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teen witch posted:Also, to continue my theme of Olympic mascot chat, here are some mascots of disasters past Don't forget the half dozen mascots from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. 
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7thBatallion posted:You've got some serious problems, dude. gently caress you the rabbit has got that come hither look
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Speed skating would be cooler if Russia had the ability to put skates on the dogs but no way are they going to take the technological leap from emerging shower curtain to steel.
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Darkman Fanpage posted:gently caress you the rabbit has got that come hither look As Darkman tips his Fedora, he mutters "M'lady" low enough only he can hear. In his mind however a whole lifetime plays out. A lifetime with him and his beloved animatronic rabbit.
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Feb 8, 2014 22:25
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Russia, U.S. have vote-swapping deal to deny Virtue-Moir ice-dance gold, says L’Equipe This is from the organization that outed Lance Armstrong as a fraud. Dr. Witherbone posted:I don't have the skills to, but it was on this page: http://olympics.cbc.ca//videos/live/video/sochi-opening-ceremonies-webcast.html?cid=mrss Dr. Witherbone posted:Well I don't know what to say, CBC used to have a complete archive up of the opening ceremonies, now it's gone. Hearing all the CBC commentators poo poo on the ceremonies, Putin, and the hotels really was something else, but it seems to have been eternally lost down a memory hole and erased.
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you'll have to take my word for it. That sucks, it was pretty funny.
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why do the nbc speed skating commentators talk about 'this ice' like its extra difficult? is it a tarp?
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Grey Fox V2 posted:Russia, U.S. have vote-swapping deal to deny Virtue-Moir ice-dance gold, says L’Equipe sochigate tarpgate dogegate
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you irl posted:why do the nbc speed skating commentators talk about 'this ice' like its extra difficult? is it a tarp? It's made from bleached acidic death water.
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Feb 8, 2014 22:33
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How much dye does Al Michaels have in his hair?
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Feb 8, 2014 22:34
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Can I get a link to the stream, please? Went back and didn't see it.
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actionjackson posted:How much hair does Al Michaels have in his dye?
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NBC now "showing" biathlon, and by that I mean they've edited it to poo poo. It's a sports event, show the whole drat thing.
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Feb 8, 2014 22:39
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zakharov posted:NBC now "showing" biathlon, and by that I mean they've edited it to poo poo. It's a sports event, show the whole drat thing. They've now cut away to an interview with a speed skate announcer wtf
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Feb 8, 2014 22:45
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you irl posted:why do the nbc speed skating commentators talk about 'this ice' like its extra difficult? is it a tarp? Hard ice makes skaters go fast, soft ice makes them slow. I've seen American hockey rinks that are pretty much slush.
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zakharov posted:NBC now "showing" biathlon, and by that I mean they've edited it to poo poo. It's a sports event, show the whole drat thing. The American viewers only care about America, and maybe seeing our closest rivals and medal contenders. Japan/Mexico/Spain/Czech is up? Who cares, let's have another touching story about one of our American Competitors and their sister's dying wish. 
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Galaga Galaxian posted:The American viewers only care about America, and maybe seeing our closest rivals and medal contenders. Japan/Mexico/Spain/Czech is up? Who cares, let's have another touching story about one of our American Competitors and their sister's dying wish. It's bullshit is what it is, I want to see skiing+firearms is that so weird? Cmon nbc
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I'm sure this has been posted (and there's no way I'm reading the 3,000+ posts since I last posted in this thread to search for a Brezhnev joke), but the thread title reminds me of an old classic Russian joke:quote:At the 1980 Olympics, Brezhnev begins his speech. "O!"—applause. "O!"—more applause. "O!"—yet more applause. "O!"—an ovation. "O!!!"—the whole audience stands up and applauds. An aide comes running to the podium and whispers, "Leonid Ilyich, those are the Olympic logo rings, you don't need to read them!"
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bow chicka wow wow posted:Not Virtue-Moir Noooo at least this gives them an excuse for when they lose
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Galaga Galaxian posted:The American viewers only care about America, and maybe seeing our closest rivals and medal contenders. Japan/Mexico/Spain/Czech is up? Who cares, let's have another touching story about one of our American Competitors and their sister's dying wish. I particularly like hearing about their harships leading up to the games. 
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Galaga Galaxian posted:The American viewers only care about America, and maybe seeing our closest rivals and medal contenders. Japan/Mexico/Spain/Czech is up? Who cares, let's have another touching story about one of our American Competitors and their sister's dying wish. *Is NBC* *Airs Premiere League 'footie' match live in US, shows only recorded TEAM USA HOORAH footage for Olympic coverage.*
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What the hell is this event? I just turned it on a few seconds ago. Skiing and shooting things all in one event?
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:What the hell is this event? I just turned it on a few seconds ago. Skiing and shooting things all in one event? Biathlon is the poo poo. Although it's probably ill-advised to make 'openly biathlete' jokes while in Russia.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:What the hell is this event? I just turned it on a few seconds ago. Skiing and shooting things all in one event? Biathlon, you can't get any more blue blood than this sport. Their biathlon rifles look cool as all gently caress, not sure why they look the way they do, but god drat they are cool.
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Feb 8, 2014 22:58
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Agrajag posted:Biathlon, you can't get any more blue blood than this sport. Their biathlon rifles look cool as all gently caress, not sure why they look the way they do, but god drat they are cool. I just hope they all have a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.
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Agrajag posted:Biathlon, you can't get any more blue blood than this sport. Maybe for uncouth barbarous plebs who dont understand the majesty in investing millions of dollars training a horse to dance 
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Russia to Change Name of Biathalon to "Shoot Dog, Win Medal"
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Bro Dad posted:Maybe for uncouth barbarous plebs who dont understand the majesty in investing millions of dollars training a horse to dance Ok, I meant for the Winter Olympics.
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Feb 8, 2014 23:06
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So are these hyper advanced futuristic looking rifles shooting BBs? They sure as hell don't sound like they're firing bullets.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:So are these hyper advanced futuristic looking rifles shooting BBs? They sure as hell don't sound like they're firing bullets. Apparently they are .22 calibre rifles with 5 shot magazines. I don't know what .22 calibre means. I'll just assume they are the same as BB's.
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Wow, those Biathalon rifles are expensive little plinkers. 
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USA dude fails miserably in biathlon, what a shock. You'd think we'd be good at a sport with guns.
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Agrajag posted:Biathlon, you can't get any more blue blood than this sport. Their biathlon rifles look cool as all gently caress, not sure why they look the way they do, but god drat they are cool. They are specially designed .22 straight bolt action with non-optical sights and five round magazines. Up to five additional magazines are stored in the stock, which is specially designed to be lightweight. The rifle weighs under 8 pounds.
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Take into account the added cost of having one of those being custom made for you. I highly doubt any of the pro biathlon dudes get one right off the shelf.
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So we fail to beat the guy who is 40 years old and has all the biathlon medals.
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zakharov posted:USA dude fails miserably in biathlon, what a shock. You'd think we'd be good at a sport with guns. Apparently it's the only olympic sport in which the us has never medaled, ever
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Agrajag posted:Apparently they are .22 calibre rifles with 5 shot magazines. I don't know what .22 calibre means. I'll just assume they are the same as BB's. They're firing .22 Long Rifle cartridges. They're tiny little bullets that are used mostly for target practice, hunting small animals, and failing to assassinate US presidents. 
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you irl posted:Apparently it's the only olympic sport in which the us has never medaled, ever Is that really true? lmbo
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