What did you think of the Olympics?

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randlemanboater

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Not who won what, but the TV coverage.

I was not impressed with the coverage, seems like last Olympics you could choose between 4 or 5 different channels and find something you wanted to watch, this time it was one channel at a time and half of the primetime hours were filled with human interest stories.

Just wondering what yall thought of it.
 
I avoid NBC like the plague. That being said, it was the only game in town, so I was forced to watch one of their channels. While I understand that there's only so much they can show, I have to agree that I thought the coverage was spotty to say the least.
 
charlie_the_tuna said:
not only that, they showed very few medal ceremonies. and yes, I thought some of the human interest stories went a bit long.
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I noticed this, too. Hardly saw any.

Don't forget that during the opening ceremonies NBC glossed over communism in the USSR as "one of modern history's pivotal experiments. :sick:
 
The coverage was total B.S it reminded me of groundhog day same thing over and over and over every channel. What a shame for the athletes work that hard to hit the big stage for everyone to see and nuttin.
 
spareparts said:
I could see where Curling would make a great drinking game :beer:
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I'd be willing to bet that curling was probably invented by a bunch of guys that were cooped up in a bar drinking and one day they decided to go outside and see if they could use rocks on ice like a summer Boccie Ball court.

Now I'm probably wrong, but it just seems to fit. :beer:
 
spareparts said:
I could see where Curling would make a great drinking game :beer:
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Big Time!!!
Curling is a pretty big game up here (imagine that another one on ice) and seams to be very popular with the beers. I spent many hours watching my parents playing after my hockey games or practices. The rinks use the same parking lot in my home town a pretty good childhood memory spent there.

The flip side I got to admit when some of the women's teams are playing :oh: sweep HARDER SWEEEEEP!!!!
 
spareparts said:
I figured those brooms are just to keep you from falling over after too many Molsons
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Molson used to make an Ale called Molson's Golden Cream Ale that was absolutely the best I ever tasted... and then they stopped making it for some unknown silly reason. Now they make Molson's Golden beer, which is good, but nothing like their cream ale. Man I wish they would bring it back.
 
spareparts said:
I figured those brooms are just to keep you from falling over after too many Molsons
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If you look back at the origins of the game I believe the first use of the broom was for the broken beer bottles on the ice. The drunks then realized the rocks reacted differently when going over a freshly swept area. LOL
 
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