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Topic: 2012 Olympics
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Blue Jay
Member (Idle past 2719 days) Posts: 2843 From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts Joined: 02-04-2008
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Message 91 of 181 (670184)
08-09-2012 10:05 PM
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Reply to: Message 48 by caffeine
08-02-2012 3:50 AM
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Botswana
Hi, Caffeine.
caffeine writes: ABE: I think everyone should choose a small country to cheer for in the Olympics, even if you're from somewhere huge. It's always nice to support a team that's only gonna get a few medals - they all seem that much more special. I have been following Botswana this year (I like their flag). They have never won a medal at the Olympics. They sent four athletes, one of whom (Amantle Montsho) is the reigning world champion in the women's 400 meters. Montsho missed a medal by 0.03 seconds. Two others (a boxer and a 400-m runner) were unable to get out of the early rounds in their events. But today, Botswanan runner Nijel Amos took silver in the men's 800 meters, less than a second behind the new world-record time set by David Rudisha, the Maasai tribesman from Kenya (the first Maasai to medal, by the way). Amos is only 18, and he just put up the third fastest time in world history. Yay, Botswana!
-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus) Darwin loves you.
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Artemis Entreri 
Suspended Member (Idle past 4250 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: 07-08-2008
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Message 92 of 181 (670220)
08-10-2012 11:32 AM
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Reply to: Message 91 by Blue Jay
08-09-2012 10:05 PM
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Re: Botswana
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Tangle
Member Posts: 9504 From: UK Joined: 10-07-2011 Member Rating: 4.8
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Message 93 of 181 (670327)
08-12-2012 7:21 PM
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phew......dunnit. Not many dead.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2973 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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Message 94 of 181 (670341)
08-13-2012 1:53 AM
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USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
USA wins the Olympics! China? Pfft...stick to making Lo Mein guys.  Hey frako how Slovenia do?
Great Britain? More like Meh Britain. Russia, third place never gets remembered. Lets not even mention the French...did they even know there was an Olympics? Oh man, I really had a blast these Olympics. To sit back and watch America beat the world at dumb sports we don't even enjoy doing was really fun. I mean, I get we are the best at real sports like basketball, volleyball, wrestling and swimming but, who knew we'd win medals in gymnastics? That's not even a real thing!
46 GOLD 29 SILVER 29 BRONZE ------------- 104 TOTAL Suck it! I'm really proud of what we (I) and the rest of America did over there in London, and I'm looking forward to Rio! - Oni
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Dr Jack
Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: 07-14-2003 Member Rating: 8.4
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Message 95 of 181 (670342)
08-13-2012 2:33 AM
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Reply to: Message 94 by onifre
08-13-2012 1:53 AM
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Re: USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
GB came third, our best showing in, like, forever - I'm more than happy with that.
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2973 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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Message 96 of 181 (670343)
08-13-2012 2:42 AM
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Reply to: Message 95 by Dr Jack
08-13-2012 2:33 AM
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Re: USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
Thought GB came in 4th after Russia? - Oni
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Tangle
Member Posts: 9504 From: UK Joined: 10-07-2011 Member Rating: 4.8
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Message 97 of 181 (670345)
08-13-2012 3:50 AM
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Reply to: Message 96 by onifre
08-13-2012 2:42 AM
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Re: USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
Oni writes: Thought GB came in 4th after Russia? The UK came third on gold medal count and 4th on total count. For some reason your NBC prefers its own counting method to the official one. Olympic medal table - Wikipedia Everybody here is pretty damn chuffed about our sporting performance but I'm at least at proud of just pulling it off in such style without making a fool of ourselves or having a terrorist incident.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
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bluegenes
Member (Idle past 2499 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: 01-24-2007
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Message 98 of 181 (670351)
08-13-2012 7:40 AM
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Reply to: Message 94 by onifre
08-13-2012 1:53 AM
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Re: USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
onifre writes: USA wins the Olympics! You came 50th in total medals; 42nd in medals scored at 4,2,1 for gold, silver, bronze; and 28th in golds alone. Britain? 21st; 16th; 10th by the same measures, well ahead of China, the USA and Russia (who were better than the U.S., as usual, like most European countries).
Lists here Still, never mind, you make the top 20 on this weighty list.
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Dr Jack
Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: 07-14-2003 Member Rating: 8.4
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Message 99 of 181 (670354)
08-13-2012 9:23 AM
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Reply to: Message 96 by onifre
08-13-2012 2:42 AM
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America's odd ordering
Only in the curious and uniquely American method of thinking that being one of the better losers is equal in value to winning.
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 100 of 181 (670358)
08-13-2012 10:23 AM
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better than NBC
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2973 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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Message 101 of 181 (670360)
08-13-2012 10:56 AM
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Reply to: Message 99 by Dr Jack
08-13-2012 9:23 AM
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Re: America's odd ordering
Hey, we do it for you guys and the third world countries so they can feel good about themselves. We are in a league of our own when it comes to the Olympics. - Oni
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Dr Jack
Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: 07-14-2003 Member Rating: 8.4
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Message 102 of 181 (670361)
08-13-2012 11:08 AM
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Reply to: Message 101 by onifre
08-13-2012 10:56 AM
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Re: America's odd ordering
And this, my friend, is why I was hoping China would beat you again this year.
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ringo
Member (Idle past 434 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: 03-23-2005
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Message 103 of 181 (670369)
08-13-2012 12:15 PM
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Reply to: Message 101 by onifre
08-13-2012 10:56 AM
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Re: America's odd ordering
Onifre writes: Hey, we do it for you guys and the third world countries so they can feel good about themselves.
Canadians are so polite that we always let the other guy go first. At the finish line it's, "Oh I'm sorry. After you."
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2973 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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Message 104 of 181 (670375)
08-13-2012 4:03 PM
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Reply to: Message 102 by Dr Jack
08-13-2012 11:08 AM
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Re: America's odd ordering
Haters gonna hate... We still won Beijing too. More medals than anyone. That's a win in my book. - Oni
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Dr Jack
Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: 07-14-2003 Member Rating: 8.4
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Message 105 of 181 (670376)
08-13-2012 4:25 PM
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Reply to: Message 104 by onifre
08-13-2012 4:03 PM
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Re: America's odd ordering
China beat you in Beijing. Making up your own unique ordering system so you can pretend otherwise is just lame.
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