Ready For The Big Game?

Early morning rush for bar seats as Canada seeks hockey gold

You can watch it online, here or here. (Probably lots of other places, too, but these at the places I've been going for the last several days.)

ROTFLMAO!!!!

UPDATE:  Thank God!!

Olympics

UPDATE: Oh, those Norwegans! You gotta admit, he was very creative.
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I confess I am watching a bit of it online. Highlight so far is the Norweigan men's curling team. They are wearing colourful jammies with flowers on them. So masculine.

Love It!

Canuck wins cheese chasing competition

"The Kitchener, Ont., man and the Australian native were crowned Grand Champions at the fifth annual Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival in Whistler, B.C., Saturday after tearing after cheese wheels bombing down Blackcomb Mountain."

It seems to me this should become an Olympic sport. After all, if jumping up and down on a trampoline makes the grade, why not have a cheese chasing race?

Olympics and Other Stuff

I haven't been fixated on the games, but I have read a few interesting things - on blogs, of course. For example:

Italians hold moment of silence for Israeli athletes murdered in Munich

Good for the Italians. I've been hoping Canadian Olympians would do something along those lines, but nothing yet - unless, of course, the media hasn't reported it.

Yesterday, on the radio station that I listen to all day long they had an interesting discussion about whether or not Olympic swimmers pee in the pool, but that's about it. (This discussion on the radio reminded me of an old friend from years ago who used to use the phrase "silent, like the "P" in swimming." One of the participants in this discussion on the radio said something similar - they (the swimmers) are swimming in the 'ool. There's no "P" in it. Har. Har.)

Love It!

Gotta Love...

...those Olympics:

This woman makes a crude joke and is expelled from her team, but do you think we can have a moment of silence for murdered Israeli olympians. Oh no. Can't do that.

I wonder what other hi-jinks we'll see before the games are over?

One Week Away...

...from the 20th Olympiad, and the politics has already begun. Some are calling for a moment of silence in memory of the 11 Israeli athletes who were murdered in the 1972 Olympics, by, of course, Palestinian terrorists. But, so far, it looks like it will be business as usual. Of course, this won't stop athletes from individual countries from making a statement of one kind or another. I hope Canada's team will be sporting Israeli insignia, flags, etc. as well as Canadian ones while they are there.

And remember the good old days, when the Soviet Union used to send male athletes to compete in female events, you know those husky women with the five o'clock shadow of their faces and rather unusual body shapes for women. Well, it looks like perhaps the Saudis are going to have to do the same thing.

"Saudi Arabia’s pledge to send women to the London 2012 Olympics might fail because the country has little prospects of finding athletes who meet international standards.

According to a Saudi newspaper, what slim prospects the nation had of qualifying women are gone and Saudi Arabia will only send men.

“We are still trying to find women to qualify,” an embassy official told the BBC today. “The problem is finding women to meet the minimum criteria. This matter is being negotiated now between the (International Olympic Committee) and the Saudi Olympic committee.”"

Betcha there will be lots of female athletes among the Israeli Apartheid (cough, hack, hack) Team (/sarc) though.

In the meantime, look for the Olympic Committee to lower its standards so the Sauds can participate.