Sochi Olympics 2014-02-10, 12:06:05 Anybody watching? I know that String is because he's posted on the viral dual toilets.I watched a few events yesterday and was interested by the show of nationalistic flag waving among spectators. Since what I watched came from a US TV network, nothing that was of remote interest to Americans was overlooked. A US woman came in fifth in speed skating...we got a clip of that non-medal accomplishment. I'm anxiously awaiting the women's ice-wrestling/shooting event. Go ladies!
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #2 – 2014-02-10, 13:07:26 If there were and Team USA were in sniffing distance of a medal, it would be covered. Of course it is the same phenomena everywhere, the trick is to get an athlete from a major sponsoring country to get a medal. Cross-country skiing is currently dominated by the Norwegians, and speed skating by the Dutch, which is a kiss of death for these exciting and intensely dramatic sports.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #3 – 2014-02-10, 13:59:07 Quote from: Jimbro3738 on 2014-02-10, 12:06:05Anybody watching? I know that String is because he's posted on the viral dual toilets.Yes I'm watching a little - heard a funny remark yesterday about those toilets, calling them a "Twobog'n".
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #4 – 2014-02-10, 14:56:49 Quote from: string on 2014-02-10, 13:59:07Yes I'm watching a little - heard a funny remark yesterday about those toilets, calling them a "Twobog'n".Oh, I do love that one. The toilets are the best event so far.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #5 – 2014-02-11, 02:08:46 Since toilets seem to be so fascinating for some, a TV show about toilets would bridge a gap in the market.Russian toilets, Chinese toilets, Iranian toilets, North Korean toilets, Afghani toilets...To make things more fascinating, toilets could be equipped with microphones and/or cameras so we could watch the events live.There could be organized some contests as well which could become more popular than the Olympic Games The loudest fart, the longest fart or the fart torch could be three of several disciplines for men and women.Sponsoring shouldn't be a problem neither How about: This farting contest was brought to you live and sponsored by Coca-Cola and McDonalds.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #6 – 2014-02-11, 05:41:03 I'm not sure about contests in this area, but excreting is not an unimportant matter, and culture in this area differs as widely and wildly as in the area of eating. There are eating contests, but I would never participate. For some people, dogs and rats are normal meals, but I would decline even in the pain of being considered rude. The same way, Russian (and Asian) culture of public collective group excretion are a topic, where a differing opinion has its legitimate place even when Russians may complain. No, I am not fully rejecting those toilets. I have used huge public sh*thalls where you could well conduct your contests, Krake, and I survived. But it's really just a survival issue for me, or at best an adventurous amusing little incident. I won't do it for a living or to win, not even to prove a point. It is what it is.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #7 – 2014-02-11, 07:42:54 Quote from: krake on 2014-02-11, 02:08:46Sponsoring shouldn't be a problem neither Double negative?
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #8 – 2014-02-11, 08:00:10 Quote from: Josh on 2014-02-11, 07:42:54Double negative?No.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #9 – 2014-02-11, 09:37:45 Quote from: Josh on 2014-02-11, 07:42:54Double negative?No no. We patented it.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #10 – 2014-02-11, 10:03:02 Only in Brazil, the South American counterpart of Scotland.Are you RjBarulheira?
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #11 – 2014-02-11, 10:48:41 There's no counterpart of Scotland across the pond.(Oops...)
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #12 – 2014-02-11, 11:22:37 Quote from: Barulheira on 2014-02-11, 10:48:41There's no counterpart of Scotland across the pond.You even talk like you-know-who.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #13 – 2014-02-11, 11:49:48 An Olympic event that nobody but a participant could love? Curling. The little teakettle thingees are called rocks. These folks are Rooskies.http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/olympic-crush-the-russian-women-s-curling-team-1392098637-slideshow/
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #15 – 2014-02-11, 13:59:06 Kettling is a police tactic for controlling large crowds during demonstrations or protests. It involves the formation of large cordons of police officers who then move to contain a crowd within a limited area.Quote from: Josh on 2014-02-11, 12:10:20Kettling.Only among Russian thugs.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #16 – 2014-02-11, 18:08:33 Quote from: Jimbro3738 on 2014-02-11, 11:22:37An Olympic event that nobody but a participant could love? Curling. The little teakettle thingees are called rocks. These folks are Rooskies.http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/olympic-crush-the-russian-women-s-curling-team-1392098637-slideshow/Hei Jim, what on earth is eating you? The above one is the wrong picture
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #17 – 2014-02-11, 18:32:49 Your teakettle booster engine is better than mine.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #18 – 2014-02-11, 21:02:27 English Professor "A double negative makes a positive, but a double positive never makes a negative."Bored voice from the back of the class "Yeah, right."
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #19 – 2014-02-11, 22:06:20 Quote from: tt92 on 2014-02-11, 21:02:27 English Professor"Double negative", they say.Someday, the world will assist to Anglo-Saxons claiming to have invented logics...Quote from: Jimbro3738 on 2014-02-10, 12:06:05Anybody watching?Nope, our winter sports are equal to our summer sports. Both boring, by the way.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #20 – 2014-02-12, 07:46:42 Language doesn't pretend to use logic in its formal structures - as it is a product of human psyche, not reasoning.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #21 – 2014-02-12, 08:38:28 Quote from: Jimbro3738 on 2014-02-11, 11:49:48An Olympic event that nobody but a participant could love? Curling. The little teakettle thingees are called rocks. These folks are Rooskies.The men are the ones to watch, so far it is Norwegians–Russians 9:8.Sochi Olympics: Norway vs. Russia In Battle Of The Curling Pants
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #22 – 2014-02-12, 09:39:13 Quote from: tt92 on 2014-02-11, 21:02:27 English Professor "A double negative makes a positive, but a double positive never makes a negative."Bored voice from the back of the class "Yeah, right."I can't never believe that.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #23 – 2014-02-12, 09:53:22 Quote from: jax on 2014-02-12, 08:38:28The men are the ones to watch, so far it is Norwegians–Russians 9:8.Sochi Olympics: Norway vs. Russia In Battle Of The Curling PantsIt happens in golf, too...at least with John Daly.
Re: Sochi Olympics Reply #24 – 2014-02-13, 07:23:54 Do you like satire? So do I, so try this on for size.Snippet. QuoteSOCHI (The Borowitz Report)—Construction in Sochi is “very much on track” to be finished in time for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Russia’s head of Olympic planning said today.http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/02/sochi-expected-to-ready-by-2018-olympics.html
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