# Good Luck, Vancouver **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806 "2010-02-13T02:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/1 "2010-02-13T02:07:07Z")
Wishing you a wonderful Olympic experience. I hope the games are a great success. The Calgary Tower has its Olympic torch lit tonight as gesture of support, and of course to relive our own special memories of the 1988 Winter Olympics. Have a super time everyone. Oh, and GO CANUCKS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/2 "2010-02-13T02:10:55Z")
I am NOT loving that version of “Oh, Canada”! Beautiful voice and girl, though. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/3 "2010-02-13T02:13:13Z")
Nor me, Savannah. Normally the crowd sings the anthem with great gusto. That was a bit dirge-like for the general populous. BTW. I am unfamiliar with the singer. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/4 "2010-02-13T02:16:29Z")
That was the EZ-Rock version of the anthem. Embarrassingly bad. It’s so beautiful when sung “straight”. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/5 "2010-02-13T02:25:43Z")
Isn’t there supposed to be more explosions and nifty stuff before the athletes come in? Maybe the summer games have grander opening ceremonies. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/6 "2010-02-13T02:27:39Z")
I think the trend is to have the athletes in the stadium to enjoy the fun. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/7 "2010-02-13T02:29:42Z")
winter games are smaller and the show is for the athletes. how does one get one of the nifty usa moose hats? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/8 "2010-02-13T02:35:53Z")
We’ve reached the Es! ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/9 "2010-02-13T02:36:26Z")
Hey rocking chair, what have you seen that we have not? Have not seen the US team yet? ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/10 "2010-02-13T02:37:34Z")
We are just at Finland. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/11 "2010-02-13T02:39:35Z")
On a more sober note, here comes Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/12 "2010-02-13T02:40:27Z")
Georgians removed hats to honour deceased team-mate. So touching - and what a sad story. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/13 "2010-02-13T02:42:17Z")
I’m totally going to be rooting for the Ghana guy. The next Eddie the Eagle? ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/14 "2010-02-13T02:45:46Z")
Reminds me a bit of the Jamaican bob-sled team. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/15 "2010-02-13T02:47:43Z")
Also, am so totally going to be cheering for India. Because I work there so often. PS. sorry for consecutive posts. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/16 "2010-02-13T03:00:37Z")
The film at the beginning. I thought it was a little CGI–especially that little float plane. BC really is beautiful, though. I did like the maple leaf against the snow. Somehow I knew the snowboarder would end up in the stadium. Was it Ross Rigliati? (Spelling?) ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/17 "2010-02-13T03:03:29Z")
Sorry, I do not know. I was preparing the snacks/drinks prior to the opening. But I think it was just a media person. However, I am willing to stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/18 "2010-02-13T03:05:24Z")
It wasn’t Ross Rebagliati. AFAIK, it’s just some generic media guy. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/19 "2010-02-13T03:09:18Z")
I mentioned this in the pit thread, but should have posted it here instead: for the US audience, here’s the TV schedule page. You can choose by day or by sport. It shows all the different NBC channels including mobile broadcasts. Hover over the gray boxes to see the event info. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/index.html](http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/20 "2010-02-13T03:12:15Z")
US and Canada coming in soonest. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806.md?page=2)