Rio 2016: Drugs, Violence, Pestilence, Corruption, Petty Nationalism, Product Placement, and occasional Athletic feats

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Rio 2016: Drugs, Violence, Pestilence, Corruption, Petty Nationalism, Product Placement, and occasional Athletic feats

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http://globalnews.ca/news/2858519/austr ... activated/

The torch is lit! :twitch:
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Rat Patrol wrote:http://globalnews.ca/news/2858519/austr ... activated/

The torch is lit! :twitch:
I'm glad someone lit a match.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
Rat Patrol wrote:http://globalnews.ca/news/2858519/austr ... activated/

The torch is lit! :twitch:
I'm glad someone lit a match.
Given the pollution in the harbour, it could go Cuyahoga.
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I intend to watcha shit-ton this year. I say that every time though and I don't.
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tepista wrote:I intend to watcha shit-ton this year. I say that every time though and I don't.
The rowing events should be an interesting watch. Those canoers are literally going to be up shit creek.
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Silent Majority wrote:
tepista wrote:I intend to watcha shit-ton this year. I say that every time though and I don't.
The rowing events should be an interesting watch. Those canoers are literally going to be up shit creek.
They have to make it into the water first: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... -collapses
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Like tep, I always go into the Olympics with the idea of watching a lot, and end up missing most of it. I'll make another effort this year, despite how horrible it sounds like everything will be.
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Flex wrote: despite how horrible it sounds like everything will be.
That's actually a higher incentive to watch. I expect to see purse snatching in the stands.
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I just want to see swimming and track world records.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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matedog wrote:I just want to see swimming and track drug disqualifications.
The track gods will probably provide. Unfortunately, the practice pool water is tainted with that bacteria that induces sudden uncontrollable projectile-shitting.
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Rattie, that has to be one of if not the greatest thread title ever. :approve:
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Rat Patrol wrote:
matedog wrote:I just want to see swimming and track drug disqualifications.
The track gods will probably provide. Unfortunately, the practice pool water is tainted with that bacteria that induces sudden uncontrollable projectile-shitting.
Just as long as the long jump gold medalists jump could have gotten him in the top ten in 1988 is enough for me.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Kerri Walsh's kid is "Sundance" Michael Phelps's is "Boomer". Does the Olympics make you retarded?
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tepista wrote:Kerri Walsh's kid is "Sundance" Michael Phelps's is "Boomer". Does the Olympics make you retarded?
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