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Vancouver Winter Olympics - News and Views
Front-Ranger:
I turned on the closing ceremonies to watch Neil Young perform, and it was exactly perfect, the song, the acoustic guitar and even his black outfit which seemed to pay homage to Johnny Cash. But after that, the mounties, chorus girls, cardboard cutouts, giant inflatable beavers, giant inflatable moose, and giant inflatable William Shatner just left me speechless!! And people who know me know that doesn't happen too often!! I was relieved when Michael J. Fox entered the screen, although he looked a little traumatized too!! It seemed kind of like a bad dream or a Coen Brothers movie...hey, are they Canadian, by chance?? I know James Cameron is, and I wonder why they didn't have some giant inflatable Na'vi as well!!
Sophia:
And I most comment on the Norway, Swedish thing. We were so happy that we beat Norway on mens relay race and won the goldmedal. And got the chance to beat Peter Nortug, is something we have been looking forward to do in a long time. So I think it has become a Swedish major thing as well, to try to beat Norway.
Because every winther olympics its always someone who says I wish Norway still were a part of Sweden, then we would have so many gold medals!!
--- Quote from: Mikaela on March 01, 2010, 03:52:31 pm ---Great to hear you've been cheering for us. I bet that made all the difference! :-*
Yes, I wouldn't be Norwegian if I wasn't watching. We're totally, utterly nuts about the winter olympics. (Especially the skiing, which has the longest traditions.) Petter Northug is a bit of a conceited and spoiled brat, but he's gonna be hailed like a minor god nevertheless when he returns here. For all his medals, but especially those last 100 meters of the 50-kilometer.
And the Swedish ladies here will have to forgive me when I tell the truth; that the major thing for Norway is always to beat Sweden, so in that respect the games were especially successful this year.... :P
But as for the Nations overview that John posted, I'm a little bit peeved at whoever wrote it. They say;
...and I would draw their attention to the most notable Norwegian Olympian of them all; the positive, spirited, wonderful and enthusiastic skier Marit Bjørgen. This link shows a picture of her with the medals she won in Vancouver: 3 gold (2 of them individuals), one silver, one bronze. She beats all the Norwegian boys and she doesn't get a mention! (The pic is too big or I would have posted it).
Go Marit!!!
http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/02/28/sport/ol_i_vancouver/ol_2010/10633569/
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Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on March 01, 2010, 03:52:31 pm ---But as for the Nations overview that John posted, I'm a little bit peeved at whoever wrote it. They say:
--- Quote ---Notable Olympians: Petter Northug, Jr., Cross-Country (Gold; Silver; Bronze); Oeystein Pettersen, Cross-Country (Gold)
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...and I would draw their attention to the most notable Norwegian Olympian of them all; the positive, spirited, wonderful and enthusiastic skier Marit Bjørgen. This link shows a picture of her with the medals she won in Vancouver: 3 gold (2 of them individuals), one silver, one bronze. She beats all the Norwegian boys and she doesn't get a mention! (The pic is too big or I would have posted it).
Go Marit!!!
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Sorry, Mikaela! Somebody (bodies) named "Clark Merrefield and Tali Yahalom researched and reported this ranking" at The Daily Beast. Beat them with blunt sticks! Hah--that should do it! (But maybe we should relent--they DID say: "Nineteen (now 23?) medals for a country with only slightly more people than the city of Los Angeles. Norway's performance—for all its wealthy and winter-friendly advantages—is staggering—" Ok, they did also mention in passing that they thought the Norwegian athletes were not as chic as they might have been, so beat them, but, as they are slightly stupid, gently.)
I ALSO say that your pic of Marit isn't too big at all, and it is absolutely fabulous, CHIC even (something about the layering of the MULTIPLES of those ripply, Corrine Hunt-designed, Orca embellished, goldy, bronzy, silvery medals makes the outfit shine, don't you think?), so--
Go Mikaela! Go Marit!!!
DRAR HJEM MED FEM MEDALJER: Marit Bjørgen har all grunn til å være stolt av sin egen medaljefangst i OL, med tre gull (stafett, skiathlon, sprint), sølv på
30 km og bronse på 10 km. Men kanskje kunne gårsdagens sølv vært byttet ut med enda et gull om hun hadde fulgt taktikken langrennsledelsen la opp til.
Foto: Heiko Junge / Scanpix
http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/02/28/sport/ol_i_vancouver/ol_2010/10633569/
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Meryl on March 01, 2010, 10:45:53 am ---ETA: Giant beavers and Michael Buble? Save us! :o
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Got it! I got one of the giant inflatable beavers (cheerful yet apparently enchained )! :D
Anybody find the inflatable moose?? Let us know!
Meryl:
That has to be the tackiest Olympic closing ceremony I can ever remember seeing. It would be like the USA having giant Uncle Sams and Statues of Liberty herded on by Minutemen eating apple pie or something. What were they smoking thinking? :P
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