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B[x]
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:12 am Post subject:
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ThatGuy wrote: | The Olympics are really screwing up their sports now though. Synchronized diving? Lawn bowling? You call those sports? |
those have been around for awhile, they're just not really popular. i mean, equestrian (horseback riding) is an olympic sport and does anybody watch that? hell, i don't even think they televise that, they'd rather show repeats of the swimming events.
and yeah, bela, my eyes were bleeding by the time i finished reading that.
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Belarathon
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:13 am Post subject:
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of course, sometimes when things seem to repetative and normal, i go to school in a poncho and moccasins and spandex polka dot pants, and of course an umbrella hat. Because, you can't just do the same thing everyday, who wants that
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject:
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eat sleep school....
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Nosferatu
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject:
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Anyone seen the winter olympics sport where they get a stock or something, then they lunge it on ice and 4 guys sweep infront of it to keep it going.
i dunno why but the word shot comes to mind shot something maybe..]
anyways i think they need to can that sport.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:18 pm Post subject:
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uh...stock? do you mean rock? thats called curling, and its a very popular sport for people to watch, even if you dont think so.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:23 pm Post subject:
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i dunno what its called but they sweep in front of it when a guy lunges like a little ufo looking thing and theres a triangle at the end. for points like hopscotch on crack.
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VoicesLLD
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:24 pm Post subject:
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i just told you what it was calling. curling. they slide a rock across the ice while their teamates sweep the ice to keep it from sticking. the point is to get it closest to the middle circlet to get points. its nothing like hop scotch
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:26 pm Post subject:
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they can also brush ice shavings into the the path of the sliding thing if it's going too fast.
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Nosferatu
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:
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w/e dude its not much of a sport..
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject:
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I'd have trouble with the ice skating part while sweeping... lol. So to me, if it has a set way to win and involves physical activity, then I usually call it a sport.
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Belarathon
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:35 pm Post subject:
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curling is a sport, mor efun to play than it is to watch though
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject:
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B[x] wrote: | those have been around for awhile, they're just not really popular. i mean, equestrian (horseback riding) is an olympic sport and does anybody watch that? hell, i don't even think they televise that, they'd rather show repeats of the swimming events. |
uh yah. i have 4 horses and a pony. we live in the best equestrian land in the US and are prolly almost neighbors with a few of the us olimpic horse riders. if u have money u most likely watch it. it's a big event and it's very serious. my mom makes a living at it and is pretty damn well known for it... people pay her to ride their horse... on any typical day. it's not a joke it's a serious thing.. though it doesn't seem much becuase u have never been there or have never ridden.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject:
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ok, godz, come down from your high and mighty rich pedestal now. please?
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I'm 14 years old, going to be a sophomore in September at a crappy public school where people can't name the planets in the solar system...
I spend most of my time talking to my girlfriend on IM (I don't play much Diablo anymore), listening to music, and maybe doing the occasional odd program in BASIC or some HTML, both of which I haven't done in years.
Hmmm...I'm probably going to major in chemistry, graduate early possibly, go to college, blah blah blah.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:50 pm Post subject:
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When the brooms sweep the ice faster, the friction on the ice gets weaker, and the ice kind of melts a tad, making the rock go faster. I think curling is EXTREMELY boring, but I think canadians watch it more than americans do because it's a canadian sport.
And there's more strategy and rules involved than just getting it close to the middle of the target
Maybe he's talking about "shot put" in the summer olympics
DAMNIT Canada get more medals going!
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