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I'm rather enjoying watching the Ga Navigator traffic site and flipping through the incidents. Poor fuckers. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:17
Odd thought: what if some indian tribe (with billions of casino funds) sponsored oly games and in their opening ceremonies had charactures of white .. - zeitgeist Feb 12, 21:17
very nice rendition of O Canada -- nm - peglegpete Feb 12, 21:15
Brian Williams is just a treasure trove of information. "It's a combination of propane and isobutane..." -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:14 3
- I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:15 2
  - "Zed" -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:17 1
    - "It's a chopper baby." -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:18
Joni Mitchell may be my favorite Canadian ever. Her, or Neil Young. Or The Band. -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 21:13 3
- thanks :( -- nm - Alex Trebek Feb 12, 21:15 2
  - What's a word that is meant to express gratification? -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 21:17 1
    - fellatio. -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 21:18
Guy that's not Costas: "Gretzky is popular." Thanks. -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 21:12
this last bit in the truck is a little... less classy. (also, the flames canisters burn for 12-14 min, fyi) -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 21:11 6
- there we go, backup torch. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 21:12 1
  - he's on his third (they gave him a new one on his way out of the stadium - our announcers didn't notice) -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 21:13
- They just lit another one, I think. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 21:12 3
  - Duuuuuuuuuuuude. Great idea. -- nm - Shaun White Feb 12, 21:13 2
    - Yeah, first one's fried. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 21:13 1
      - Totally up in smoke, dude! -- nm - Shaun White Feb 12, 21:17
What a wuss. In a truck. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 21:09
I believe that's why the Olympic Ceremonies were held indoors - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 21:08
Yeah, man. Man, whoa. Man. -- nm - Joey B Feb 12, 21:08
Can we stop bringing up Hitler every time we talk about the torch run? -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:07 3
- Yeah. -- nm - nubby with a small under-nose moustache Feb 12, 21:08
- You know who else liked to run around carrying fire? -- nm - mara Feb 12, 21:08 1
  - Promethius! -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:09
I don't think all 25,000 people out ther are prtesters, brian williams. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:06
And now, I want to order an Olympic cowbell. Jacen and I can then bang the shit out of it for two weeks. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 21:05 1
- heh heh -- nm - Beavis Feb 12, 21:06
heh, had to wait at the pressure door. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:04
That is *not* the time to find out you were 99% perfect. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 21:03
Nice opening ceremony Canada. Very entertaining. -- nm - Krusty Feb 12, 21:03 2
- I'm annoyed they cut out the Terrance and Phillip duet though at the end. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:05 1
  - I believe curling was up there on the floating tent -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 21:11
The whole thing was good, but it peaked early with the ice breaking and the whales. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 21:03 1
- yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 21:04
A second one? - Spawn Feb 12, 21:02 7
- And apparently nobody knew about it. How do you hide a cauldron? -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 21:09 1
  - it had been rumored, but no one would confirm. - b! Feb 12, 21:15
- the one in the middle of the stadium isn't exactly practical. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:03 4
  - Agreed, so it should have never been. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:05 3
    - yeah. they should have run him outside. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:10 2
      - (I'm serious, by the way) -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:11 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:14
nice save by Gretzky -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 21:02
someone's ass is *canned*. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:01 3
- GO BALLOON! GO BALLOON! -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 21:02 2
  - I was thinking of that, yes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:05
  - Nice! -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:04
That *is* pretty cool, though. -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 21:01 2
- They should have taken some advisment from Burning Man alumni. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:02
- I like it too. Would have been great with all four. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 21:01
aw. :( -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 21:01
Lame. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:01
oh for the love of... -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:00
Kal-El is needed. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:00
whooopsie. -- nm - kelly Feb 12, 20:59
I'm feeling kinda funny watching that in my no-no place. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 20:59
heh the orchestra got a bit lost there for a second -- nm - JenBro Feb 12, 20:59 3
- they were improvising - the cauldrons didn't come up -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 21:00 2
  - right - I was imagining them looking at each other and thinking ... 'what now - I'm out of music"? -- nm - JenBro Feb 12, 21:02
  - I blame Lex Luthor -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:01
Bummer. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 20:59
Whoa! -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 20:59
oh no! equipment malfunction! -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:59
"Shit! We forgot the cauldron!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:58 5
- "I thought you were suppose to feed the gerbils" -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 12, 21:01
- someone is freakingg -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:59 3
  - 99 was not comfortable. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 20:59 2
    - Missed it by *that* much. -- nm - 86 Feb 12, 21:05
    - steve nash had a very awkward smile too. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:01
Yeah, mechanical failure, I think. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 20:58
this is a little weird ... -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:58 1
- a canadian torch-lighting standoff -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:59
Re: Hallelujah. With all due love to Jeff, I like Rufus' version best. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 20:57 2
- that song needs to go away long time -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:58 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 20:58
yeah - it still looks like they're sparkin' up a big doob. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 20:56 2
- Smoke 'em if you got 'em. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 20:58
- mmm hmmm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:57
did they lie? -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:56 1
- It was all of them, so I guess they're getting around it that way. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:03
hellloo canuck lady -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:55
sigh ... watching the olympics makes me miss my mom ... it was a big thing when I was a kid to watch them ... she would have loved these opening - JenBro Feb 12, 20:54 3
- aww, sorry. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 21:00 2
  - nah ... it's a good "miss her" ... good memories :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 12, 21:03 1
    - :) - -- nm - b! Feb 12, 21:06
where's Guigue? I can't remember this dude's name. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:52 2
- Garou - Guigue Feb 12, 20:53 1
  - thanks. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:53
This guy is the most emotional anyone's been about anything, ever. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:52 1
- glen beck? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 20:52
is this the Quebec anthem for secession? -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:50 1
- ~pl-pl-please accept our surrendre...~ -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 20:52
If it isn't too late to get a guess in the pool, I'll take "moose set on fire stampeding towards the Olympic cauldron". -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 20:50 2
- (according to wikipedia, it's "josh".) -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 20:52
- we haven't seen much of musubi lately. could be -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:51
OMG it's Muhammad Ali! -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 20:49
That was a silent a moment of silence as I can recall. - Reagen Feb 12, 20:48 6
- what was it for? -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 20:50 3
  - luger. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:51 2
    - thanks. -- nm - loosilu Feb 12, 20:53
    - I keep thinking about a gun when I read this. -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 20:52
- I lost five bucks on it being Costas. -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 20:50
- Yep. A long one too. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 20:49
i would have waged they put the flags on half during the minute -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 20:47
so odd. the l.a. times story I referenced on b2 makes it sound like everything's over. it's definitely live for y'all, right? -- nm - b! Feb 12, 20:46 1
- Um. I dunno. They haven't said it was live, now that I think about it. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 20:47
There's not a lot of songs that sound good done operatically. This isn't one of them. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:44 5
- She's from here. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 20:46 2
  - She was actually in my 10th grade homeroom class. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 20:48 1
    - cool -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:49
- and it just keeps goin'. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:45
- the diva plavalaguna! -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:44
rick hansen maybe? -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:43 1
- Did it Wednesday. I think we're getting Gretz. *sigh* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 20:44
look if you want to know why you should not use the hairdryer while in the bathtub ! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 20:43
I believe - Nice Audi commercial on NBC -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 20:42
Meanwhile, the West Virginia/Pitt game has been really entertaining (near end of 2nd OT) -- nm - prayformojo Feb 12, 20:41 1
- start of 3rd OT -- nm - prayformojo Feb 12, 20:45
Hey there, Bobby Orr. You rule. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 20:41 1
- oh bobby, you crazy alcoholic. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:41
maybe it is wayne -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:41 6
- VANOC specifically said it wasn't.... but... -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:41 5
  - yeah, but who's left except him and zombie terry fox? -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:42 4
    - Celine!!! -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 20:44 2
      - Now I'm picturing Shat and Celine in a bar somewhere, getting sloshed. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 20:45 1
        
