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Old August 11th, 2008, 08:50 AM   #16
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The portion of the program where the boxes were rising up an down went beyond belief when it was revealed that instead of hydraulics, it was totally people powered.
At first I totally thought that those boxes were run by a computer and I still thought it was amazing. Then towards the end I thought I saw some feet under them and told my wife that I thought that there were people in there. When the popped out and confirmed that, I was just in Awe.

Same goes for the Drum opening. The hours that they must have put in to get those routines down is just unimaginable.

I don't think we will ever see anything like this again. I actually feel sorry for the Brits who have to follow this one. There is no way they can match something of this magnitude.
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Old August 11th, 2008, 09:06 AM   #17
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Oh and that little 9 year old boy that walked in with Yao Ming was totally amazing. Kid pulled himself out of the Rubble from a recent 8.0 earthquake, and then went on to rescue 2 more of his class mates. Twenty out of his thirty classmated died in the quake. Amazing story.
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Old August 11th, 2008, 09:26 AM   #18
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China has won 9 golds, 14 overall so far. US has 3 golds, 12 overall.
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Old August 12th, 2008, 05:33 AM   #19
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I am done with beach volleyball. I don't care about how they met their husbands. I can't watch a sport where the same thing happens over and over. I am finally tired of the butt shots. I can no longer listen to the stupid announcers.

Rant over.


Also, can we know pay attention to some other olympic athletes besides the beach volleyballers and Michael Phelps? Pleez?
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Old August 12th, 2008, 06:28 AM   #20
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Welcome to the New Olympics,butt shots and over exposure.All of this and it stills not LIVE
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Old August 12th, 2008, 08:25 AM   #21
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I am done with beach volleyball.


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I don't care about how they met their husbands.
With you there.

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I can't watch a sport where the same thing happens over and over.
Well, when the same thing is domination, I can watch that all day. The Gold medal match will be more competitive.

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I am finally tired of the butt shots.


That's like saying you are finally tired of money. Or sex.


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I can no longer listen to the stupid announcers.
Extremely valid point.

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Also, can we know pay attention to some other olympic athletes besides the beach volleyballers and Michael Phelps? Pleez?
You have to switch around all over the place to get the other stuff, but it is there on USA and others. I had a great time watching the fencing chicks, they were awesome. Also the badmitten was cool, and I've been trying to catch a bunch of boxing too. But overall, NBC is going to show you 4 things: May-Walsh, Redeem Team, Shawn Johnson and The Greatest Olympian of All Time.
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Old August 12th, 2008, 08:29 AM   #22
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The same butts (almost not even butts really) over and over? Ugh. Beach volleyball has no volleys. Extremely boring.
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The same butts (almost not even butts really) over and over? Ugh. Beach volleyball has no volleys. Extremely boring.
Hey, the Cuban butts were very nice, well...one's was.


Who needs stinkin' volleys? Beach volleyball is about kills and blocks, and that's it. It is to indoor volleyball as Slamball is to basketball.

Oh, and I think handball is on tonight or in what I recorded this morning...THAT is fun to watch.
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Hey, the Cuban butts were very nice, well...one's was.


Who needs stinkin' volleys? Beach volleyball is about kills and blocks, and that's it. It is to indoor volleyball as Slamball is to basketball.

Oh, and I think handball is on tonight or in what I recorded this morning...THAT is fun to watch.
Who watches slamball?
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Who watches slamball?
If it were an olympic sport, people would j/o to it. It is highly entertaining to watch.

outside of the olympics, who watches beach volleyball? or indoor volleyball? or shooting. or archery. or synchronized diving.
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If it were an olympic sport, people would j/o to it. It is highly entertaining to watch.

outside of the olympics, who watches beach volleyball? or indoor volleyball? or shooting. or archery. or synchronized diving.
Exactly. they are all boring.
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Uhm, that's the other Olympians you were talking about wanting to watch.

Or did you mean the cyclists, weightlifters, soccer players, water polo teams?

I'm trying to find the non-boring ones you are looking for that aren't being shown.

(Boxing is always on, btw)
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I'm going to say it now. The hardest sport to play in the world is Water Polo.

Anyone want to come up with a more difficult sport?
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I'm going to say it now. The hardest sport to play in the world is Water Polo.

Anyone want to come up with a more difficult sport?
None.
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Only one close might, only might, be the balance beam. Ugh, that looks horrible.

I wish we could watch water polo instead of stupid beach volleyball.
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