Olympic Excitement

[Barrister]

Wow - after a few big names, they're starting to dig pretty deep into the Can-Con barrel.   

[Josephus]

Hedley?

[Eddie Teach]

Next you'll tell me i can find ethnic Chinese Mexicans

You don't look Chinese.

[crazy canuck]

I've been meaning to ask for the last few days & just haven't had a chance:  What kind of ink has Toews been getting in The Great White North for his Olympic play?  Because the Canadian games have been on almost exclusively in Prime Time I got to watch most of their play, and I was seeing Toews have a fucking MONSTER tournament for Canada.  I mean yeah, sure, as a Blackhawks fan I'm already a Toews fan, but from my living room it seemed like he did an awesome job defensively & especially killing penalties.  His point production (including his goal today) was more like the icing on the cake as opposed to the cake itself.  Or something...

Toews is a national hero because of his play - simple as that.

[Grey Fox]

Toews speaks french. His mother once call RDS to tell them to stop saying "Jonathan" the english way & use the proper "french" way.

[crazy canuck]

Wow - after a few big names, they're starting to dig pretty deep into the Can-Con barrel.   

I asked the boys to call me if someone good comes on.  I left after the Quebec singer.  She was good.  Btw, GF, what does the chorus in that song mean?

[Grey Fox]

Wow - after a few big names, they're starting to dig pretty deep into the Can-Con barrel.   

I asked the boys to call me if someone good comes on.  I left after the Quebec singer.  She was good.  Btw, GF, what does the chorus in that song mean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e03VGSciyT8

Emmène-moi briser les murs et les barrières
Emmène-moi dans un autre univers
J'aurai la foi, emmène-moi
Emmène-moi plus loin qu'un monde imaginaire
Ramène-moi plus près , si je me perds
Jusqu'au bout de toi, emmène-moi

Bring Me breaking walls & barriers
bring me in another universe
I'll have faith, bring me
bring me further then an imaginary world
Bring me back closer if I get lost
To your limits, bring me.

[Syt]

Good hockey game, well worth staying up late.

I alternated in the first period between Swiss, German and Austrian commentary. German commentary seemed the only one really knowledgeable about the game, the players and the background.


Have to catch a rerun of the closing ceremonies. How big is this Bublé dude in Canada? German tv had him in short segments showing a reporter around town during the games (ZDF; the other station, ARD - who alternates with ZDF in the broadcast - had Kati Witt).


German tv had a look at the lack of major doping findings during the games. They pointed out that the Russians had several major incidents before the games and had received several stern warnings. Odlly, they also had their wors result in decades. Officials say, of course, that it's nothing to do with doping (or lack thereof), but that they sent a young team in preparation for the home Olympics in 2014.

[Syt]

Btw, during the first break they showed downtown Vancouver where a crowd had gathered in front of a video wall. The commentator was among ecstatic Canucks (the bit was filmed shortly after the 1-0) but pointed out that just moments ago they had all been sitting there rather quiet and orderly, "as Canadians are like to do, as we noticed these past days, e.g. when they're standing in line."

[citizen k]

... they had all been sitting there rather quiet and orderly,

Music to a German's ears. 

[Syt]

... they had all been sitting there rather quiet and orderly,

Music to a German's ears. 

The exact expression the reporter used was "in Reih und Glied" which means "in file" in the military sense.

[Delirium]

I think the US had the best tournament overall and should be really proud of themselves, winning five games and tying the last one with 20 seconds left of regulation. Taking the final to OT (usually a coin toss) was more than you could reasonably expect, and I thought (and had predicted) Canada would choke, but they came out as the better team in OT, although I think the US played the slightly better game in regulation, stepped up to the physicaly challenge and had some really good puck possession. Individual mistakes and some pretty unlucky bounces (and calls) sealed their fate, Canada really didn't look convincing but since they won the lottery, nobody cares.

[Admiral Yi]

I thought the US was very lucky to only be down 2-1 at the end.  In the 2nd period Canada was raining down shots that either hit the post or took miracle saves.

[viper37]

Dan Boyle is Franco?  :scratches head:

Franco-Ontarian from Ottawa I believe, as he attended elementary and high school in French.  He speaks French with a light ontarian accent.

[Malthus]

And we won gold in the sports that matter most: hockey and curling.   

Know which sport Carl insisted on watching? Curling.

I tell you, if you'd visited four years ago, i'd be doubting his paternity. 

[I attribute it to his being able to see easily what is happening]