# 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:** 4
**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, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/61 "2010-02-13T04:42:18Z")
Gotta hope for a GREAT torch holder to compensate for current suckage. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/62 "2010-02-13T04:43:52Z")
Nice flag presentation. Donald Sutherland, Terry Fox’s mom Betty, Anne Murray, Jacques Villeneuve, Julie Payette, Bobby Orr, Romeo D’Allaire (sp?)… good group. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/63 "2010-02-13T04:45:29Z")
Fix our flag!!! damn that looks terrible. I’d fire the wind macine guy ---
**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, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/64 "2010-02-13T04:45:50Z")
Who is this current soprano screeching an ode? What can be worse to follow? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/65 "2010-02-13T04:46:39Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > Fix our flag!!! damn that looks terrible. I’d fire the wind macine guy No crap, The flag had a wedgie ☹ ---
**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, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/66 "2010-02-13T04:48:23Z")
Gotta be close to who brings in the flame - I am so excited. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/67 "2010-02-13T04:48:50Z")
A Saskatchewan girl gets to do the oath! ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/68 "2010-02-13T04:49:07Z")
Though putting it at half mast for the death of the athlete was a nice touch ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/69 "2010-02-13T04:49:34Z")
> [@King\_Bobo](#): > > Gotta be close to who brings in the flame - I am so excited. Still hoping for Gordie ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/70 "2010-02-13T04:50:55Z")
k.d. lang gives all young wannabe singers a lesson on “touch” - I concur, **Savannah** - she sang the \*shit \* out of that. I missed the Canadian anthem travesty - have to Youtube later. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/71 "2010-02-13T04:50:59Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > Though putting it at half mast for the death of the athlete was a nice touch I agree. And it was done properly–the flag is hoisted to the top of the staff, then lowered to half-staff. Somebody knew their protocol. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/72 "2010-02-13T04:52:48Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > Though putting it at half mast for the death of the athlete was a nice touch Indeed - I said to Jim - “Give it a shake while it’s down.” ---
**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, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/73 "2010-02-13T04:53:24Z")
Just as a BTW. Why is French the first language in all annoucements? We are a bilingual country, but Vancouver is first of all anglophile. So why French first?. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/74 "2010-02-13T04:53:34Z")
here it comes ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/75 "2010-02-13T04:54:54Z")
rick hansen brings it in of course! Perfect choice! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/76 "2010-02-13T04:55:56Z")
We saw Catriona LeMay Doan at Totem hardware one day when she was still skating - biggest thighs I have ever seen in my _life_! ---
**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, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/77 "2010-02-13T04:56:28Z")
Nancy carried twice. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/78 "2010-02-13T04:56:41Z")
Wayne? ---
**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, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/79 "2010-02-13T04:57:35Z")
Good to see Wayne in Vancouver. ---
**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, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806/80 "2010-02-13T04:57:40Z")
> [@King\_Bobo](#): > > OMG - our team, we look like would-be RCMP > > Have to think about this look. i thought so too. but i really like the hats and sweaters. i wondered when “the great one” would appear. keanu out of town? rutro technical difficulty. please stand by. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-vancouver/528806.md?page=5)