010 at 04:07 PM UTC #
glad i didn't end up betting anything last night (not that i would have, i'm not a big gambler either and wouldn't know where to place a bet if i wanted to).  i would have gotten the over on CAN-RUS, but lost on USA -2.5.

godsshoeshine wrote:
caps fans seem pretty salty over russia's choke job last night. not sure i totally get that

i'd suspect they don't like the fact that their big superstar didn't show up, and are afraid this "slump" will carry over to his return to washington.  if ovie couldn't pull it together at the olympics, which he was on record as being highly motivated for, what will this mean for his regular day job?
godsshoeshine
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 25, 2010 at 04:19 PM UTC #
i'd think he'd come back to dc pissed and take it out on the rest of the league

i mean, malkin didnt play well either and i'm not really giving it much thought
elj
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 25, 2010 at 11:44 PM UTC #
I think 80% of Caps fans were not Caps fans prior to Ovechkin, therefore, on some level, they're truly fans of him, not the Caps.

This also goes for the Penguins/Crosby on some level as well, although not to as great a degree.
Ardamus
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 12:47 AM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
Ardamus wrote:
Its a sport with players dressed like referees,

have you seen the danish men's team?!?



my bad. i should've said dress like referees and shuffleboard players.
i can't lie……you watch it enough you get sucked into watching it.
sweetcell
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 02:39 AM UTC #
Ardamus wrote:
i can't lie……you watch it enough you get sucked into watching it.

i told ya… it's an oddly captivating sport.  after you've watched a little bit and gotten a hang of the game, every single end (curling's equivalent of an inning, for the unaware) becomes an object of intrigue.  nothing is decided until the last stone, so how will he/she get himself/herself out of this jam?
elj
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 02:56 AM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
women['s sports other then figure skating]
No one care.
sweetcell
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 03:26 AM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
women['s sports other then figure skating]
No one care.

i see a very large concert-ticket purchase in your future…
elj
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 03:59 AM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:

i see a very large concert-ticket purchase in your future…
Oh yeah? How do you figure, there, champ?
sweetcell
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 04:19 AM UTC #
just following the precedent of previous incidents where you unintentionally insulted many/all women. 

either that, or apparently i'm no one (but we already knew that…)
vansmack
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 04:49 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
canadian women, to the USA:

SUCK IT, STATES 1 THROUGH 50!!!

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=52231.html


Really?  You're that pathetic now?
ggw
Joined: December 16, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 04:57 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
ggw wrote:
Canadian Women Win Hockey Gold; Celebrate Like Boorish American Snowboarders


"Rebecca Johnston actually tried to drive the ice-resurfacing machine."

Really?  The NYT can write an entire story about a bunch of lesbians partying but can't say Zamboni?



As the Zamboni company is quick to point out, the Vancouver Olympics are utilizing sub-standard Canadian built ice resurfacing machines; not real Zamboni's.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4w.kX3yqtD0
vansmack
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 05:18 PM UTC #
Nice.
godsshoeshine
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 06:32 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
I think 80% of Caps fans were not Caps fans prior to Ovechkin, therefore, on some level, they're truly fans of him, not the Caps.

This also goes for the Penguins/Crosby on some level as well, although not to as great a degree.
i dont dispute either point

i will say that i do find the over the top hate people send sid's way pretty funny. i wouldnt get 87 on a sweater if i still lived in pittsburgh, but i wear crosby stuff like crazy, just because people hate him so much
ggw
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 07:45 PM UTC #
USA - Finland
USA -0.5
Over/Under: 4.5

Canada - Slovakia
Canada -2.0
Over/Under: 6
ggw
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 08:29 PM UTC #
Is there a slaughter rule in Olympic hockey?
vansmack
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Re: The Olympics Thread February 26, 2010 at 08:38 PM UTC #
godsshoeshine wrote:
i wouldnt get 87 on a sweater


Yeah, you'd have to be a really big pussy to have a sweater with Crosby on it.  Especially if it was the light blue one…..
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