Will you be following the Olympic Games?

[Junker]

I barely can't wait to see the olympic diving people doing their shit (which is awesome).

[paul jones]

They eat dog's brain soup in China!

I saw it in the paper today

[Junker]

^^ That's cool!!! (y)

And also scorpions, buzzers, grasshoppers, roaches.......mmmmmmmm....... I got hungry now.

[AceFace]

nope. and it's killing me. i love watching the olympics. but i just can't get with the china thing.

[BangkokB]

I'm glad that Richard Jewell is finally able to work Security again

[Junker]

C'mon! You're not watching it only because it's in China?

[jabumbo]

yes, i love watching people run very very fast


i probably won't catch the opening ceremonies though, and that was one thing i was interested in catching

[Audio.]

I'm not watching the Olympics in protest nor buying any sponsor products. I sure miss coke cola though :(

Also I was looking forward in watching the gymnastics circuit the footbol/soccer course too. Waited 4 years and got the memo in spring, this sucks.

[AceFace]

C'mon! You're not watching it only because it's in China?

yep. same as a LOT of people i know. i'm like Audio too. not supporting any of the sponsor products either. it's difficult not watching NBC more than anything.

[Junker]

Well, it's a right of yours. I don't care tho, sorry. I'm gonna follow and enjoy it.

[Lyman Zerga]

not interested, doesnt matter where it plays

[Videodrome]

i will watch it as well as support every single sponsor product!

[Kid Presentable]

nope. and it's killing me. i love watching the olympics. but i just can't get with the china thing.

That's kinda noble, but pointless. What difference does it make?

Swimmers are Australia's new rock stars. In the press it's swimmers, swimmers, swimmers. Biggest media reception upon arriving blah blah blah. Fucking swimmers this, swimmers that. I'll watch it if the swimmers all start doing badly. But fuck an Olympics. It's a big waste of time and effort as far as I see.

[AceFace]

^ enh, personal pride i guess. just like being vegetarian. everyone else i know is not.. i get made fun of a lot... but i stand by my convictions when at all possible.

[Kid Presentable]

I'm not going to make fun of you. But it's not like ignoring the olympics and sponsor products is going to make any difference at all, to anybody but you. If you could somehow meld that justification into ignoring them for the plain truth that they suck, then I can dig.

I myself was tempted to ignore them on idealogical grounds, but I mean it's an awful lot to promise. If I announce it and then can't shit out the key, I'm likely to be on the receiving end of a cattle-prod if you get my drift.

Hey, you're talking to me! Kid P > China.

[Junker]

Dudes.... the olympics have olympic diving. It's just great! Fuck China and the sponsors. Go go olympic divers!!!

[HEIRESS]

plus saying that you are going to boycott the chinese olympics on this site is pretty pointless because chinese people probably arent allowed access to this web address anyyyywayssssss :(

Im only following this chick's (http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/article/mtb-world-cup-catherine-pendrel-wins-her-first-cross-country-world-cup-17858) olympic progress because I worked with her a year ago and she still stops in at the lab if she is bicyclin' in the neighborhood. yay!

[Gareth]

fuck yea i love the olympics
i'll watch as much as i can...the timezone works well for me too
cant say i know any olympians personally but one was the year below me at high school and he's a genuine contender for rowing gold

[na§tee]

I'll watch it if the swimmers all start doing badly.
hehehe.

i want to watch matthew mitcham. go go gay divers! (y)

[silence7]

I'm torn at the moment, I want to watch them, but with all the shit that China's pulling I feel as though I shouldn't.....

But even the Dalai Lama is saying that people shouldn't boycott them...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3562971.ece
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, today dismissed calls from many of his own people for a boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing following the worst unrest in his homeland in almost two decades.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/03/10/Dalai_Lama_backs_Olympics_more_freedom/UPI-37891205196964/
"Since such international sporting events, and especially the Olympics, uphold the principles of freedom of speech, freedom of expression, equality and friendship, China should prove herself a good host by providing these freedoms," he said, while reminding the international community it is important to work toward positive changes in China after the competition as well."

But at this point I feel like it's more than just Tibetans being screwed over by China's government, it now seems that it matters not who you are in China, you ARE being oppressed....

What to do......

S7

[Drederick Tatum]

I'm looking forward to the drug scandals.

