# What Olympics stuff are you psyched for?

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**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/41 "2006-02-11T20:39:25Z")

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Curling, curling, curling, curling, and curling. The DVR is recording everything.

/play lead on a few teams here.

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/42 "2006-02-12T00:23:11Z")

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Was surprised NBC actually showed the Cross-Country portion of Nordic Combined - not exactly a premier sport.  
Althogh I have x-country skied, I have to admid it is not the most excitung sport to watch (even with editing).

Brian

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/43 "2006-02-12T03:58:52Z")

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Figure skating is far more amusing when you have it set to something like Particle Man or something by Eminem.

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**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/44 "2006-02-12T04:09:15Z")

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Snowboarding, especially downhill and men’s halfpipe.

Downhill skiing.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/45 "2006-02-12T18:26:39Z")

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I’m a retired janitor, so it’s only natural that I’m a curling fan. It’s the only sport where a guy with a broom can be a hero.

The alpine ski racers are thrilling. I once was big into figure skating, but it has lost its glow, somehow.

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-stuff-are-you-psyched-for/343850/46 "2006-02-12T20:59:18Z")

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It says something about NBC that the first thing on the Sunday afternoon lineup was NASCAR.

Show an Olympic event live? Nah, can’t do that. Let’s show a car race…

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