Winter Olympics

[Psygnal]

I'm not normally a big fan of the winter olympics, and I'd have to admit that I didn't watch a great deal, but a number of things stuck out.

1. The snowboard races.
I don't really rate snowboarding as a proper sport. It's a short step from skateboarding, and that's about as much of a proper sport as pole dancing, in my opinion... regardless of attempts to get the later into the next Olympics.

However, the downhill 4-man snowboard races were quite nailbiting, and were surprisingly watchable. I was off work sick for a day, and being completely bored, I turned on the telly and spent a few hours watching the snowboarding. I may even watch it again, next time it's on.

2. The Pairs Skating.
It's girlie. You can't even attempt to justify this... it's girlie. Even if you wrap it up in cowboy outfits or mummy costumes, and throw in some heavy metal or hard rock music... it's girlie.

It's two people... each about as effeminate as the other... who are dancing their arses off to the tune of whatever they think will win them the most points... and they're doing it on metal sticks on frozen water.

Admittedly, some of the female skaters are extremely hot... but even leaving that aside, the sheer competitive nature of this makes it vaguely interesting. It's not the sort of sport I'd go out of my way to watch, but if there's nothing better on, the channel might not get changed.

As for the negative things about the Winter Olympics this year?

Oh, I'm sure there were plenty. Cruin was telling me about some of the negative things happening locally, but all I can go by were what I happened to catch on TV.

Primarily... the closing ceremony. It was certainly flashy, and I'm all for national pride and patriotism and so forth... but you just don't insult the other attending nations by inferring that they're a bunch of untidy yobs... even if they are.

"The swiss army knife... no attachment for picking up after yourself!"

Canada... get over yourself. Great country and all, but honestly, I thought that part of the closing ceremony was just totally unnecessary, and probably could have been dropped from the schedule.

As for the rest of it... Having William Shatner and Michael J Fox turn up was a nice touch. Some of the singers were just crap... but in all, a nice effort.

Psyg'