My Big Fat Greek Olympics.

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:51 pm

Sorry. I just had to say that to somebody.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:17 pm

You're brilliant.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:23 pm

glauber wrote:You're brilliant.

If somewhat predictable.

Slan,
D.

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:56 pm

dubhlinn wrote:
glauber wrote:You're brilliant.
If somewhat predictable.

Slan,
D.

You're just jealous you did not come up with it first. I know I am!!!!

hehe

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:18 am

NorCalMusician wrote:
dubhlinn wrote:
glauber wrote:You're brilliant.
If somewhat predictable.

Slan,
D.

You're just jealous you did not come up with it first. I know I am!!!!

hehe

I've been hearing this phrase for weeks now.
Can be a witty bunch these English.

Slan,
D.

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:46 am

I don't think that I'll bother watching the Greek Olympics-I was highly disappointed to see that these games will not feature the late Friday night north-east traditional sport of 'Throwing the half eaten Kebab'.....(yawn).

And before someone pipes up with "Kebab? is'nt that Turkey?"
The (predictable) answer is "No,it's supposed to be Lamb!"

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:47 am

Here in the Empire you wouldn't know these Olympics are going on, if it wasn't for the occasional feature on how insufficient the security apparatus is. Our news men seem to have become enamoured with the sight of burly men holding machine guns. Or maybe they only report on units they're embedded in.

It should change once they start winning some medals.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:05 am

Don't worry G.

The Empire will strike back.

Slan,
D.

SirNick · Post by **SirNick** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:46 am

My wife got to go to the 2000 games in Sydney while I stayed home with the kids. I always thought maybe I could go to the '04 games while she watched the kids! I'm still watching the kids.....

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:56 am

glauber wrote:Here in the Empire you wouldn't know these Olympics are going on, if it wasn't for the occasional feature on how insufficient the security apparatus is. Our news men seem to have become enamoured with the sight of burly men holding machine guns. Or maybe they only report on units they're embedded in.

It should change once they start winning some medals.

Either that or who the latest world class item to be kicked out of them for illicit drug use. :roll:

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:10 am

By 2008, it will be named the 2008 Drug-test-olympics. You pass, you get a medal.
Of course, the fact that they test for multitudes of stuff that isn't performace enhancing doesn't help.
How would you like to go to Greece, and after a Big Fat Greek meal, have to take a dose of Pepto and gettting busted for it? Apparently, since you didn't want to compete with diareah, you cheated. Or like the winter olympics that first used snow boarding. The olympic commitee begged the long hairs that were snow boarding to come compete in olympics (they attracted a huge attendance) and then busted them for smoking dope. DUH! They were long hair snow boarders! Was a rocket scientist in charge of this? How could you say it was performance enhancing!?!?!
Next they'll test olympic bowlers for drinking beer.
It would be much more exciting if they had an "anything goes" olympics.
3 minute miles. Pole vaulters jumping 40 feet. Tennis players with 4 arms. 12 foot tall basketball players. Swimmers with gills and fins.
Oh, I suppose the United States would be at a major disadvantage thoughy, since we don't allow stem cell and cloning research. Probably why they don't allow those things now. I guess it's time to declair war on the olympics and go bomb them back to the....uh......Bronze Age.

IvanP · Post by **IvanP** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:42 pm

I was actually expecting to see Nia Vardalos (the Big Fat Greek Bride) at the opening ceremony...

Daryl · Post by **Daryl** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:59 pm

Does anyone else miss the way ABC's Wide World of Sports used to cover the Olympics?

Even when I do manage to find a station that's showing them now, I never quite know what's going on. Except, of course, who America's Olympic Sweetheart may be for that event.
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MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:24 pm

I don't know why all the crying by the Athens Olympic committee that there are no spectators in the stands. I just finished watching women's beach volleyball on the CBC and the stands were jammed pack.

There were some nice shots....ahem by the CBC of the participants but they weren't wearing pants, jsut some skimpy two piece outfit that seem to take away from the game.

MarkB

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:05 pm

I think I'm going to have greek food for my birthday this year. Of course I'll have to loose some weight for it might become a big fat geek birthday.