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What Olympic team(s) are you rooting for. If you have more than one list the top 3!!

1: United States :hail:
2: Brazil
3: Iceland

The only thing I hope is that the entire olympic stadium gets blown up, and we never have to watch the stupid thing ever again.

USA baby!

1. Japan
2. Germany
3. Japan

"You put Japan twice!"
"I like Japan."

The only thing I hope is that the entire olympic stadium gets blown up, and we never have to watch the stupid thing ever again.

Seriously? You can't just not watch it; you actually have to wish for thousands of people to die?

Seriously? You can't just not watch it; you actually have to wish for thousands of people to die?

Is that a problem? :)

The only thing I hope is that the entire olympic stadium gets blown up, and we never have to watch the stupid thing ever again.

While it may be a bit extreme, I fully embrace the sentiment of this post. Get it off the friggin' telly already.

While it may be a bit extreme, I fully embrace the sentiment of this post. Get it off the friggin' telly already.

Good to see there are people out there like me. :D

Whoever has the best story, underdogs, hot chicks, homely chicks, dudes that seem cool before the event, small ass countries that get to the finals where you know it'd be huge for them to win, anyone who comes from behind, people who might do something remarkable, occasionally for the heck of it Canadians. Anything to make it interesting. Except the US synchronized swimming team, I met them and they think I'm sweet, so I want them to win.

USia USia USia!

And the Mongolians.

1. China
2. USA

1- China (As a poor performance in sports might harm the current US government, ergo McCain)
2- Brazil (Brazilian)
3- Macedonia (because it's WEIRD).

USA baby!

Woo Woot!!:hail:

No one can take the Awesome Athletic Might of the Skalvians!!!

lol

Of course the USofA...and generally anyone facing China, lol...

1- China (As a poor performance in sports might harm the current US government, ergo McCain)
2- Brazil (Brazilian)
3- Macedonia (because it's WEIRD).

Lol

Are you seriously rooting for China or are you doing that just to please me? lol

Lol

Are you seriously rooting for China or are you doing that just to please me? lol

China will be useful if they win, as I said.

The olympics must be destroyed!

the Olympics Must Be Destroyed!

Its A Trap!!!...our Athletes Cant Repel Text Of That Magnitude!!!

Its A Trap!!!...our Athletes Cant Repel Text Of That Magnitude!!!

Concentrate all fire on that Olympic stadium!

Fuck all sports

That about sums up my feelings on the matter.

They should make an olympics for math, science, history, and literature. You know... for intelligence rather than strength.

No, what we REALLY need is Olympic Air Hockey!!! itd be fuckin Kick Awesome, id watch the shit out of it, lol...

They should make an olympics for math, science, history, and literature. You know... for intelligence rather than strength.
Nerd Olympics?

Nerd Olympics?

Not Nerd Olympics... more like EPIC WINics

Nerd Olympics?

No no no...thatd be something like World of Warcraft or Halo Olympics...

You know...Come to think of it...

Id watch the shit outta that too...FOR THE HORDE!!! lol

Hey! I play WOW!

*Feels Nerdish*

Not Nerd Olympics... more like EPIC WINics

Well, all the stolen lunch money would be a boon to the host country's economy...

Hey! I play WOW!

*Feels Nerdish*

I used to play WoW...now im just waiting on Warhammer Online...

I used to play WoW...now im just waiting on Warhammer Online...

Meh.

*Fires Missile at Olympics*

Nerd Olympics
Math- Solve math problems and equations
Science- Answer Science questions, make stuff, and conduct experiments
Dance- Popping (look it up on wikipedia)
History- Answer geography and other questions about history
Politics- Answer questions about politics and debate
Music- Nerd Rap and Electronic/Techno
Video Gaming- Play video games
Gladiator- Take a beating (or fight back) and run

Good god Kerri Walsh is hot.

The olympics must be destroyed!

NO!

All sports in the Olympics also must be destroyed, else all our hard work will be for naught!:p

The olympics must be destroyed!

After the United States win of course!!;)

I'm not rooting for any team... but watching and cheering ALL the athletes!

While it may be a bit extreme, I fully embrace the sentiment of this post. Get it off the friggin' telly already. aww... wat's da madder... your nation only has one telly station? even our basic broadcast of three stations has the Olympics only on ONE of them. :p

I really want that swimming guy who can win all the medals to win them all.

I'm not rooting for any team... but watching and cheering ALL the athletes!

aww... wat's da madder... your nation only has one telly station? even our basic broadcast of three stations has the Olympics only on ONE of them. :p

Trouble is, here the BBC is putting ridiculous levels of coverage. The other channels I can receive here are shite, which means theres nothing for me to watch until the evening when the Olympics stops. Which makes me most irritated.

I really want that swimming guy who can win all the medals to win them all.
I watched that guy win his first medal this olympics in the individual medley (the event I swam before I gained a whole other human in size...)-that dude is crazy fast. They had a line that represented the record he set earlier that day and he beat it by a length. The sad thing was that second place also beat it-that's got to suck, you broke the record that was set earlier that day and still got smoked by the giant manfish that set that record.

