Russia and their olympics that might not be a dismal failure

[Sad, little man]

Oh Putin... All the shirtless photos of you wrestling a fighter jet into submission won't make up for the yellow water coming out of your hotel plumbing systems.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/ct-sochi-water-olympics-spt-0205--20140205,0,2907539.story


I tried to flip on the shower. It wouldn't work. The toilets wouldn't flush either.

I called down to the front desk.

"It will be fixed in 40 minutes," the sympathetic man at the reception desk told me. "But when it comes back on, please do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous."

Yay for international sports!

[FaultyMario]

At least the communal toilets were designed with the Olympic spirit in mind, don't you think?

[MR2 Fan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEeJJVZ5P8

[thesameguy]

Lies. Macs can't be hacked.

[Rare White Ape]

It's not that Olympic events are generally a dismal failure (most go off without much of a hitch), it's that they'e more of a magnet for bad press than many other high-profile events.

And you know what? I'm totally OK with that.

[Godson]

Bad press is an understatement. I have never yelled at the TV as much as I do during the Olympics from inept monkeys attempting to interview and describe what is going on. 2012 Swimming coverage in the US what nightmarish at best. Reporters were literally insulting the interviewees after a race and asking the most mundane and idiotic questions about the race.


Questions not to dissimilar to Kimi when he was asked a dumb question. Fast forward to 1:28 if you haven't seen this one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZlNB8ucT9o#t=88

[overpowered]

WTF is up with Bob Costas' eyes?

[Drachen596]

After making a bunch of Mr. Peabody movie references he said the nbc docs told him it was an infection. Sounds like he has pink eye to me.

[JSGeneral]

Russian pink eye.

[Freude am Fahren]

Pinko Eye.

[Godson]

There is a communist Russia joke in there somewhere.

[Freude am Fahren]

I think I just made it?

[MR2 Fan]

In Soviet Russia, Pink Eye gets You!

(how's that?)

[Alan P]

Hmm, faulty snowflake=two years in Siberian Gulag?

[LHutton]

Whole lot of Russian hatred.

[Freude am Fahren]

In Sochi Russia, toilet sits on you!

http://media.mytalk.com.au/3AW/images/soch1.JPG

[speedpimp]

In Sochi Russia, toilet shits on you!



Fixed that for you.

[Sad, little man]

They held a contest to see what the mascot would be for Sochi. They put a joke entry into the contest to draw attention to the contest. It won. They decided not to use it anyway. How lame. I want this to be the Sochi mascot. :lol:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgMnHZHkUB8

[MR2 Fan]

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/us-bobsledder-johnny-quinn-trapped-bathroom-breaks-through-door-escape

[speedpimp]

slm, that reminds me of Whatzit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatzit) from Atlanta '96.

[Sad, little man]

Oh man. I remember that thing rich. I had the computer game they had featuring him. Brings back memories.

[stephenb]

Get in team GB, medal rush starts here :D

[harper]

Only got to watch a clipped version of the downhill skiing highlights, but phwoooooar....that course. Wow. I have such a better appreciation for the ski racing now (since I've conquered the mighty beast that is an intermediate-level ski run) and it's pretty spectacular to watch, especially now in HD.

[Alan P]

Get in team GB, medal rush starts here :D

The first British medal in the Winter Olympics on SNOW ever!

[overpowered]

They said Mancuso hadn't done a slalom in competition in almost a year. Only three top 10's over all of her races this season and her best was 7th. Then she goes and wins the downhill portion of the combined by a nice margin and it's enough to get her bronze after the time she lost on the slalom. At least we aren't getting shut out in alpine racing and there's still a decent chance at one or two more.

[Drachen596]

since when is Austra abbreviated as AUT?

also it looked like they light up the outside of the dome over the hockey rink with the flags of the teams competing which is kinda cool.

[speedpimp]

Probably since forever?

[FaultyMario]

Since like forever, not to confuse it with AUStralia. Much like SWEden and Switzerland (CHE, from its name in abbreviated in Latin).

[overpowered]

Apparently in 1956 AUT and AUS were switched.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes#A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IOC,_FIFA,_and_ISO_3166_country_code s

[Random]

also it looked like they light up the outside of the dome over the hockey rink with the flags of the teams competing which is kinda cool.

And the score, according to pics I've seen.

[Sad, little man]

This girl's helmet is the absolute coolest of all the cool skeleton helmet designs.

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=270&d=1392520626

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[TheBenior]

A friend of mine has a few Arbor snowboards with that Sylvia Ji (http://www.sylviaji.com/) design.

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/254207_10151320477729388_272724667_n.jpg

[Kchrpm]

That looks familiar

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8zgv2PcRwv0/UJH5jhBNfLI/AAAAAAADBTM/pQyo5KVZ9ZY/s576/DSC01482.JPG

[Freude am Fahren]

I don't know, this one is pretty damn awesome:
http://www.olympic.org/Global/Images/News/2014-02/14/skeleton_helmet_02.jpg

Also, America.
http://www.olympic.org/Global/Images/News/2014-02/14/skeleton_helmet_03.jpg

[Sad, little man]

Nope, not as cool as the lady with the Calavera Catrina face.

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=271&d=1392582642

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[Random]

Katie Uhlaender is a hottie. And can probably bench press me. :o

[Godson]

Why was it that the women had some badass helmet designs, but the men's were super lame-o?

[Sad, little man]

What are you talking about? That brain one is a guy, and so is this one. There were plenty of cool guys' helmets.

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=272&d=1392590159

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[Godson]

I guess I missed them.

And trying to tell some of them women apart from the men is...difficult at times.


That helmet is totally bitchin'

[overpowered]

Ligety, Ligety, Ligety

[G'day Mate]

Anyone see this?

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/5305dae76da811187580b858/image.gif

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/5305dad76da811087580b856-1200/image.jpg

[harper]

Watching it now, it's basically Thunderdome. Ski cross owns, and apparently the snowboard cross was just as brutal -- two women got knocked cold by falls and one popped her ACL, apparently. Ouch.

[G'day Mate]

Yeah, bordercross seemed to have a lot more tangles due to the big blind-spots snowboards have (caused by the nature of riding side-on) so it looked like a complete lottery. The skiing seemed more competitive, but perhaps as a skier myself I am biased?

[Crazed_Insanity]

What an awesome NASCARish finish! :D

[Fiat500]

Heh, that reminded me of the Australian skate guy that I always forget the name of, but G'day will remind me.

[JSGeneral]

What an awesome NASCARish finish! :D

http://i.imgur.com/WDYtM8R.gif

[speedpimp]

Heh, that reminded me of the Australian skate guy that I always forget the name of, but G'day will remind me.

Jason Ellis?

[G'day Mate]

Heh, that reminded me of the Australian skate guy that I always forget the name of, but G'day will remind me.

Steven Bradbury. It's quite funny - the guy turned into a national hero


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrIv8sB4vg

[Freude am Fahren]

That women's hockey final was pretty good.
But this should be better.
http://i.imgur.com/JhMU6mW.jpg

[tigeraid]

Aaaaaaaand he's all yours.

Sweden's about to get pwned.

[Freude am Fahren]

I had also heard talk of winner keeps Bieber, but then they would have just pulled the goalies and laid down as soon as the puck as dropped.

[JSGeneral]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mKVJeA-wTw