Olympics. You know the drill-- spoilah's inside

Snippylynn · August 2012

The Americans are totally out of medal contention in the all-around. One of them is dead last and the other is only 4 slots above that. WOW.

sarabellam · August 2012

Which sport, Snips?

Snippylynn · August 2012

Oh, sorry. Men's gymnastics in the individual all around competition.

sarabellam · August 2012

Bummer, but no real surprise, given their team performance.

baystateapple · August 2012

Man, the U.S. men are falling apart these Olympics. That's really disappointing.

baystateapple · August 2012

(Side note, Snippy: I'm loving your use of "spoilahs" pronounced like a Bostonian

Snippylynn · August 2012

No no, this is individuals. They only have two people from each of the participating countries in the all-around.

I think I watch too much gymnastics.

FutureMrsFezz · August 2012

Well that bites.

Snippylynn · August 2012

I know. Watching this, ALL the men from ALL the teams look like they are jacking it up badly.

Aaaand since I started posting, one of the Americans jumped up to 3rd. In that time, one Brit fell badly after his vault, and a Japanese guy faceplanted during his floor routine. Good times. Good times.

FutureMrsFezz · August 2012

I like faceplants.
I'm going to hell.

Snippylynn · August 2012

FEZZ. You can't!

And holy hell, a different British guy lost his hands on the parallel bars and fell off. ha! This should be watched by everyone, if only for entertainment value.

baystateapple · August 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_olympics-you-know-the-drill-spoilahs-inside?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:97232622-5f44-499e-ae01-179ec8342633Post:f0157f6e-129f-454c-b609-3edea8477e3f">Re: Olympics. You know the drill-- spoilah's inside</a>:
[QUOTE]I like faceplants. I'm going to hell.
Posted by FutureMrsFezz[/QUOTE]
After the '96 Olympics, in the days before Youtube, my best friend and I found a video of gymnastics fails -- people falling off the bars, faceplanting, etc. -- and laughed over it for half a day. I have no idea what video it was, but it was set to epic Italian opera which just made it that much funnier. We are terrible people.

FutureMrsFezz · August 2012

Bay that sounds amazing! I've seen some pretty good gymnastic fails on some ESPN show. Hilarious.

Snippylynn · August 2012

By, you can't, I meant, you can't go to hell for laughing at face plants. Cause they are funny.

FutureMrsFezz · August 2012

I gotchya, Snipster.

Snippylynn · August 2012

I saw that Phelps got a gold last night, and now people are debating if he is the greatest Olympian alive. *eyeroll* Two days ago they were saying he was washed up.

Snippylynn · August 2012

Well, at least we're not dead last now. 6th and 12th.

I do think he's amazing. I just shake my head at the fickleness of the media.

AND! Those badminton players who were tossed out for not trying to win in their matches!? HILARIOUS.

FutureMrsFezz · August 2012

Badminton. Heh

strlzfan11 · August 2012

The Americans are currently in 6th and 10th place. The 6th place guy is almost a full point behind the guy in 2nd place.

strlzfan11 · August 2012

I think the badminton players getting tossed out is pretty funny.

The Russian chick MP passed for the most medals still thinks she's the greatest because she coached future medlaists.

strlzfan11 · August 2012

Fezz- Kane is so cute!

Snippylynn · August 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_olympics-you-know-the-drill-spoilahs-inside?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:97232622-5f44-499e-ae01-179ec8342633Post:94719f10-53fd-4a81-84b3-1286dcb78a05">Re: Olympics. You know the drill-- spoilah's inside</a>:
[QUOTE]I think the badminton players getting tossed out is pretty funny. The Russian chick MP passed for the most medals still thinks she's the greatest because she coached future medlaists.
Posted by strlzfan11[/QUOTE]
And here is a perfect example of all great athletes having giant egos.

baystateapple · August 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_olympics-you-know-the-drill-spoilahs-inside?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:97232622-5f44-499e-ae01-179ec8342633Post:94719f10-53fd-4a81-84b3-1286dcb78a05">Re: Olympics. You know the drill-- spoilah's inside</a>:
[QUOTE]I think the badminton players getting tossed out is pretty funny. The Russian chick MP passed for the most medals still thinks she's the greatest because she coached future medlaists.
Posted by strlzfan11[/QUOTE]
Eh, she's probably butthurt that her almost-50 year record was surpassed.

Coaching other athletes to gold doesn't mean you get credit for those gold medals.

FutureMrsFezz · August 2012

Thanks, Steez!

strlzfan11 · August 2012

She's also pissed that the IOC wouldn't let her give MP his record-breaking old last night, too, but the IOC is known for stupid shiitt like this.

strlzfan11 · August 2012

The US just jumped into 2nd place with one gymnast to go.

Snippylynn · August 2012

WOW!! He got bronze!! The German guy didn't mess up bad enough to stay down in the rankings.

Nice recovery for USA!

strlzfan11 · August 2012

US just got bronze in the all-around.

Snippylynn · August 2012

Marcel Nguyen is way too pretty. Seriously.

strlzfan11 · August 2012

I agree Snipps.

Stackeye210 · August 2012

Badminton is a serious sport yo!

BRONZE IN DIVING TODAY! Thank you US for bringing home hardware in diving finally. 3 so far these games. Now Boudia please bring home gold so the Chinese don't sweep diving. Thanks.

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