Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.
Aug 16th 2012 | 2:33 pm
#181
limey party pooper
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Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.
Someone on the radio was saying that the olympics should only have events where a world record exists. Raises all kinds of possibilities - Fastest mobility scooter, pogo stick jumping, wing eating.
Aug 17th 2012 | 4:54 am
#182
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Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.
Whatever happened to "owning the podium"?
So much for that
So much for that
Aug 17th 2012 | 4:56 am
#183
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Aug 17th 2012 | 11:40 pm
#184
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Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.
Yeah... it's just to generate interest. The assumption is that Canadians will be more interested if they "bang on about" Canadian athletes. I think the media overdid it, especially as Canada doesn't even compete very well in the summer sports overall. But I don't think it's a "celebration of mediocrity" as you so condescendingly put it in your original post so much as a simple attempt to generate interest for ratings.
Aug 18th 2012 | 3:46 am
#185
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Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.
[QUOTE=Oink;10200374]Could you cheer for them?
their celebration of mediocrity, which I think is endemic to their wider culture.
Still crying with laughter same thing when you hear things like:
'Toronto is a world class city'
'Canadian and creative in the same sentence'
'snow & slow'
their celebration of mediocrity, which I think is endemic to their wider culture.
Still crying with laughter same thing when you hear things like:
'Toronto is a world class city'
'Canadian and creative in the same sentence'
'snow & slow'
Aug 20th 2012 | 4:11 am
#186
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Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.
