# What Olympics stuff are you psyched for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850 "2006-02-10T13:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/21 "2006-02-10T17:06:56Z")
You’re obviously fact checking to ensure quality reporting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/22 "2006-02-10T17:20:40Z")
I loves me some biathalon, but they usually show it when I’m at work. After that, Ski jumping! ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/23 "2006-02-10T17:27:14Z")
Hockey Curling Speed Skating Any downhill skiing, I just can’t get to excited about cross-country. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/24 "2006-02-10T17:53:53Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > Nah, make them throw a discus coming out of one of those spins. Factor the distance thrown into the final score. NOW we’re talking! I always though they should combine the ski jump with snow shoeing. The jumper has to run down that hill really fast! Or combine the luge with the biathalon. Those luge guys are some pretty fast-moving targets. ---
**Author:** ![Chouinard\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Chouinard\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chouinard_Fan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/25 "2006-02-10T18:22:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You’re crazy. And so am I. I’ll be recording the curling. Curling for sure!! As much as I might hate to say it, as one who likes fighting for all the hockey, Women’s Hockey is the greatest. I think it is actually the fact that checking is illegal taht opens the game up(not to mention the bigger olympic rink) to more passing more finess and more enjoyment. Also, lets go short track!! Was just talking to the MRS. about how I can’t stand fig. Skating anymore. It’s just a ‘who makes less mistakes’ contest. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/26 "2006-02-10T18:48:54Z")
I’m really looking forward to the Ice Judo competition. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/27 "2006-02-10T19:47:16Z")
I have to admit, I love the Olympics in all its forms. I make it my goal every year to see at least one competition of each sport. Yes, even figure skating. In the winter, I’m particularly fond of the bobsled sports and the downhill skiing. Speed, baby! And I’m looking forward to curling as well. [King Kaufman at Salon](http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/02/09/thursday/) (subscription req., or watch an ad) reports on the efforts of the D.C Olympic curling team to get recognized. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/28 "2006-02-10T23:41:52Z")
Curling! Hockey! Figure Skating! GO TEAM CANADA! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/29 "2006-02-11T07:18:21Z")
Closing ceremonies and an end to reruns of my favorite TV shows. Sorry…never been a big Olympics guy. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/30 "2006-02-11T08:44:08Z")
Luge. Luge! LUGE!!! Team sports have never been my thing. Can’t get my brain around the football. But someone speeding down an ice pipe at 90mph? _That_ I can get my brain around! 🆒 Man I want to do that so badly, at least once, even if I kill myself doing it. And I like the biathlon and downhill and … ok I like it all. I love the winter olympics! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/31 "2006-02-11T08:56:23Z")
Hockey Curling Downhill skiing Downhill snowboarding Speed skating Luge ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/32 "2006-02-11T12:43:59Z")
When I was young they seemed like they were a big event. Now they seem rather common-place and I’m just not that interested. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/33 "2006-02-11T13:20:44Z")
They still feel big to me, though since they Olympics take place every second year now instead of every fourth, it’s not quite the same thing. Of course, winter olympics is only every fourth year. But it’s really more the international gathering that interests me rather than the sports themselves, even though I really enjoy watching luge, bob sleigh and figure skating. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/34 "2006-02-11T17:00:41Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > Luge. Luge! LUGE!!! > > But someone speeding down an ice pipe at 90mph? _That_ I can get my brain around! 🆒 Man I want to do that so badly, at least once, even if I kill myself doing it. And I like the biathlon and downhill and … ok I like it all. I love the winter olympics! Just watched the first runs. I never paid attention to luge until the mid-'80s, when I saw some footage of some guys doing ‘skate luge’. (From the news story, it seems that these were the first guys to do it – or at least the first to get coverage. Someplace near L.A.) The thing that gets me about luge is that you go down on your back. Just seems ‘wrong’ – you should go head-first on your belly! _Definitely_ something I’d like to try (rather on ice than asphalt) if I ever got the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/35 "2006-02-11T17:16:18Z")
Anything dangerous. Anything where there’s a chance for an “agony of defeat” moment. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/36 "2006-02-11T17:19:08Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > The thing that gets me about luge is that you go down on your back. Just seems ‘wrong’ – you should go head-first on your belly! _Definitely_ something I’d like to try (rather on ice than asphalt) if I ever got the chance. That’d be skeleton. Dave also wants to try it. Cool with me, he’s got life insurance. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/37 "2006-02-11T17:22:54Z")
Various Snowboarding events - they’ve got a new one this year, which sounds interesting. Curling - because our teams are last year’s winners and top seeds repectively. Aerial Skiiing ( I think it’s called that ) - looks incredibly difficult. Speed Skating Luge Ice Hockey ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/38 "2006-02-11T17:28:14Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > That’d be skeleton. Dave also wants to try it. Cool with me, he’s got life insurance. I’d forgotten about that. I’d like to do it with one of those flaming helmets they used in the Opening Ceremonies. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/39 "2006-02-11T17:30:30Z")
The Closing Ceremonies. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/40 "2006-02-11T18:20:46Z")
I enjoy almost everything except for figure skating, ice dancing, and the “extreme” sports. I’m glad that NBC is using their other networks to show some of the other sports. Heck, maybe I can get through the whole Olympics without an “Up Close and Personal…” tear jerking story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850.md?page=3)