tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post3418544506964944444..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: Bring Back the FootballProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-75459253383438928792010-02-20T20:14:43.629-05:002010-02-20T20:14:43.629-05:00My son-in-law has a friend who asserts that any sp...My son-in-law has a friend who asserts that any sport in which a <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Canadian-curler-is-five-months-pregnant?urn=oly,219941" rel="nofollow">pregnant woman</a> can compete, cannot be considered a sport....G6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15932781801654313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-20169085568548814842010-02-19T12:23:28.102-05:002010-02-19T12:23:28.102-05:00I pretty much stick to watching the skating. Some ...I pretty much stick to watching the skating. Some of the other sports get my heart racing too much in fear that someone is going to get seriously injured or killed. Even the skiing can do it to me. There were multiple accidents during the skiing races. One skiier got off course and went flying through the air for over 150 feet before crash landing. All the announcers keep saying how the skiiers are flying down the courses.<br /><br />What's that old one that says if God had wanted man to fly he would have given him wings.Simanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-45558313173507328842010-02-19T12:14:53.112-05:002010-02-19T12:14:53.112-05:00I love the Winter Olympics, especially the figure ...I love the Winter Olympics, especially the figure skating. I also follow downhill and mogul ski events. I agree with you though on the matter of the luge, but if you think that's bad, have you seen any skeleton events? That seems much more dangerous and frightening.a followernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-9971111715157066452010-02-19T12:02:33.844-05:002010-02-19T12:02:33.844-05:00Hey! Leave curling alone! Any sport in which a bee...Hey! Leave curling alone! Any sport in which a beer is standard equipment is okay with me! (Besides, it's possibly the only chance you get to see a man voluntarily pick up a broom!) :)<br /><br />The vast majority of the winter olympic "sports" pretty much pass me by. When you've gotten to the point that the texture of your speedskating suit determines whether you win or lose, you've pretty much eliminated all human achievement from the competition. I can appreciate the athleticism and creativity of the individual sports, but it's quite a bit outside my general interest (I used to rock climb: falling <b>down</b> a slope goes completely against my nature...)<br /><br />Robin Williams has a great (albeit quite "blue") take on the winter olympic sports in his Broadway special (referring to the biathalon as "Norweigian drive-by" still has me cracking up).efrexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-30125731090711876542010-02-19T11:53:55.587-05:002010-02-19T11:53:55.587-05:00As dangerous as luge is, I prefer the concept of l...As dangerous as luge is, I prefer the concept of luge to the concept of boxing. Luge is still about personal best and the thrill of competition, and the death statistics are not overwhelmingly high. Boxing, on the other hand, showcases the "sport" of beating the cr*p out of a fellow human being. I'd rather watch luge any day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com