That was my point. It didn’t sound right when he said it, and I’ll admit, it took me 5 minutes to try and work it out in my head.
Then I got a calculator.
But math was never my strong suit. If I’m calling the tricks for an event, though, I’m going to know that a 1260 is not four complete turns. If Flying Tomatohead goes around four complete times in the air, you can be sure that I’ll know it’s called a (…two, three, four…takes off sock…carry the one…) 1440.
Nope, never. It would have been pronounced “Kee-sho-tay”.
Hey, thanks! Sorry for the hijack, but thank you for the correct info.
I’m watching the nightly recap for the first time all week.
Along the lines of Clothahump’s answer, I submit that every word leaving the mouth of Jim Lampley is the stupidest thing I ever heard an Olympic announcer say.
Sounds like the announcer was having some fun with the cliche. If you’re giving 20% too little, you’re only giving 80%.
It wasn’t the wrong shot?
I fucking hate Dick Button, but I don’t see this as a big deal. They had just dome something no-one had ever done.
I would love to hear this.
I have heard this phrase way way way too much:
“[He][She] did what [he][she] had to do.”
Even worse when it is followed or preceded by, “Well, this is the Olympics.”
Oh, gee. And here I thought I was watching “Skating with the Stars.”
No one will surpass John Tesh covering gymnastics. Ever.
Well it does sound like the reactor settings on a nuclear submarine , if you remember watching the hunt for red october , the alfa captain orders that the reactor be brought to 105 percent, or something.
So the athletes top performance is actually under rated for some reason , maybe not to burn him/her out, but when its for the marbles , he goes to 120 percent for a one shot deal.
Thats what I think anyways
Declan
During the downhill skiing, the commentator is talking about how some skier is being so precise through the first section. After the first split time comes this gem:
:rolleyes:
Thats nothing, the climb power setting in the aircraft I fly is 114.2 percent torque, no shit.
From figure skating to war emergency power in an aircraft , gotta love some hijacks.
Is that firewalled , or can you still go zone five more.
Declan
Not even close to firewalled. You can go to 125 percent for up to 20 seconds (not to be used intentionally.)
I’m not quite sure what they base 100 percent on. The closest to it is normal take-off power which is 99.5 percent static.
Anyway, back to the olympics.
Last night (Tues), when Bode Miller was in the gate for the start of the downhill section of the alpine combined, I think it was the color man who commented that he’d rarely seen Miller “so statuesque.” Heh. I think “stoney-faced” was what you were looking for.
Just now on the morning news the reporter said that a downhill skiier likes to listen to Billy Joel’s Rebel Yell before a run. The music on the video was U2’s In The Name Of Love.
Katie Couric is there. Enough said.
Katie is a nitwit, an imbecilic twit. This morning, she admitted to being hungover during the broadcast–that from a prospective CBS news anchor. The cute sktick doesn’t work with a nearly 50-year-old nag.
Couric the Olympics broadcaster today: “If you’re like me, you’re sick of downhill skiing and ice skating. What I want to do is sled down a hill.” :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Why not just go home, sweetie?
Or Billy Idol’s “Piano Man,” whichever.
Did she really say that???!! Wow, that’s incredible.
Pretty much anything John Tesh says. Luckily, I don’t think he’s doing the Olympics any more.
Anyone else think it’d be highly entertaining to have John Madden doing the commentating for figure skating?
Actually, it’s spelt “Quixotic,” but it’s pronounced “Throat Warbler Mangrove.”