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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:19 PM Original message |
Boy, do the Olympics bring out hate or what!!??!! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. 'Cause it's not the taking part, it's the whingeing |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yep!!! |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. We're that way about everything. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. We just get critical to snarky repukes. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah, but it is the Olympics not a political |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Actually, she's 21. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Okay, I got her age wrong. I know this is a political message |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. And take all the fighting fun out of it? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It can be fun, but sometimes it just gets plain silly! |
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imperialismispasse (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Sasha Cohen is 21 - DOB 10/26/1984 |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. She's 21 |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Okay, I guess I don't get THAT into it. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Well, I don't feel it needs to be the 'best chance to win' |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I also rooted for Slutskaya. When she skated, I was hoping she |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Me too -- I so didn't want Kerrigan to win at Lillehammer |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. Come to think of it, where is Jeff Gillooly when we need him? |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. I rooted for Sasha, just like I rooted for Sarah in '02... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. What Lynne said! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. THE OLYMPICS IS ALWAYS POLITICAL! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. And a bad sport! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. In that case ... |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. We get mean and critical when air manages to slip into our lungs. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That happens to me too! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's sportsmanship? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh yeah... the Olympics... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yep! Figure skating brings out the worst in all of us! |
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rene moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because I would bet more than half of us here.... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. What do you mean? I was asked to go to the Olympics and |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't get it either.... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. And because she's as annoying and arrogant as hell |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. cuz its fun |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Sashars ate moy bayby |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. bwaaaahhh! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. It brings out my hatred of wasting millions of dollars... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And speaking of curling, WTF? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My province canceled school this afternoon because the Canadian team... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Really? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The only schools that were opened were my university... |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I like the curling matches, but is it a sport? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I hate to knock it, but I just don't see the point! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. No sports have a point. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I've curled, it requires quite a bit of skill actually. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I figure it does or else it wouldn't be an Olympic sport. |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yes, but did you spill your cocktail? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I don't drink cocktails. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hate is the prime mission of the Olympic games |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yoko schmoko!!!!! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. and another reason, its not as fun to root against the USSR anymore |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. But they still kick our ass in a lor of stuff!! Well Russia does. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. In my house we rooted for the USSR and East Germany. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Frankly, I didn't know Sasha's politics, and don't really care |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I just disagree. She look wonderful on the ice |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Difference in opinion then, difference in aesthetics |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. How did that girl from Georgia (the country) do? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Elene Gedevanishvili? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Which skater was Fumie Suguri? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. The Japanese woman, came in fourth overall |
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imperialismispasse (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. She was wobbling on her ankles on all the landings |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Can't agree at all. Except with your choice of ball club! |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I thought that Canadian girl was better than Sasha. nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Me too. |
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imperialismispasse (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. I completely agree with this |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. Joannie? I missed her skate.... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. It's the new scoring system -- seriously |
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Lucy - Claire (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
63. Not being American, I don't know much about Sasha Cohen..... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. Pit vipers on ice |
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