Lucky Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I can't remember which event it was for Ali, but her mom was caught on camera during an error Ali made saying F%$*! clear as day. I loved that very real moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 HORSE DANCING FOR AN OLYMPIC SPORT?! The whole thing looks irritating to me. Plus I hate horses... cows are tastier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Don't let me get anywhere near your thoroughbred warmblood whatev - I WILL BYTE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 If I were that guy I wouldn't give a monkey's bottom if it were the Queen herself jumping up and down in front of me. I paid a ticket and have a right to watch the event, besides it's gymnastics, not Mardi Gras... show some class. Let me see if I get this straight; jumping and down and being pants-on-head excited that your daughter just nailed a difficult pass in an event she eventually won the gold medal in isn't "classy"? Also, if you think anything that was exhibited by Ms. Raisman's father is anything akin to what you'd see at Mardi Gras, you've clearly never been to Mardi Gras, unless her mother was also flashing her breasts for beads, while balancing a beer in her hand. It's sports. People are going to get excited, scream, cheer, jump and down, the whole gamillah. That's what you do. You don't sit on your hands and stare intently at what's in front of you like you're at the opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Especially in sports which aren't that mainstream, the athletes often more or less busted their behinds for four years(!) just for this event. I'll say they're (and their family, friends, coaches and fans) are allowed to be a bit happy if they're doing well, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Absolutely Farin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm thinking it's more like busting their butts their entire lives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) I had no idea other countries participated. I thought it was just a great big competition involving about 150,000 Americans trying to out-do each other. For the benefit of these two jesters, and anybody else who might be interested; if the Medals Table were reorganised on a per capita basis (ie. medals won per head of population) Team GB wins the contest hands down. So how do you feel now,suckers? Better still; my own county of Yorkshire, if it had competed the Games in its own right, finished 12th in the Medal Table, above the likes of Netherlands, South Africa, Czech Republic, Spain, Ukraine, Cuba, Jamaica, etc., thanks to incredible performances by thefantastic Jessica Ennis (Women's Heptathlon) , the Brownlee brothers (Gold & bronze in the Triathlon, from Leeds), Nicola Adams (the women's Boxing gold medallist, from Leeds), Ed Clancy, (cyclist), Lizzie Armitstead (road racer), et al. So put that in your pipe and smoke it! Edited August 13, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm calling for a blood test for the athletes from Yorkshire to see if they happened to have any pudding in their systems. That may account for some of their great success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Was is just me, or did it look like the bronze medal winners were a lot more psyched than the silvers? That closing ceremony was a brilliant mess. Jessie J./Brian May didn't have quite the impact of Leona Lewis/Jimmy Page, but we got to see the Kaiser Chiefs do The Who, Annie Lennox lead a pirate ship, and George Michael do a delightful "Freedom '90." The Spice Girls were comic relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Was is just me, or did it look like the bronze medal winners were a lot more psyched than the silvers? It's always like this... because of the perspective: the bronze medal winner always thinks "oh wow! just 1 second slower and I wouldn't have won anything... awesome " while the silver medalist thinks "aw man... just 1 second faster and I could've had gold " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Was is just me, or did it look like the bronze medal winners were a lot more psyched than the silvers? Bronze medalists are just happy to medal. Silver medalists are sad they didn't win the gold. Like Farin said, in some of these sports, a 1 second difference can separate the color medal you get from not medalling at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 For the benefit of these two jesters, and anybody else who might be interested; if the Medals Table were reorganised on a per capita basis (ie. medals won per head of population) Team GB wins the contest hands down. So how do you feel now,suckers? GB would have sunk to the bottom of the list if the Medals Table were reorganized by medals won per head of sheep population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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