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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: oilgun on August 25, 2008, 04:13:05 pm ---
Are those for real?! They are hilarious!
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Very funny, though #9 is suspiciously similar to something the wife of Arnold Palmer, the golfer, is supposed to have said to Johnny Carson once on the Tonight show. Carson's response was, "I bet that makes his putter stand up!" :laugh:
iorhael:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on August 23, 2008, 10:33:28 pm ---I'm in love. Matt Mitchum, an Aussie kept his cool, his good looks and his lovely form and robbed China of their men's platform dive gold sweep.
But he did get the opportunity because the Chinese leader choked on his last dive and Mitchum did not.
Good on ya, Aussies! ;D ;D ;D
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Hi, I feel can only post a message like this here, but I am absolutely nuts over Matthew Mitcham as well...which makes no sense at all because I am married, and he is gay...not to mention that he is 30-plus years younger than me ;o! But somehow I feel I'm okay in talking about this here...He absolutely won my heart on Saturday night when he upset the almighty Chinese divers and won the gold...I loved him already for his open emotions (which were so refreshing to after seeing all the athletes who stifled them on the podium, including our gal gymnasts) and the fact that he won the gold after going through personal struggles in 2006. I didn't even know at that point that he was gay.
When I found out that out after doing some googling, I admired him all the more. I was extremely miffed at NBC for not showing the medal ceremonies but found it on their site at least. After watching that video, I loved him even more...he was just so wonderful on the podium and especially jumping up on the railing to see his mom and partner, and other Aussies. You gotta love him! He is so adorable...sexy in a cute sort of way...and definitely lovable. I will be following him closely from now on.
Here is the link for the medal ceremonies:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=0823_SD_DVM_ME_L1291R7
There are also some interviews of him on You Tube...mostly Aussie stations...very little from the US >:( What I am wondering is whether NBC not mentioning his accomplishment at all after the meet was because he was not a US athlete or because he was gay...
Kelda:
welcome iorhael!
iorhael:
--- Quote from: Kelda on August 25, 2008, 05:04:25 pm ---welcome iorhael!
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Thanks! I've actually been here since March (after seeing Brokeback Mountain for the first time) ;o but just haven't posted yet due to busy-ness....I had a long intro written out, and then lost all of it somehow, and never had the chance to repost. But Matt Mitcham's story has compelled me to post now.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: oilgun on August 25, 2008, 03:52:17 pm ---I wouldn't say BEST ATHLETE, all he did was swim! ;D He is an amazing swimmer, there's no doubt about that but I'm still not convinced that he should have won that seventh medal. In the overhead slomo replay, the guy to his left seemed to be touching the wall way before Phelps had his arm extended, even the announcer (CBC) said that the other guy should have gotten it. Was there ever an explanation for this?
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The French swimmer coasted in and Phelps took that last 1/2 stroke. It was extremely close - the commentators later said it was like the distance of a fingernail - but Phelps did touch first. They don't depend on the eyesight of the guy over the lane. They have some sort of touch-sensor in the wall which will indicate who touched first.
Phelps did win. That's why you didn't see or hear about a protest from the French. It's an electronic device that decides who touches when.
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