Rio!

melmelw03
melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
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Does anyone else geek out on the Olympics? I'm super excited!
I love swimming, diving, gymnastics, all the track and field events, and beach volleyball the most.
What are y'all looking forward to watching? Anyone you're pulling for?
I hope Phelps delivers again....he's a beast.

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  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    If I am lucky, I wont have to see even a second of it............
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
    I'm kind of upset they didn't change the venue because of the zika outbreak.

    Otherwise, I am looking forward to the track events and of course swimming.

    Not exactly practical to just move the Olympics somewhere else.
    Although I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about security issues as well.
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
    The Opening Ceremony is my favorite part of the Olympics. I know I'm not the only who grades the countries by how hot their athletes are. :blush:

    And NBC is already up to their tape delaying shenanigans. Opening Ceremony is at 4pm PST but they're not airing it until 8pm. Eat *kitten*, NBC!



  • ejinvt
    ejinvt Posts: 298 Member
    Y'all are too young to get this, but...

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  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
    ejinvt wrote: »
    Y'all are too young to get this, but...

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA
    You got there before me haha
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    Her name is Rio.............no one ever says I am too young for anything anymore!
  • ejinvt
    ejinvt Posts: 298 Member
    edited August 2016
    finny11122 wrote: »
    ejinvt wrote: »
    Y'all are too young to get this, but...

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA
    You got there before me haha

    Sorry Fin!!! Great minds...
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    OMG I LOVE the Olympics.
    I keep looking at my Grandma's scrapbook on the floor from when she went and thinking I should flip through it just for fun

    I LOVE athletics, gymnastics, swimming, diving, rowing, boxing...really everything!
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  • CincyNeid
    CincyNeid Posts: 1,249 Member
    Cycling, Shooting, and I can watch the Volleyball and Gymnastics even though I have no clue what's going on.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,988 Member
    Don't know if anyone's seen this yet. I'm hyped for the Olympics, but apparently they need better torch carriers and security.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT-3Ts31pOs

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  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
    melmelw03 wrote: »
    Does anyone else geek out on the Olympics? I'm super excited!
    I love swimming, diving, gymnastics, all the track and field events, and beach volleyball the most.
    What are y'all looking forward to watching? Anyone you're pulling for?
    I hope Phelps delivers again....he's a beast.

    Im looking forward to it myself . I reckon Katie Taylor will be Irelands best hope for a gold medal in the boxing .
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    edited August 2016
    @ejinvt I wish I was too young. Best line in that song "it means so much to me, like a birthday or a pretty view" lol. I don't know why but to me, that doesn't say much.

    I'll catch some of the Olympics, but I do think the venue was not a good choice. Those poor boaters and swimmers are gonna get mad sick from all the pollution in the lagoon.

    I don't understand why the Olympics are always somewhere different. I doubt that hosting cities make up the cost in tourism to build those huge structures that will likely never be used again. It just seems wasteful.

    The 1st Olympics I can really remember is the Calgary Olympics. Opening night I spent the night at a friend's house for a birthday party. It was the first time I stayed awake all night. I remember getting up and watching the Olympics with her dad while everyone else was sleeping. I might have been 7 or 8.

    Check that...I just checked. I was 9
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    Lady_Spartan15 wrote: »
    I like the gymnastics.. Enjoy the winter Olympics more tho

    Winter is the best cause of ice

    but the Olympic are just so awesome!
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    ejinvt wrote: »
    Y'all are too young to get this, but...

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    Speak for yourself!!!

    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand....

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