The 2012 London Olympics Sports Thread

[Admiral Yi]

Anyone know how long the Canadian goalie held the ball?

[CountDeMoney]

I was watching the women's gymnastics stuff last night, and quite frankly, as good as Aly Raisman is, I thought that Romanian hottie Catalina Ponor bested her in the floor event;  she was so much more fluid and elegant.  I dunno, I can't figure out the scoring for that stuff.

[Eddie Teach]

All I can tell is when they mess up the landings.

[Valdemar]

If it is anything like the dressage events with horses, then it is also something with the difficult level adding bonuses and whether they keep their lines straight.. ie when they go from corner to corner

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[Brazen]

Talking of dressage, the post box outside my home town train station has just been painted gold today to celebrate our local girl winning. Funny, I've never met any dressage riders in the pub in all my years here.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Talking of dressage, the post box outside my home town train station has just been painted gold today to celebrate our local girl winning. Funny, I've never met any dressage riders in the pub in all my years here.

I expect they drink in the saloon bar 

[Eddie Teach]

I thought you lived in London? 

[Valdemar]

Or they don't drink at all?


Or, they were still kids when B drank in the local pub (I assume you are talking about the town where you grew up, not your local pub of today?)

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[lustindarkness]

Here's a no call for you canucks to feel all warm and happy.

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[Grey Fox]

Why does that need to be called?

I watched the EURO, that's a regular play!

[Drakken]

Here's a no call for you canucks to feel all warm and happy.

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I like her more and more. She was a butch female Sean Avery during that match.

[Josephus]

American player stuck her head in Canadian player's foot. Not sure what the problem is. 

[crazy canuck]

I know a guy who was speeding on I-80, he was going 80 mph.  He always goes about 80, and finally he got a ticket.  He was livid, as he and many others go that speed.  The funny thing is the speed limit is 75 mph, but that day the highway patrol officer just wanted to pick on him.

I know this guy who lives in a community where the police always allow motorists go 80.  Everyone knows this.  In fact the police always give a warning in the form of a yellow slip before issuing an actual ticket.

One day this guy was on his way to the hospital with his wife who was about to give birth.  He was driving 80.  A police officer who had no common sense at all pulled him over and even though he saw the impotance of the moment didnt give the yellow slip (as was the custom) but instead took his time writing a ticket.  The guy's wife went into labour but undetered the police officer mindlessly applied the letter of the law.  The mother didnt make it to the hospital in time and both mother and baby died.

[crazy canuck]

There's the part that is actually important, for those who don't quite get it.

the important part was the bit about having common sense.

"But sometimes there's some common sense that has to go with it and spirit of the game," Vergara said. "We have to use the same laws but at the same time, there has to flexibility within the laws to have a little more common sense."

Something you are determined to ignore...

[Eddie Teach]

One day this guy was on his way to the hospital with his wife who was about to give birth.  He was driving 80.  A police officer who had no common sense at all pulled him over and even though he saw the impotance of the moment didnt give the yellow slip (as was the custom) but instead took his time writing a ticket.  The guy's wife went into labour but undetered the police officer mindlessly applied the letter of the law.  The mother didnt make it to the hospital in time and both mother and baby died.

Was the dream of Olympic gold in women's soccer your baby? How sad.