8/8/8 at 8 pm: the games of the 29th olympiad, beijing

All the Olympics logos from 1896 to 2012

64 through '80 are amazing as is http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/olympic11.jpg

now i read it starts at 8:08 pm. why not make new clocks and have it start at 8:88

remember swatch time?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time

giorgio moroder what

my mom used to think that 'weather on the eights' meant :08, :16, :24 etc. like she had to do the math first to figure out when the weather'd be on

-- jergins, Monday, 16 June 2008 00:22 (1 month ago) Link

re. giorgio moroder: that song is so terrible but it is not surprising that they chose such a sucky suck song the only surprise is that they didn't choose moon river or some enchanted evening

http://www.nbcolympics.com/imgml/icons/pictograms/70X50_GIF/AR.gif

watched soccer

All the Olympics logos from 1896 to 2012

-- jergins, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 05:32 (2 days ago) Link

where are winter ones??

hey!

where are they?

lampley's gone chubalub

wow bird's nest sooooo awesome

olympics = peace, harmony, polka-dotted light suits

yayjing, more like

bob costas that son of a bitch once gave me a dollar

dan mali girls

dammmmmn

wow marshall islands flg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Wikipedia_flag_republic_of_the_marshall_islands.png/800px-Wikipedia_flag_republic_of_the_marshall_islands.png

http://www.world-flags-symbols.com/_img_nations4/marshall_islands_flag.png

white dude in glasses GAMBIAN what we need to research

sergei bubka still kicking it marching a flag

note: paraguay flag double-sided

lxy, on the azerbijani flag bearer:
"he looks like a gangster. his sport's probably gunfighting."

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-11466.png http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-11997.png http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-11567.png

i didn't realize how much i missed trautwig

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-190075.png http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-190128.png http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-190279.png

i am CRAZY about this 1. it's the bird's next
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-190742.png

haha bird's next NEST

8:09 pm saturday first "sticks the landing" ahhhfuck

i am CRAZY about this 1.
composed of men in polka-dotted light suits xoxox

also, how beautiful is this basketball arena:
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/067ybiDefJ2s1/610x.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06s88g4dPscdv/610x.jpg

and of course the water cube or, in this case, the ice cube:
http://2008gamesbeijing.com/images/ice-cube-construction-beijing-olympics.jpg

http://images.beijing2008.cn/20071025/Img214183202.jpg

if you're from india and you win gold you get a lifetime train pass

love u cbc

olympic fever. catch it?

i swear watching archery streaming live while i eat breakfast is like best internet thing yet

Togo's Benjamin Boukpeti made Olympic history on Tuesday with a bronze medal in the single kayak.
he is the first athlete ever to win a medal for Togo in any Summer Games.
"I tried to give people some entertainment," he said. "I tried to make them vibrate a little."

China's Zhong Man celebrates after winning the men's individual sabre final match over France's Nicolas Lopez (unseen) on August 12, 2008 at the Fencing Hall of National Convention Center at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Zhong, 25, gave China their second Olympic fencing title, 24 years after Luan Jujie won the foil in Los Angeles in 1984.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20080812/0013729ece6b0a0bcee81e.jpg

<3 Fencing Hall of National Convention Center

alex moulton+olympics=way to do it

fuc the 'discipline' of announcershi[p

http://www.marksiano.blogspot.com/

http://www.pandamessenger.org/content/images/stories/olympics/sculpture6.gif

http://i33.tinypic.com/2nu26mp.jpg

haha wow
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-beijing2008-graphics-mg,0,2811448.gallery

shawn johnson cast in butter

xox butter shawn

you better believe we watched kayaking and swimming and running and shotput at work today

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/fencing_08_15/fencing7.jpg

ok michael phelps wow

otm

mom phelps lol

9.69 holy shit hurray!

michael phelps makes the impossible possible; usian bolt makes it look easy
http://ap.google.com/media/ALeqM5h1NCSHVN7iHJiGG8Q-DQ5485Tikw?size=m

out in front, mugging, gold+world record

lxy: "i'm glad for him but i might get tired of looking at him."

however i will never tire of looking at his golden shoes

Bolt's father said "yam power" won it for his son.

also i will never tire of churandy martina's golden teeth

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0dU67YAbEe7iS/610x.jpg

http://www.showchina.org/en/olympics/Voices/200712/W020071207322398959026.jpg

"the 1500 swim is the super bowl to australians." really?

