Stuck on Repeats

[Shape Shifter]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

And now I'm talking about law. We need some posts about anal sex. Or the Olympics -- that's always been good material. I mean, who will ever forget AG's great line, "I will become interested in the women's marathon the day the winner does not look like she's fleeing her napalmed village"?

That's stupid. It's obviously mainly correct that the horns are driving her out.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Or the Olympics

Why did NBC think it was a good idea to take precious primetime minutes (too many events *I* want to see, too little time) having Ryan Seacrest talk to a gymnast and his father (at least I assume that's what he did -- I went back to taped stuff as soon as that segment started) rather than spend the time showing actual gymnastics.

I didn't see any rings routines at all (and I love the rings) and not enough of the high bar routines.

Actually *any* competition they showed of any sport would have been better than wasting (or waisting -- hi Adder!) time with Ryan Seacrest. John McEnroe segments are not far behind though I spend those wondering why he dyed his hair such a strange color.

The mens all around gold medalist looks like an anime/manga character.

Men everywhere must be cursing the cool London weather that has resulted in beach volleyball outfits covering way more skin than usual.

[Shape Shifter]

Thanks to Less, I'm still waiting on javelin.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

And now I'm talking about law. We need some posts about anal sex. Or the Olympics -- that's always been good material. I mean, who will ever forget AG's great line, "I will become interested in the women's marathon the day the winner does not look like she's fleeing her napalmed village"?

The womens' marathon is currently the only Olympic event scheduled on my DVR.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

The womens' marathon is currently the only Olympic event scheduled on my DVR.

in about 1980 I read that the Marathon would likely have a women's WR faster than the men's soon, since women have a higher body fat content and thus would be able to deal with the distance better. in 1980 the men's record was 2:09 and the women's 2:30 (21 minutes difference). today the men's is 2:03 and the women's is 2:15, a closing of almost 50% in the thirty years.

this is Paula Radcliffe, the current record holder:


i don't see much body fat explaining the closing though.

She set the record in 2003- the men's has been broken 3 or 4 times since. Is there anyone close to that time running today so we might see a record this weekend?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Shape Shifter

Gay or Southern?

Once again, false dichotomy.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Fugee

Why did NBC think it was a good idea to take precious primetime minutes (too many events *I* want to see, too little time) having Ryan Seacrest talk to a gymnast and his father (at least I assume that's what he did -- I went back to taped stuff as soon as that segment started) rather than spend the time showing actual gymnastics.

I didn't see any rings routines at all (and I love the rings) and not enough of the high bar routines.

Actually *any* competition they showed of any sport would have been better than wasting (or waisting -- hi Adder!) time with Ryan Seacrest. John McEnroe segments are not far behind though I spend those wondering why he dyed his hair such a strange color.

The mens all around gold medalist looks like an anime/manga character.

Men everywhere must be cursing the cool London weather that has resulted in beach volleyball outfits covering way more skin than usual.

Huh, we decided yesterday that they must have eliminated the vault and rings for men, because they didn't show either event at all.

I have a fast-forward policy for all interviews (including and especially post-performance interviews), and we DVR pretty much everything that we want to see that isn't scheduled for prime time. The four hour broadcast usually takes us about two hours to zip through. Even less if there's some sport that we don't care about. Usually, by the time we're done tiling or installing lighting or whatever project the kitchen demands of us for the day, there's enough recorded to be able to get through the whole thing without having to watch a single thing we don't want to.

We were hoping that archery would become our new cross country skiing (obscure (to us) sport that we know nothing about that we follow obsessively for two weeks), but the commentators aren't as good as the cross country people were. Fencing was a good possibility for awhile, but we only saw that first competition (women's foil) and they neglected to show the controversial bronze medal match.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Fugee

Men everywhere must be cursing the cool London weather that has resulted in beach volleyball outfits covering way more skin than usual.

Yes. Also, the rules change that allows them to wear clothes. Bikinis used to be required -- just imagine the headlights we'd be getting from this Olympics if that were still the case.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

We were hoping that archery would become our new cross country skiing (obscure (to us) sport that we know nothing about that we follow obsessively for two weeks), but the commentators aren't as good as the cross country people were. Fencing was a good possibility for awhile, but we only saw that first competition (women's foil) and they neglected to show the controversial bronze medal match.

I truly wish they would show handball for this reason. It can be such a cool, fun, fast, exciting game. (And no, it's not the kind of handball that old fat guys play wearing padded gloves.)

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

I truly wish they would show handball for this reason. It can be such a cool, fun, fast, exciting game. (And no, it's not the kind of handball that old fat guys play wearing padded gloves.)

A guy from two or three classes ahead of me in high school was on the US team handball team for awhile. He was a moderately athletic guy who stumbled upon the sport and ended up getting called to Atlanta.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Huh, we decided yesterday that they must have eliminated the vault and rings for men, because they didn't show either event at all.

I saw one guy on the rings, but I mighta been in France. I can't recall.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

A guy from two or three classes ahead of me in high school was on the US team handball team for awhile. He was a moderately athletic guy who stumbled upon the sport and ended up getting called to Atlanta.

There was a lot of women's handball shown while we were in Paris. Apparently the French team is good. All the members I saw were significantly more than modestly athletic. They also destroying the competition in the matched I watched the most of.

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[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

in about 1980 I read that the Marathon would likely have a women's WR faster than the men's soon, since women have a higher body fat content and thus would be able to deal with the distance better. in 1980 the men's record was 2:09 and the women's 2:30 (21 minutes difference). today the men's is 2:03 and the women's is 2:15, a closing of almost 50% in the thirty years.

this is Paula Radcliffe, the current record holder:


i don't see much body fat explaining the closing though.

She set the record in 2003- the men's has been broken 3 or 4 times since. Is there anyone close to that time running today so we might see a record this weekend?

Yeah, but she was a buck ninety when she set the record in 1980. You're correct, however, that the whole "more body fat to lose" argument may have reached its final chapter. It's hard to believe that the record dropped 15 minutes in 23 years.

eta:

In the women’s race, Kenya’s defending London champion, Mary Keitany, faces Olympic competition from world champion Edna Kiplagat, Berlin Marathon winner Florence Kiplagat and world silver medallist Priscah Jeptoo, though it is the little known Lucy Kabuu who could well spring a surprise.

Kabuu is not even short-listed for Olympic selection, despite running 2hr 19min 30sec on her marathon debut in Dubai in January, but could force herself into the reckoning if she can produce something special.

“Lucy’s got to win it but she can’t win in it in 2hr 20min and expect to get selected,” said Bedford. “She’s got to win it in 2hr 16min or 2hr 17min, which is why we could be in for such an amazing race.”

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Shape Shifter

Gay or Southern?

Everyone will mainly agree that I am mostly correct in noting that the wearing of cargo pants/shorts would lead one to conclude that the drunken tool at issue is Not Gay.

A drunken tool wearing a burgundy t-shirt saying "GO 'COCKS" and clam-diggers? Different answer.