Favorite Winter Olympic Sport

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:55 pm

All that wonderful snow in Italy, and great athletes! What is your favorite Olympic Sport to watch?

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:33 am

I love the snowboarding (half-pipe). If I could have the ability to do any event, I'd want to be the Red Tomato..................

Second best, I like the racers!

bigdaddy · Post by **bigdaddy** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:16 am

I think I would be the Green Fried Tomato if I was luging...............

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:06 pm

Downhill skiing

Moguls

Slalom

Figure skating

Luge

Im liking the whole package this time around

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:09 pm

I like most of it too I voted for the speed skating whoooo weee what a way to go

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:59 pm

Nomad wrote: Downhill skiing

Moguls

Slalom

Figure skating

Luge

Im liking the whole package this time around

There's a lot of packages I like, too...

:-4

:p

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:17 am

Chonsi, you forgot an option in your poll: "The olympics bore me to tears and I couldn't imagine spending 10 consecutive seconds watching one single event."

Sorry, carry on with your thread. :yh_rotfl

greydeadhead · Post by **greydeadhead** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:34 am

Downhill skiing.. any event...

Snowboarding...

is there any other events..??

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:42 am

Has to be the bobsled event for me. How they can fly down to the finish line at the speeds they do considering the huge danger risk, is really amazing.

Speaking of the Winter Olympics don't suppose any Brit caught the Top Gear Winter special. OMG that was sooooo funny, it had me in stitches at times!! :wah:

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:53 pm

BabyRider wrote: Chonsi, you forgot an option in your poll: "The olympics bore me to tears and I couldn't imagine spending 10 consecutive seconds watching one single event."

Sorry, carry on with your thread. :yh_rotfl

I would have thought you'd have some interest in biathlon, too, BR.

Only thing is it's really largely ignored... guns and all, dontcha know!

;)

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:13 pm

Never thought I would say this but I'm enjoying watching CURLING... YES you heard me CURLING. One night last week I couldn't sleep I watched the US beat somebody in the wee hours of the morning.

I'm now watching the US men beat Great Britian 6-3 with 5 rock left for each team. The US is damn good.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:15 pm

I'm watching the Canadian hockey team get beat..........glad minks isn't here to hear this!

Thank goodness for cable and lots of events being on!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:23 pm

I was watching that as well couldn't take it any longer, watched the US get beat this morning..then Canada...!! So I switch the channel to Curling at least the US is winning..:-6

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:23 pm

Do you understand how they score in curling? I still don't get it!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:28 pm

:wah: :wah: Not a clue Chronsi !!!:-3 I just know it has something to do with rocks..:wah: and we are winning...!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:49 pm

:wah: Thank goodness! My daughter and I have watched it all week, and haven't figured it out yet! It is always on when I'm washing dishes-how timely!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:32 pm

I like the yelling and the sounds they make and the sweeping ...!! It actually has some skill to it, but still have no idea how they get a point..but fun to watch..

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:39 pm

Well, they can take those little brooms and do alot of work around here...............

Just got through watching the cross country skiing..................

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:42 pm

valerie wrote: I would have thought you'd have some interest in biathlon, too, BR.

Only thing is it's really largely ignored... guns and all, dontcha know!

;)
One of the brothers is an Olympic class archer. He can take a Necco wafer, (remember those?), drill a hole in it, hang it from a string, have someone swing it, causing it to pendulum, and put an arrow through it at 30 yards. Blows my freakin' mind. And I thought a dozen arrows in a cigarette pack at 20 yards was good! Sheesh!!

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:47 am

CARLA wrote:

I like the yelling and the sounds they make and the sweeping ...!! It actually has some skill to it, but still have no idea how they get a point..but fun to watch..

Haha ladies, ladies let me explain.

Each team takes it in turns to send their stone (think that's what it called,) down the ice and hopefully into the centre circles. After each team has thrown several times each (5 I think, so that would be 10 in total,) then whichever team has the most stones closest to the centre, than the team gets the points. So if they have just the one stone closest to the centre then they get 1 point, but say they have 3 stones closest to the centre over the other team then they get 3 points. This continues for 10 times, until a winner is declared.

There I hope that was a good, easy-to-follow description for you. :p

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:06 am

Oh Chris, thank you for that explanation. I shall try to apply that as I probably watch it again tonight while washing those proverbial dishes.

It looks like shuffleboard on ice!

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:17 am

chonsigirl wrote: Oh Chris, thank you for that explanation. I shall try to apply that as I probably watch it again tonight while washing those proverbial dishes.

It looks like shuffleboard on ice!

Glad to be of assistance. Just don't ask me the rules on events like the ice dancing though because there I have no idea, apart from the fact that if u fall on your bum it's bad! :wah:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:21 am

:wah: I don't like the new skating system of scoring, but they had to change it. I was used to the old system-gosh, I hate to say it-for over half a century! My sister used to skate in competitions, so I knew it well.

Now I feel old today!:)

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:26 am

chonsigirl wrote: :wah: I don't like the new skating system of scoring, but they had to change it. I was used to the old system-gosh, I hate to say it-for over half a century! My sister used to skate in competitions, so I knew it well.

Now I feel old today!:)

Didn't they decide to change the scoring system this time around, because of that scandle from the last Winter Olympics. Something to do with a dodgy judge if I remember right.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:28 am

Yes, the French judge scandal. But the system is totally different, it is hard to keep track of when you were ysed to the old system.

I wonder if they will ever put rollerblades in for a summer Olympic event?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:55 pm

Curling is on, Carla.............................