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September 30, 2009
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
I'm awfully big on world-class kielbasa.
posted by wfrazerjr at 11:16 AM on September 30, 2009
I gotta say that my vote would go for impromptu 2 am samba session featuring energetic, well-defined dancers in feathered headgear and green and gold thongs.
I'll be watching it all on TV so my vote doesn't really count.
posted by THX-1138 at 11:33 AM on September 30, 2009
As a Chicagoan, I have to say I hope it goes to Rio.
posted by holden at 11:39 AM on September 30, 2009
As an American I hope it goes to Rio. San Francisco put together a bid (which lost to Chicago) and I was scared it might win. Despite being more than 30 miles south of the city, the town where I live--Mountain View--was supposed to be a prime location. Just what we need here!
Frankly I think they should build permanent facilities near Athens and stop this moving around crap.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:42 AM on September 30, 2009
C'mon, what are the odds of two Brady's? It is like the owner saw a psychic that said 'Brady'.
Rosebud.
realized my mistake after posting. the cheese stands alone.
posted by geekyguy at 11:57 AM on September 30, 2009
Rio would be really cool, actually. I bet it goes to Rio because a South American country has never hosted
posted by lil_brown_bat at 12:24 PM on September 30, 2009
I'd vote against Rio just so we wouldn't have to endure playing that damned Duran Duran song four times an hour for two and a half weeks.
But I'm with bill. A singular, permanent site would avoid all of this mess and get some extended use out of the costly facilities.
posted by Ufez Jones at 01:22 PM on September 30, 2009
When I develop dementia, I am so going to say it is from my time in the NFL.
Unless I forget.
posted by geekyguy at 01:41 PM on September 30, 2009
I hope it goes to Rio, in the interest of fairness and excitement. It will be a mess, but they always are.
posted by dusted at 02:18 PM on September 30, 2009
Much depends on the gender of the "well-defined" dancers in the green feathers and gold thongs, but yeah, I kind of like Rio vs Chicago (where a promising student was killed recently in gang-related violence at his school. He was an innocent bystander trying to help a friend)
posted by Howard_T at 04:11 PM on September 30, 2009
I kind of like Rio vs Chicago (where a promising student was killed recently in gang-related violence at his school. He was an innocent bystander trying to help a friend)
I hate to break it to you, but going to Rio to avoid violence is like going to Scotland to avoid whisky.
posted by rodgerd at 05:29 PM on September 30, 2009
I'd prefer Tokyo, mainly for time zone reasons. But it doesn't look like everyone there is fully committed to the future of the Olympics.
posted by owlhouse at 05:37 PM on September 30, 2009
anyone else working on a prediction for which city will be awarded the 2016 Olympic Games?
I'm still waiting for the year to come when the Olympic Games will be hosted around the globe simultaneously ... doing away with the colossal overspending and social atrocities. It can still be the Olympics for chrissakes ... and perhaps even somehow better than the current (Modern) version.
think (Post)Modern Olympic Games
posted by Spitztengle at 05:51 PM on September 30, 2009
and then I read owlhouse's link, and am willing to be the first to second that idea ... the 2020 Olympics could look much different than they do today
posted by Spitztengle at 05:54 PM on September 30, 2009
..... going to Rio to avoid violence is like going to Scotland to avoid whisky.
Violence bad, whisky good.
posted by tommybiden at 06:28 PM on September 30, 2009
think (Post)Modern Olympic Games
Apple's already working on the iGames.
Violence bad, whisky good.
Whisky good, violence good.
- signed Rangers and Celtic fans.
posted by owlhouse at 07:48 PM on September 30, 2009
My vote is and always will be - Eastern Time Zone that isn't my city.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 10:32 PM on September 30, 2009
Gee, what city could be safer than Rio - where the cops carry machine guns to control any violence (tic).
posted by pullmyfinger at 10:36 AM on October 01, 2009
Gee, what city could be safer than Rio - where the cops carry machine guns to control any violence
As opposed to Chicago, where a boy walking home from school was swarmed and murdered by a mob last week ?
posted by tommybiden at 10:41 AM on October 01, 2009
Hey, I grew up near Hartford - which is probably the murder capital of the US of A (per capita, of course). I trust the Olympic Committee has sense enough not to ever, ever consider Hartford.
BTW the (tic) at the end of my comment stands for tongue-in-cheek. That means sarcastic remark. FYI, the BTW stands for by-the-way. Oh yea, the FYI stands for for-your-information.
PS: Just having fun with you. PS stands for post script - meaning added as an afterthought.
posted by pullmyfinger at 11:04 AM on October 01, 2009
PS to my PS - this whole thing was tic.
posted by pullmyfinger at 11:45 AM on October 01, 2009
What does "tic" mean?
posted by yerfatma at 12:21 PM on October 01, 2009
"TIC" is new to me too.
posted by rcade at 12:23 PM on October 01, 2009
I'm scared it's a misuse of [sic].
posted by yerfatma at 01:59 PM on October 01, 2009
T = tongue,
I = in,
C = cheek
Tongue in cheek = sarcastic f**ken remark - just like this one.
posted by pullmyfinger at 04:31 PM on October 01, 2009
Perhaps an irony mark would be useful؟
More interrobangs are always encouraged‽
posted by geekyguy at 06:54 PM on October 01, 2009
Ya know, I was considering that. I couldn't find them on my keyboard.
posted by pullmyfinger at 08:18 PM on October 01, 2009
So much for Chicago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8282518.stm. Two left standing are Rio de Janeiro and Madrid.
The 2014 World Cup is going to be in Rio/Brazil. Hopefully if Rio gets 2016 this double will give them a leg up across most areas of concern.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:16 PM on October 02, 2009
Is the Hoser or anyone else working on a prediction for which city will be awarded the 2016 Olympic Games?
For the heck of it, I'll say Rio. Chicago gets stiffed.
If you're a voting IOC official and you're thinking ahead, what would you rather remember as your personal Olympic moment: eating world class kielbasa and watching Milton Bradley climb the ivy at Wrigley before being subdued by security, or finding that the hallway outside your hotel room is hosting an impromptu 2 am samba session featuring energetic, well-defined dancers in feathered headgear and green and gold thongs?