        "we'll have our own olympics! with booze, and hookers!" -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:47
    - Shatner! -- nm - mara Feb 12, 20:43
I believe this is a nice touch -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 20:40
She looks like the more manly version of an older Clay Aiken. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 20:39
huh, 6.3 earthquake in tonga. -- (link) - mafic Feb 12, 20:39 1
- I don't even know where Tonga is, but I bet they deserved it. It's a well known fact that God hates tongs. -- nm - Pat Robertson Feb 12, 20:42
For those keeping track... still no sign of the dog... - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 20:39 12
- hope he comes back soon -- nm - JenBro Feb 12, 20:50
- oh no. :/ I hope he turns up soon. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 20:44
- he'll come back -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 20:44 2
  - Hopefully he realizes I have all the food. And his favorite... the Cheetos. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 20:46 1
    - good lord -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 21:09
- The chip is a good thing. Shelters and pounds know to check so hopefully he'll be home safe soon. -- nm - TWuG Feb 12, 20:44
- :( you've called all the shelters, right? -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:41 4
  - Yes - which is closed... with no after hours number... UGH - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 20:43 3
    - have you got posters up yet? or still just thinking he'll wander back (glad he's chipped) -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:45 2
      - No posters yet - will tomorrow. Put a notice up on Craig's List and am posting on the FB Beaverdale group, which is the area of town I live in. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 20:47 1
        
        good thinking -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 20:48
- :( - kelly Feb 12, 20:40
it was even jeff buckley's version! I'm right! I'M RIGHT! -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:37 2
- that's kind of mean to jeff buckley. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 20:39
- *pats mafic on the back* -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 20:38
Crazy Canucks! -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 20:36

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