[Pike Bishop]

hopefully the Chinese will incorporate public executions into the games. Maybe line up thieves in front of the javelin and shot put throwers.

[rirv]

fuck yea i love the olympics
i'll watch as much as i can...the timezone works well for me too
cant say i know any olympians personally but one was the year below me at high school and he's a genuine contender for rowing gold

Which guy would that be?

[AceFace]

plus saying that you are going to boycott the chinese olympics on this site is pretty pointless because chinese people probably arent allowed access to this web address anyyyywayssssss :(


i thought i was just answering the question. not announcing it to the world.

[NoFenders]

BBMB is the world........ except China.


:cool:

[helsja]

I watch because it beats studying for resits..I'm not sure Belgium will even win a medal though...

[a.k.a me]

Yes. mainly because I love gymnastics.(y)

[Whatitis]

I'm staying up waaay too late watching the games. But it's worth it. Boycotting seems pointless to me when you can watch, enjoy and root against China.

[Guy Incognito]

Boycotting seems pointless to me when you can watch, enjoy and root against China.


(y)

Just watching michael phelps is worth it - its awesome what he has done, i dunno if he will do the 8 golds here but to win the most golds ever is brilliant, i dont even like swimmin that much or do i rarely cheer on an american at sport. Quality.

I like the kayaking as well.

Its sport so i will watch it - the only way boycotting would make a difference is if the athletes themselves decided not to go. Sorry if that pisses anyone off.

[AceFace]

it doesn't piss me off. :) we all have our own convictions. this is just one i feel strongly about.

[Drederick Tatum]

it doesn't piss me off. :) we all have our own convictions. this is just one i feel strongly about.

how many things in your home have been made in China?

[Randetica]

(y)

Just watching michael phelps is worth it - its awesome what he has done, i dunno if he will do the 8 golds here but to win the most golds ever is brilliant, i dont even like swimmin that much or do i rarely cheer on an american at sport. Quality.


i bet even his dope got doped

[Junker]

Yesterday (or maybe today..I'm lost with the time zone) that girl Alicia Sacramone of the US Gymnastics Team fucked the entire group with her falls.

In other hand, I wish I could bang a girl with this elasticity. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/428011937_5e61563f91_o.jpg)

[abcdefz]

I've been reading some stories, scanning others.

I get the impression China is really fucking with rules, written and unwritten, to get things done. Like, I think only one of their girls
on the gymnastics team is within spitting distance of being old enough to legally compete.

Lip synching, stuff like that.

I'm pulling for Phelps, even if he is too damned skinny. :D

[rirv]

An athletes boycott is the second worst idea, after not watching it on television. Why do the dirty work for governments too scared/money motivated to do the job?

The only things that will make a difference are governments doing something, and people en masse refusing to buy Chinese goods. Neither of which will happen.

The boycott of the Moscow Olympics didn't bring the Wall down, the boycott of the LA Olympics didn't turn the US into communists. A boycott of the Chinese Olympics would not have turned their "slitty" eyes into round ones and made them more like us.

[Myu-to]

A boycott of the Chinese Olympics would not have turned their "slitty" eyes into round ones and made them more like us.
Not cool.

[kaiser soze]

bush at Olympics > comedy gold

[na§tee]

correct me if i am wrong, but spitz didn't win any more medals that olympics he won seven golds because it was in munich, and he was sent home because he was jewish and believed to be a target, right?

just for that reason i hope phelps doesn't beat it, ha. spitz would be like "yo man.. what a royal bummer. i got terrorists trying to kill my ass and you beat my record". or something similar. i'm sure he says yo man.

i have not seen one second of the olympics thus far.. haven't seen much tv and it's on waaaay too early over here.

[TAL]

You are wrong.

[paul jones]

I bet the gold medals are not real gold

[Junker]

I bet the gold medals are not real gold

I heard they paint'em with golden spray.

[rirv]

Not cool.

What I meant was a lot of anti-Chinese coverage may well have a strong basis in centuries old fear of different people. Hence the inverted commas around the racist terminology.

[na§tee]

You are wrong.
thanks as ever for the massive insight, thomas! :rolleyes:

i know he has beaten spitz with the most-medals-ever front, but not in the most-medals-in-a-single-olympics record. that's the record i am referring to.

