Thursday, February 18, 2010

Vancouver--Eh?

Day 7 of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games--DONE! Our ladies did pretty good today (two top 10 finishes). That's the strongest they've been for a long time.

During breaks the chart-topping Dutch band Kleintje Pils performs for the crowd. Their name means "We only know three or four songs" (which I've heard every day for a week now). I'm ready to shove chopsticks into my eardrums. They're also lecherous.


Dr. Heiden, Carrie and Fikre love posing for pictures. All this dressing alike is starting to get a little creepy.

The rink looks really pretty before all the skaters get on it. But it's damn cold when there are no spectators. I need to get a job with a summer Olympics.


Curling is Canada's favorite pasttime; right next to drinking beer, watching hockey, being overly polite and making maple syrup. At the mall tonight, people were gathered around the TV watching a curling tournament. Crazy, eh?

There are NO events for speedskating tomorrow. Woo-hoo! But there are three practices scheduled. I'm not sure why all the skaters can't skate at the same time. I might stop by figure skating tomorrow night to watch the men prance around in sequins and feathers. I might watch the figure skaters, too.

1 comment:

Andrew said...

actaully, Kleintje Pils means "Little beers", Pils---like a "Pilsner".

but you might just be saying that ironically (imagine that!). All of their songs do sound similar, but their repertoire of Queen is really quite large.

They also do an awesome "hey jude"

hearing "we are the champions" sung in a dutch accent is my clearest memory of the 2002 games