Michael Phelps will be the greatest athlete in history... that is until another Chinese guy comes in... lol

Britain, USA, China. :)

America, fuck yeah!

Australia, but as long as China doesn't finish first I will be happy.

1.USA
2.France
3.China

I don't have access to TV but I do follow Olympic basketball a bit in the paper.

Whoever has the best story, underdogs, hot chicks, homely chicks, dudes that seem cool before the event, small ass countries that get to the finals where you know it'd be huge for them to win, anyone who comes from behind, people who might do something remarkable, occasionally for the heck of it Canadians. Anything to make it interesting. Except the US synchronized swimming team, I met them and they think I'm sweet, so I want them to win.

My grandmother used to be very involved with the US synchronized swimming team.

Anyway, I root mainly for the American team. It's the only time I'm really like "America! Fuck yeah!," but I figure that's okay in sports, same as there's nothing wrong with rooting for Cal athletics teams. All in good fun.

Besides my own team, I'll root for the Irish, the Icelanders, sometimes Norway and Sweden, sometimes France, sometimes Hungary. I'll root for specific players of other teams if I think they're cool or retiring or something like that.

The olympics must be destroyed!

Why? And would you like some cheese with your whiiiiiine?

Michael Phelps will be the greatest athlete in history... that is until another Chinese guy comes in... lol
He just got another one in 200 freestyle, almost 2 seconds ahead of everyone else and a second ahead of the record. That guy is freakishly fast.

Trouble is, here the BBC is putting ridiculous levels of coverage. The other channels I can receive here are shite, which means theres nothing for me to watch until the evening when the Olympics stops. Which makes me most irritated.

So you're blaming the Olympics for the real problem, which is that you have shit for TV?

Trouble is, here the BBC is putting ridiculous levels of coverage. The other channels I can receive here are shite, which means theres nothing for me to watch until the evening when the Olympics stops. Which makes me most irritated.

that sucks. :(

So you're blaming the Olympics for the real problem, which is that you have shit for TV?

I would call it more for an argument for competative broadcasting stations.

Why? And would you like some cheese with your whiiiiiine?

Nah - I prefer rum.

1. USA
2. Germany
3. Switzerland

Barbados.

Just for the lols.

See, that's what I'm talking about with the tiny country thing, Togo just won its first medal ever in white water kayak. The dude was so excited he broke his paddle. They didn't even bother interviewing the German who won.

Awesome.

See, that's what I'm talking about with the tiny country thing, Togo just won its first medal ever in white water kayak. The dude was so excited he broke his paddle. They didn't even bother interviewing the German who won.

Awesome.
Goes to show that ANYTHING can happen in the Olympics!

Congrats to Togo!

I'm all for the USA.

In any event where the US doesn't medal, I'm all about the underdog.

I was ecstatic when Togo got the Bronze in Whitewater Kayaking.

I was pleased when China got the team gold in Men's Gymnastics (they've worked long and hard for it) and delighted when an underrated American team got the Bronze.

1) Israel
2) Israel
3) Israel

Seriously, one of their swimmer's names was Nimrod. You wish I was kidding.

im not rooting for any particular team although i was very excited for the US men's gymnastics team last night.

im more interested in the individual athletes performances. the chinese men are so great to watch in gymnastics, for example. and im very excited for michael phelps' drive to win a record number of gold medals in swimming.

i could not give less of a fuck about the professionals who are competing for their countries. i dont care if the williams sisters win medals or if the US basketball team wins anything.

What Olympic team(s) are you rooting for

The other one...

See, that's what I'm talking about with the tiny country thing, Togo just won its first medal ever in white water kayak. The dude was so excited he broke his paddle. They didn't even bother interviewing the German who won.

Awesome.

I like it when the little countries win, too. It's heartwarming to see how happy they are. That kayaker will go home a hero.

I would call it more for an argument for competative broadcasting stations.

What, like the several hundred non-BBC, and fully advertising funded, channels we have? :p

I was rooting a bit for the Swiss in beach volleyball, mostly because it's landlocked. Too bad Liechtenstein didn't field a team.

I will always root for the United States of America. I feel extremely proud when I see Americans stand with thier gold medals during the Star Spangled Banner. The greatest part may be the other guys have to stand an listen too.

I will always root for the United States of America. I feel extremely proud when I see Americans stand with thier gold medals during the Star Spangled Banner. The greatest part may be the other guys have to stand an listen too.
Actually, one of the best things about other countries winning gold is getting to hear their anthems.

The U.S., always. The Olympics and the World Cup are the only events for which I allow myself to be rabidly nationalistic. ;)

Ee. Uu. :d

1) Israel
2) Israel
3) Israel

Seriously, one of their swimmer's names was Nimrod. You wish I was kidding.

That's because it's an actual biblical name - of a hunter. Only after Bugs Bunny shows made reference to the term - he was calling Elmer Fudd, a hunter, a "nimrod" - did people start mistaking the name for "moron"...