[mate_spawn_die]

no

[Myu-to]

What I meant was a lot of anti-Chinese coverage may well have a strong basis in centuries old fear of different people. Hence the inverted commas around the racist terminology.
Maybe I'm too naive, but I think a lot of the boycotts and anti-Chinese coverage has nothing to do with racism, but with the views against the Chinese government.

[AceFace]

how many things in your home have been made in China?
you're totally right. i know what you're getting at. i do try hard to purchase things not made in china, but it's really difficult to find items made somewhere else, most of the time. i'm sure you know what i mean.

i don't understand why i'm getting so much flack for standing up for human rights. i try my best. it's not always going to make a difference. i don't look down on anyone else for watching the olympics. so why keep picking on me?

oh and i am NOT not watching the olympics because of race issues. NEVER. there are great human injustices going on over there mostly having to do with women and baby girls. it breaks my heart to even think about it. me not watching the olympics may not make a difference to the world, but it does in my heart and that's what counts for me. read these articles. throwing away their baby girls... it's just too much for me.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/sep/05091605.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1506469.stm

[Myu-to]

me not watching the olympics may not make a difference to the world, but it does in my heart and that's what counts for me.
That's the only thing that matters.(y)

[mikizee]

The medals are made from gold sourced from BHP Billiton's Chile mine.

That mine has been known for paying miners very very little, and a few years ago all the miners went on strike demanding fair wages. BHP even though they make squillions a year refused and tried to bring in strike busters, but the chileans stuck to their guns, and BHP decided they would pay a little more. But Still fuck all. Many Chilean miners have died there.

Any athlete who wins and kisses their gold medal has blood on their hands.

[roosta]

I barely can't wait to see the olympic diving people doing their shit (which is awesome).

When is this pooping event going to be on? How is it judged? Size of splash or shape of stool?

[na§tee]

oh god i cannot stop chuckling.

[Myu-to]

And a "2" from the Canadian judge!

[TAL]

thanks as ever for the massive insight, thomas! :rolleyes:

i know he has beaten spitz with the most-medals-ever front, but not in the most-medals-in-a-single-olympics record. that's the record i am referring to.

My post was about how you were wrong about how he didn't win more medals becuase he went home. He did go home because he could be a target, but it was after the swimming was over.

[QueenAdrock]

My roommate's sister is swimming tonight! Her name is Annamay Pierse and she's in the finals for 200 M breaststroke, airing on NBC at 10:12 EST tonight. She's worked really hard to get there, not sure if she'll place, but root for her anyways.

(y)

[NoFenders]

Those high divers were pretty cool to watch last night. Every time I see those guys I think of Greg Luganis (sp?) and the news that went crazy after he hit his head. I don't think he did the synchronized dives though. Anyway, pretty cool to see.


:cool:

[Junker]

When is this pooping event going to be on? How is it judged? Size of splash or shape of stool?

Take a look at the schedule here. (http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/DV.shtml)

But I don't have idea how they judge it. I just enjoy. I wish I could do those crazy jumps.

[rirv]

Any athlete who wins and kisses their gold medal has blood on their hands.

This is exactly the attitude that pisses me right off.

The athletes have nothing to do with China. They are there for the Olympics not to endorse China. They have trained their fucking nuts off - many for a decade or more - to be where they are and for people to call for these hard working athletes with a dream to boycott or claim they have blood on their hands is pathetic. As I said before; it's the governments who should be making the difference not athletes. Using sport as a political tool is lazy and selfish - did the Moscow or LA boycotts do anything? What about the ban on sport with South Africa during apartheid? Nope. Countries went right ahead trading with them but happy to ban their athletes from competing.

Out of interest where did the medals for LA '84, Seoul '88, Barcelona '92, Atlanta '96, Sydney 2000 or Athens '04 source their Gold from?

Leave the athletes out of it. Criticise the IOC but not the sportsman with a lifelong dream.

[roosta]

Take a look at the schedule here. (http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/DV.shtml)

But I don't have idea how they judge it. I just enjoy. I wish I could do those crazy jumps.

I cant find it??? :confused:

[Bob]

When is this pooping event going to be on? How is it judged? Size of splash or shape of stool?

lol

[mikizee]

This is exactly the attitude that pisses me right off.

