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Posted by Intuition on Aug-08-2008 21:08:

We got to see the opening ceremony live on CBC this morning, and it was most impressive. I only got to catch the last half hour or so, but the lighting of massive torch was cool, and then fireworks display at the end was just ridiculous. As I was watching, I was wondering how much the whole thing cost, and I just read estimates of costs close to $100 million (WTF!?) for this and the closing ceremony combined. Pretty crazy.

Posted by nettwerk on Aug-08-2008 23:50:

I saw the whole thing... pretty much

Posted by partyhopper on Aug-09-2008 03:16:

Nice haircut that Dirk Nowitzki sported while carrying the German flag

Posted by partyhopper on Aug-09-2008 22:03:

Spain keeps its great summer going with Sanchez's win in the men's cycling road race

Posted by Dj Smitty20 on Aug-09-2008 22:23:

I'm surprised so many people are actually watching this Olympics, what with China's record and all.

Oh well, further proof of the apathy of most people when it comes to real world issues.

Posted by basd on Aug-10-2008 10:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Smitty20
I'm surprised so many people are actually watching this Olympics, what with China's record and all.

Oh well, further proof of the apathy of most people when it comes to real world issues.

So we shouldn't be watching the world's best athletes, who worked their asses off during training while you were whining away behind your computer screen, competing in the world's biggest sports event just because it is being held in a country with a questionable human rights record?

Just for the record, how many pieces of clothing / equipment / furniture that say 'Made in China' do you own?

Clown.

Posted by flavdave on Aug-10-2008 12:49:

Posted by jonze on Aug-10-2008 15:03:

quote:
Originally posted by flavdave
The Puppy Games are on Animal Planet if you want to watch that.

Buddy got robbed in the freestyle frisbee competition

Posted by trewqy on Aug-10-2008 16:16:

China got owned by the USA basketball team..

AND PHELPS IS A FREAK. CUT 2 SECONDS OFF HIS WORLD RECORD. JESUS CHRIST!@

Posted by verndogs on Aug-11-2008 02:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Trance Nutter
pfft, NBC demanded (and got) the whole schedule of the swimming competition changed to suit American audiences.

PS: It's only live for half of the US (East and Central time zones). Tape delay for the rest of the US

Go NBC!

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Aug-11-2008 02:17:

quote:
Originally posted by trewqy
China got owned by the USA basketball team..

AND PHELPS IS A FREAK. CUT 2 SECONDS OFF HIS WORLD RECORD. JESUS CHRIST!@

USA looked real sloppy in the perimeter. hopefully they can fix that up between now and when they play Spain (they play Angola inbetween), or their medal pursuit may be in history, due to Lithuania's upset over heavy favored Argentina.

as for Phelps, some people may think 2 seconds is not much, but in races like swimming, 2 seconds = an eternity. man you are talking about michael phelps actually increasing his strokes per minute by almost 10 more per minute.

Posted by verndogs on Aug-11-2008 03:36:

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL @ france's 4 by 100 men's swim relay

Posted by flavdave on Aug-11-2008 03:37:

Suck it, France.

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Aug-11-2008 03:47:

/insert choke fail pic here

Posted by Kapedano on Aug-11-2008 04:08:

Holyyyyyyyy shit!!!!!!

Take that Frenchies!!

That relay race was amazing!

Posted by bas on Aug-11-2008 06:41:

quote:
Originally posted by verndogs
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL @ france's 4 by 100 men's swim relay

By the time I got home from work I watched the last two laps and saw the look of utter defeat on France's face. So funny I had to record it

btw, USA Networks is also airing the olympics. Still tape delayed though

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-11-2008 07:17:

cuba owns usa.

Posted by bananas on Aug-11-2008 10:57:

the basketball tournament is the most important for me, so far so good, we've beaten the olympic champs :]

Posted by MeLLyMeL on Aug-11-2008 13:38:

Last nights olympic games rocked!

Mostly because of the hot men's relay race. rawR anyone??!!

But yeah.. Also the gymnastics qualifications. Though USA sucked a bit . 2nd to China

Posted by Shamez214 on Aug-11-2008 14:28:

Records breaking in swimming have never impressed me. They break EVERY year... the oldest record I've seen was from 2000, and I think that one was broken this year.

Posted by bas on Aug-11-2008 16:25:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
btw, USA Networks is also airing the olympics. Still tape delayed though

Scratch that, USA Networks actually plays the stuff live. It's just on really really late.

Posted by DiegoParra32 on Aug-11-2008 17:47:

if you guys want to watch some of the events live they have them on nbcolympics.com as well.

Posted by BshidoHEAT on Aug-12-2008 02:25:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/200...mpicsbasketball

Team Spain doing their impression of Team China

Posted by MeLLyMeL on Aug-12-2008 03:34:

the mens vault is insane. wtf.

and Hortons biceps are fuking huge and hot!

Posted by XaNaX on Aug-12-2008 14:27:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
By the time I got home from work I watched the last two laps and saw the look of utter defeat on France's face. So funny I had to record it

lol man best moment of the games for me so far. The looks on the faces of those shit talking snail eating douchebags was priceless.

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