Will you watch the Olympics?

[btrieger 21]

I'm curious again. This usually gets me in trouble.

[Humming Bird 275]

I'm offended ! I'm outraged !

[Marine mom 3]

Love 'em. We don't stay up to watch, that is why we have the DVR!

[Jachut 487]

I voted I may catch a glimpse but quickly change the channel.

I find stuff like the Olympics on TV as boring as batshit, to be blunt. Hate it. I'd rather watch paint dry. I am not a spectator, I'd rather be doing. I dont have the Aussie love of tennis or footy either (Australian rules).

The only sport I will watch on telly is the odd marathon/race when its televised. And usually only ones like the Sydney city to surf becuase I'd really like to do it. I've got little interest in people running through cities I dont know.

[Marine mom 3]

lol, i'd rather watch them somewhere else. i can drive through our city and see the same sights. we only have a half marathon, though.

[Devana 0]

The whole thing pisses me off.

Having elite level sports where one participant who is a couple hundredths of a second faster than another is considered a "winner" where the other isn't, is ridiculous.

Winners and losers, all at great expense.

I really have been in a snit since Vancouver decided they wanted the games. I'm across the Water on the island, however this is still the same province so it affects me.

What I would have liked to see is all that money funnelled into making sports and physical activity available for all. I would like to see parents able to provide team sports, even expensive ones like hockey, for their children. I would like to see all sorts of non competitive activities available eg. swimming and kayak instruction. I'd like to see free seniors activities like swimming, pool exercise, tai chi, yoga, whatever.

There is a small grant available for low income families to put their kids into sports but it's barely enough to cover basic soccer fees.

And there's been such an obscene amount spent that I bet it would cover music lessons for any kid who wants them, too.

There's all this talk of the spin offs the city will get with future tourism, however, someone should have consulted with previous cities, because it sounds like it wasn't nearly what they expected.

So, all my bellyaching done, no, I'm not watching. However my husband is a bit, he tends to stop there when he's channel surfing. Therefore, I did just manage to catch kd lang singing Halleluia. Sublime.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,280]

Curling.

That's really all that ever needs to be said when someone asks "Do you like to watch the Olympics?"

[Marine mom 3]

The curling is one of our favorites! It is like chess on ice!

[btrieger 21]

The curling is one of our favorites! It is like chess on ice!

Looks more like spring cleaning on ice to me

[Devana 0]

I'd rather get a root canal.

[Marine mom 3]

Looks more like spring cleaning on ice to me

:thumbup: lol, no kidding. My sweetie loved the winter games, and I grew to love them through his eyes.

I, myself, believe that winter should be banned. Not the olympics, mind you, winter.

[Devana 0]

Ok, the games are almost over, I'm still in kind of a snit.

This afternoon I took a carload of boys to the ferry and they went over to the mainland to partake in the Olympic festivities. They're all 17 and all good kids, but they've never done anything like this before on their own and I'm a bit nervous. (Hence me sitting up late waiting for a phone call.)

They may get the midnight ferry home or may stay there all night. My slight feeling of irresponsibility over this is negated slightly by the fact that there's safety in numbers and by the memory of what I was doing when I was 17. Yikes.

[Marine mom 3]

What fun! I'm sure all was well.

[Devana 0]

Thanks Missy, they did get home on the last ferry. By time I picked them up and dropped everyone home it was almost 4 am.

And they had a wonderful time. It was a real adventure for them. They saw the concert they wanted and visited a couple of pavilions and just walked around soaking up the ambiance.

However, they were sputtering with indignation about the Coke pavilion. They felt that they were held captive once they got in (they were actually locked into a room at one point) and that Coke was trying to "brainwash" (their words!) them. Only one of the kids drinks pop and he has vowed to never again let Coke touch his lips!!!!! (Exclamation points his; you know how emphatic kids can be).

Despite that, the overall experience was fun and empowering for them. Now they're talking about taking the bus to the city about an hour away to see concerts. This is something I have been gently trying to encourage because otherwise Mom is around (because I have to drive them, and I don't mind, I might add) and that is so uncool.