The athletes have nothing to do with China. They are there for the Olympics not to endorse China. They have trained their fucking nuts off - many for a decade or more - to be where they are and for people to call for these hard working athletes with a dream to boycott or claim they have blood on their hands is pathetic. As I said before; it's the governments who should be making the difference not athletes. Using sport as a political tool is lazy and selfish - did the Moscow or LA boycotts do anything? What about the ban on sport with South Africa during apartheid? Nope. Countries went right ahead trading with them but happy to ban their athletes from competing.

Out of interest where did the medals for LA '84, Seoul '88, Barcelona '92, Atlanta '96, Sydney 2000 or Athens '04 source their Gold from?

Leave the athletes out of it. Criticise the IOC but not the sportsman with a lifelong dream.


athletes are selfish pricks

[Kid Presentable]

Michael Zee you just said the other day 'we rule' because of our athletes. Am I missing something?

And yeah, all countries have their olympic paradoxes; Australia trots out the indigenous culture when the world's watching, nevermind the shape of race relations on a community level at that point (and still) in this country.

[mikizee]

Yeah, missing my tongue in cheek sarcasm.

Its hard to put across online'ingly.

[Junker]

I cant find it??? :confused:

But the link has the diving schedule.

[Kid Presentable]

I think he means the freestyle altitude pool pooing schedule

[Bob]

After he retires from swimming, Michael Phelps might want to try his hand at competitive eating. The Olympic star recently said he consumes 12,000 calories per day, or 9,500 more than the FDA recommends for an active, young male.

Phelps has to keep his intake up in order to compensate for all the calories he burns during the 30-hours per week he spends in training. He told NBC that an average day might have the following menu:

Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups coffee, 5-egg omlette, bowl of grits, 3 pieces of french toast, 3 chocolate chip pancakes

Lunch: 1 pound pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Dinner: 1 pound pasta, 1 large pizza, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Three years ago, Phelps told an interviewer:

I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.

Michael better be careful there. There's no surer way to turn new female fans into former female fans than by complaining about how hard it is to keep on weight.

[like2_drink]

ive been watching remotely closely, but ive bought a new axe and shit so ive been busy too haha. the swimming and shooting was cool, but i think their bumbs for not putting rugby in the mix.

[QueenAdrock]

Annamay placed 6th, beating the Canadian record she had previously held. Though she didn't get a medal, being 6th in the world at your event is still pretty impressive to me! She's also supposed to be in the 400 m medley relay for Canada, which should be going on tomorrow, I think....

In other news, Phelps is a dickface. I had some friends in Maryland who knew him and said he became a cocky bastard after 2004 (but who can blame him, really?). Towson, MD named a street after him soon after he got back. Gimme a break, mang. I mean, he's good, but people are all up on his dick like he's the second coming of Christ. :rolleyes:

[mikizee]

what the fuck are grits?

[Kid Presentable]

In other news, Phelps is a dickface. I had some friends in Maryland who knew him and said he became a cocky bastard after 2004 (but who can blame him, really?). Towson, MD named a street after him soon after he got back. Gimme a break, mang. I mean, he's good, but people are all up on his dick like he's the second coming of Christ. :rolleyes:

In the 100m Existing he'd smoke Christ.

[Myu-to]

After he retires from swimming, Michael Phelps might want to try his hand at competitive eating. The Olympic star recently said he consumes 12,000 calories per day, or 9,500 more than the FDA recommends for an active, young male.

Phelps has to keep his intake up in order to compensate for all the calories he burns during the 30-hours per week he spends in training. He told NBC that an average day might have the following menu:

Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups coffee, 5-egg omlette, bowl of grits, 3 pieces of french toast, 3 chocolate chip pancakes

Lunch: 1 pound pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Dinner: 1 pound pasta, 1 large pizza, energy drink (1,000 calorie)
I bet he also wins the gold in the competitive pooping event that Junker is so found of.

[roosta]

I bet he also wins the gold in the competitive pooping event that Junker is so found of.

With that much food in his gut he could shit all the way to the top.

[Junker]

I bet he also wins the gold in the competitive pooping event that Junker is so found of.

For sure!
But I think he's too tall to participate. A real shame! :(

[Guy Incognito]

olympic weightlifting accident:

video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BScZ31rEWnE)

Stills - you can see it better this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvL0ftjp7DI&feature=related)

[na§tee]

WHAT NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO STOP NO NO NO

[Randetica]

glad i didnt see it live

[paul jones]

I watched some rowing early yesterday and was hoping one of those bikes who are obviously the coaches would crash and cause all the others to crash too.

