MetaChat - the Snow Flakes

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25 February 2006

the Snow Flakes (that's what CNN called our Olympic athletes, who pretty much sucked and/or showboated instead of trying to win)

The premier one is of course, Bode: "I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here"

post by: amberglow at: 18:47 | 11 comments

I think we have here the textbook example of "having too much fun".

posted by wendell 25 February | 19:05

it turns out he had his own private rv to live in for the games...and they trashed Shani Davis for not being a team player...

posted by amberglow 25 February | 19:08

what a fucktard.

posted by puke & cry 25 February | 19:20

I was disgusted when the men's basketball team fucked up during the last summer Olympics, but I like these US snowboarders/skiers. I think it's much more interesting to have a race won and fuck it up trying to do something cool than just finishing the race like normal. But I suppose this has a lot to do with my opinion of team sports versus individual sports.

posted by mullacc 25 February | 19:24

Nice to see the hate. It so refreshing to see old fashioned values.

posted by srboisvert 25 February | 19:51

Too many ‘I’s’ on the U.S. Olympic team?

posted by ericb 25 February | 20:25

So we have Bode Miller - to busy being cool and getting disqualified, Lindsey Jacobellis - showing off and fucking up, Johnny Wier - Diva who is totally ruined by a bus schedule, and Mike Madano - Can't play hockey because he had to find a flight and hotel. I guess you can add Shani Davis for be a self-centered twat, but at least he won some medals.

posted by puke & cry 25 February | 20:58

Oh Jacobellis won a silver too.

posted by puke & cry 25 February | 20:58

Is "snowboater" a word yet?

posted by stilicho 26 February | 02:14

i like that, stil...i bet the xgames uses it tho, or the snowboarding mags.

posted by amberglow 26 February | 11:58

Bode’s only medal is fool’s gold -- "Failing at the Olympics is forgivable, but getting fatter on beer is not."

posted by ericb 26 February | 14:34

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