I like it when the little countries win, too. It's heartwarming to see how happy they are. That kayaker will go home a hero.

Talking about that, does anyone remember seeing the East Timor swimmer at the 2000 Olympics?

I wish I could find the video but there was a swimmer who swam the 100m freestyle, he wasn't that great but he was all only in the pool, and when he finished the entire complex quite a few tens of thousands of people all stood up and clapped him, quite an experience for someone who had come from a country that had less than a year ago just declared its independence from Indonesia and had suffered at the hands of the Indonesian military for doing it.

If I find the video I will place it up here, or if someone else knows it they can do us.

1) Israel
2) Israel
3) Israel

Seriously, one of their swimmer's names was Nimrod. You wish I was kidding.

The only reason Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or is swimming is because Max Jaben tested positive for steroids. I was rooting for Max, he's a totally sweet guy.

Also:

1. Poland
2. USA
3. Israel

Talking about that, does anyone remember seeing the East Timor swimmer at the 2000 Olympics?

I wish I could find the video but there was a swimmer who swam the 100m freestyle, he wasn't that great but he was all only in the pool, and when he finished the entire complex quite a few tens of thousands of people all stood up and clapped him, quite an experience for someone who had come from a country that had less than a year ago just declared its independence from Indonesia and had suffered at the hands of the Indonesian military for doing it.

If I find the video I will place it up here, or if someone else knows it they can do us.

What about the kid from India who picked up the gold for air rifle? I understand that he's a national hero in India now and that his mother is being inundated by offers from families of young women who would like to marry him. All this because he won a gold medal. Kind of cool, really.

See, that's what I'm talking about with the tiny country thing, Togo just won its first medal ever in white water kayak. The dude was so excited he broke his paddle. They didn't even bother interviewing the German who won.

Awesome.

I loved that. I was yelling for him the entire time! The fact that the journalist didn't even bother with the German was the best part.

Seriously? You can't just not watch it; you actually have to wish for thousands of people to die?

Yes.. .thousands of people have to die. Its completely necessary. And much better if its the loser that watch the Olympics :p

Lamest sport event ever!!!!

and there are bowling tournaments

mother Russia and Germany Lands of my ancestors :)

Actually, one of the best things about other countries winning gold is getting to hear their anthems.

I agree. I'm always annoyed when they don't show medal ceremonies for sports we don't win the gold in because I like hearing the different national anthems. I actually wish there was a CD set with everybody's national anthem on it, that would be awesome to have.

I agree. I'm always annoyed when they don't show medal ceremonies for sports we don't win the gold in because I like hearing the different national anthems. I actually wish there was a CD set with everybody's national anthem on it, that would be awesome to have.

I would be surprised if there isn't, or at least something close. Here's what I found (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009JMEGU) on a quick search.

Seriously, you might as well ask 'What country are you from?'

I'm not really bothered about the olympics, although I'd like to see our diving kid get a medal. Although, from what I've seen so far, it's not looking very likely.

What about the kid from India who picked up the gold for air rifle? I understand that he's a national hero in India now and that his mother is being inundated by offers from families of young women who would like to marry him. All this because he won a gold medal. Kind of cool, really.

Yes I did see that, India's first gold medal ever, he is a national hero now.

Seriously, you might as well ask 'What country are you from?'

I'm not really bothered about the olympics, although I'd like to see our diving kid get a medal. Although, from what I've seen so far, it's not looking very likely.

I'm surprised at how young he is? And I did a quick wiki search on him and ever international event barring these Olympics he has participated in for the past three years (which means he was 11 at his first) he has won except for one synchronised diving last year where he came second quite amazing. That kid still has a lot of years to go and I know that at the London Olympics when he will be 18 he is going to blitz the diving.

Would it be horribly Boganish of me to say "Aussie, Aussie Aussie. Oi! Oi! Oi!" ?


Yes?...Thought so...

1- China (As a poor performance in sports might harm the current US government, ergo McCain)
2- Brazil (Brazilian)
3- Macedonia (because it's WEIRD).

How would a poor sports performance by the US in the Olympics affect ANYTHING in the US political arena?

No, what we REALLY need is Olympic Air Hockey!!! itd be fuckin Kick Awesome, id watch the shit out of it, lol...

Screw air hockey. Foosball is where it's at.

How would a poor sports performance by the US in the Olympics affect ANYTHING in the US political arena?

Do you seriously expect someone to be able to answer that question intelligently?

Or was that rhetorical?

How would a poor sports performance by the US in the Olympics affect ANYTHING in the US political arena?

Well that is what I have asked Heikoku 2, but he hasn't answered yet.

U.s gym team lost to a bunch of tweens!!:mad:

U.s gym team lost to a bunch of tweens!!:mad:
I only saw the women's competition, and that was their own fault. Gymnastics is a mental sport moreso than a physical one, and the Chinese are just quite good at it.

I tend to support the Chinese, because this is their show and I want them to have fun with it. The Germans because I happen to be one of them, and the various Africans who are just happy to be there. Like the canoe guy from Togo (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9230814.htm).