Also saw some Judo where this huge woman looked like a man!:eek:

[Junker]

Also saw some Judo where this huge woman looked like a man!:eek:

They all look like men. (n)

[YoungRemy]

what the fuck are grits?

Grits is a Native American corn-based food common in the Southern United States, consisting of coarsely ground corn. It is similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a lesser resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge.
Hominy grits is grits made from nixtamalized corn, or hominy.


grits with cheese, grits with butter, grits with eggs and toast, it's all good


go phelps.

go USA basketball

[mikizee]

Is that where Bugs Bunny's saying 'well kiss my grits!!' comes from?

[YoungRemy]

Is that where Bugs Bunny's saying 'well kiss my grits!!' comes from?

that saying actually comes from the movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," the subsequent television series, Alice, and that show's spinoff, Flo.


Yao and China beat Dirk and Germany.

[abcdefz]

So it sounds like Phelps jus just just barely won yesterday.

The guy from Serbia has basically said that the wall registered Phelps' touch first because Phelps hit it harder in mid-stroke. But they
played the video back to the Serbian folks at 1/10,000th of a second and Phelps clearly touched first.

Damn, that was close. Those eight medals are his to lose, at this point.

[YoungRemy]

without fail, the American darling gymnasts pulled through Thursday night (friday beijing)

[na§tee]

did you all see usain bolt break the world record in the 100m final? he was practically strolling through the last 10 metres, too! fookin' nuts.

oh and i was reading about the GB swimming gold medal winner rebecca adlington.. did you know the UK swimmers only make between 8 and 10 grand a year? they are professional swimmers so they literally don't do anything else but swim swim swim, meaning she doesn't have another job. that is her only income. i wonder what the US swimmers get paid? i don't mean to take anything away from their achievements if they get paid a lot more but i think the level of commitment is pretty freakin incredible, especially if you're only earning less than 10 grand a year. her boyfriend couldn't afford to watch her in beijing, so instead they are going to go on holiday when she gets back. if the UK want significant new british talent to make their marks in 2012 there simply has to be more funding in place.

[rirv]

did you all see usain bolt break the world record in the 100m final? he was practically strolling through the last 10 metres, too! fookin' nuts.

oh and i was reading about the GB swimming gold medal winner rebecca adlington.. did you know the UK swimmers only make between 8 and 10 grand a year? they are professional swimmers so they literally don't do anything else but swim swim swim, meaning she doesn't have another job. that is her only income. i wonder what the US swimmers get paid? i don't mean to take anything away from their achievements if they get paid a lot more but i think the level of commitment is pretty freakin incredible, especially if you're only earning less than 10 grand a year. her boyfriend couldn't afford to watch her in beijing, so instead they are going to go on holiday when she gets back. if the UK want significant new british talent to make their marks in 2012 there simply has to be more funding in place.

There is actually a lot of funding in place. I guess the reason Rebecca Adlington is on such a low amount right now is because she is only 19 and not won anything before. A lot of funding is based on performance, so next year she'll have a significant rise in her grant. If you based funding on who you thought might do well then it would be open to a lot of abuse.

[na§tee]

oh ok. i stand corrected.

i sort of figured it would be based on performance, but even still, if you're just starting off 8-10 grand is mere pennies, especially when they have to buy a swimming costume themselves that costs like 200 bucks, too. i guess it could be worse.

[rirv]

Yeah it is a bit shit, but if you want it that bad...

[jabumbo]

that 100m dash was pretty disgusting. both the men and the women really, but especially the men. pretty much amazing that anyone could run that fast.

[Gareth]

i want to see jamaica smoke the americans in the 100m relay

[Myu-to]

After watching Alexander Artemev's performance on the pommel horse, I am highly anticipating "Gymkata 2".

[abcdefz]

i want to see jamaica smoke the americans in the 100m relay


That's not all they be smokin har har har har

[TAL]

WOOOOOOO BOLT!!

[BBboy20]

Now I (and many others) would be tunning into to Summer/Winter games with the possibility of those (http://www.cracked.com/article_16562_6-insane-sports-that-could-be-in-next-olympics.html) sports being accepted.

[Audio.]

so -- is it okay to watch the Olympics now?