Michael Hopcroft Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Petey the Stone Cold Penguin (Mascot of the sport of Curling) would like to remind us that the Winter Olympics are under way in Korea. Who's watching them? What sports are you watching? Which countries are you rooting for? And how do you watch, if you can? "Sweep! Sweep!" death tribble and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 As an American, I will watch figure skating or nothing. If the corporate overlords allow, they might show me some highlights from other events. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Coin flips are dishonorable, y'know, if you're a jerk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Oh yeah, Coin flips, totally biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Are we talking about the Patriots again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 I do watch curling. Sadly, usa laying an egg in first 4 games, which is surprising given how well they had been playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 It's interesting to hear the stories of the different athletes and countries, but during the performances, I'd like it twice as well if the announcers would speak half as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Starlord said: Coin flips are dishonorable, y'know, if you're a jerk 3 hours ago, Hermit said: Oh yeah, Coin flips, totally biased. Do you suppose he'd be protesting this dishonorable Injustice as wholeheartedly if he had won the coin toss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Still debating on watching. I have to be honest, I don't feel like I have much "goodwill" for the world right now. The Cynical-O-Meter is on 11 at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Is the scale from 1 to 10 or zero to 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Cancer said: Is the scale from 1 to 10 or zero to 1? heh, let's just say the less I pay attention to the world, the better off I am at the moment. I am not really depressed, angry or anything else in particular otherwise. As for the Olympics, I just get that foreshadowing that someone is going to do something "controversial" that will be totally asinine. Not that that would be a first, of course (or rather is there any Olympics without controversy) Edit: I just hope any controversy, is at least pertaining to the sport itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 15 hours ago, Old Man said: As an American, I will watch figure skating or nothing. If the corporate overlords allow, they might show me some highlights from other events. Try the NBC Sports app. It has tons of other sports. It's almost like they're treating us like customers, not the product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Biathlon, the only winter Olympic sport with firearms! Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Parent "What event is on now?" Young child, unsurely: "Men's lugie?" tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 I watched curling for a few minutes this afternoon. I didn't see Petey one time. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 22 hours ago, tkdguy said: Biathlon, the only winter Olympic sport with firearms! Don't worry, they're adding the Penguin Cannon and Polar Bear Sniping in 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 47 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: Don't worry, they're adding the Penguin Cannon and Polar Bear Sniping in 2022. I was thinking more on the lines of ice jousting myself! Okay, no guns involved there, but it would be interesting to watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 I thought hockey was ice jousting (at least sometimes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 1 hour ago, tkdguy said: Okay, no guns involved there, but it would be interesting to watch! You haven't seen fun until you've seen a bunch of Olympians trying to dodge sniper fire from polar bears. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 NO, penguins are snipers, polar bear the infantry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Penguins are ammo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 So I was watching some Olympics between the commercials, and there was this Toyota commercial with a lady ice skating by herself at night, with oddly familiar background music: eventually, I realized that it was an orchestral cover of "Nothing Else Matters". I wonder when I will become old and culturally irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 When you start watching PGA golf voluntarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 44 minutes ago, Old Man said: So I was watching some Olympics between the commercials, and there was this Toyota commercial with a lady ice skating by herself at night, with oddly familiar background music: eventually, I realized that it was an orchestral cover of "Nothing Else Matters". I wonder when I will become old and culturally irrelevant. There's a Chase commercial where ballet star Michaela DePrince (a war orphan from Sierra Leone who has made it big in ballet) dances to a classical piano adaptation of "Wrecking Ball". So it's not just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Old Man said: So I was watching some Olympics between the commercials, and there was this Toyota commercial with a lady ice skating by herself at night, with oddly familiar background music: eventually, I realized that it was an orchestral cover of "Nothing Else Matters". I wonder when I will become old and culturally irrelevant. Already happened Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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