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/qindaodelayedstart.jpg http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/qingdao2.jpg

ah cutie polska volleyball players, making me proud of the mother country

when the rowers cross the finish line a car horn goes off. or what sounds like one

we know. some guy's behind the wheel of a Chery having the time of his life

At the water polo stadium, the players...jump into the pool and swim toward opposite ends. The whistle blows, the ball is dropped between the teams, and they swim toward the center. All the while, the theme from “Jaws” plays over the speaker system. This repeats at the beginning of every period, multiple times a day.

friends and loved ones, this is a picture of the torch and the moon, and it is worth looking at

more posters, summer only, 64-80 still awesome

naomi yotsumoto stylish ping pong getup
http://www.designverb.com/wp-content/images/2008/01/Naomi.Yotsumoto.jpg

more bmx plz

;_; low low jones ;_;

lxy: "mary carullo looks like hugh grant"

i like em both a lot but shawnie deserved a gold and saying shes not cute is bizarre especially when your evidence is "she looks like a chipmunk" welllllll a lot of chipmunks are cute

-- max, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:38 PM (25 minutes ago)

max otm

Wed 20 Aug 08 | 00:48 GMT Update on wife's Olympics Fever: "I can't wait to see where Mary Carillo takes me tonight!" Temperature is 103. | twitter.com
Tue 19 Aug 08 | 05:41 GMT Can't understand why Mary Carillo is a TV olympics anchor - Her voice is nearly unintelligible . | twitter.com
Mon 18 Aug 08 | 01:05 GMT Nevermind, it was only Mary Carillo doing Olympics commentary on television. | twitter.com
Fri 15 Aug 08 | 14:10 GMT I can't wait for tonight's Olympics coverage to see how condescending Mary Carillo can be about a *GASP* foreign culture! | twitter.com
Fri 15 Aug 08 | 01:59 GMT Almost nodded off watching the Olympics. Luckily awoken by Mary Carillo's haunting baritone talking about panda reproduction. Thanks NBC! | twitter.com
Fri 15 Aug 08 | 01:54 GMT really not a big mary carillo fan doing her thing at the olympics. i am pretty sure she could kick bob costas ass. | twitter.com
Thu 14 Aug 08 | 00:58 GMT Mary Carillo should stick to tennis. Her feature color pieces at the Olympics offend all my sensibilities. | twitter.com
Wed 13 Aug 08 | 22:09 GMT TV Junkie: Wednesday: Dear NBC, please remove Mary Carillo from all Olympics broadcasts. She towers ove.. http://tinyurl.com/62tldv | twitter.com

SPOILERS MAXXXX
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USAIN BOLT IS THE MOTHERFUCKIN MAN

haha lx

love u usain bolt

St Louis 1904. US gymnast George Eyser won two golds, a silver and a bronze with a wooden leg.

wow BMX!!

a fall on a balance beam hurts me. in bmx i am loving these crashouts

it's like i'm always telling lxy: go big or go home

Wrestler Sushil Kumar can now fly free on SpiceJet

who is hugh mccutcheon he seemed nice in the interview but i missed what sport

oh volleyball coach okay now i know

i am already sinking into post-olympics depression and theyre not even over

;_;

why doesn't Big 5 sell those ribbons

ps it is called an apparatus

luv u tia hellebaut, represent for the girls with glasses

some notes about synchronised swimming:

the alternate has to know all 8 swimmers' moves
the russian team has the longest legs
the spanish team wanted to wear light-up swimsuits but they weren't allowed
the japanese swimmer who hyperventilated is okay

blood guts tits ass but still worth looking at lx

http://stuff.thdesign.be/forum/varia/OS.html

for your perusal

-- gbx, Friday, August 22, 2008 6:37 PM (Yesterday)

luv u tia hellebaut, represent for the girls with glasses

-- lxy, Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:25 PM

the high-jumper? if so, yeah :)

i saw that bmx too, it was great, too short tho. the lil ethiopian runner tonight was awesome. beleke i think?

bekele

http://afp.google.com/media/ALeqM5ix4KQhopezZ0QsaaE0mkCBvF4ebw?size=m

i take it back, bmx racing being short is nice. olympic mtn biking = http://smilies-gifs.com/eng/sleep/11sleep.gif

ping pong = http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/emoticons/surprised.gif

that thread of pictures oh my god

now bekele is on here; yer right, awesome

yes, tia is the belgian high jumper

bob costas = zzz
jacques rogge = xox

(he is a count!)

basketball on both channels sorry i don't care. where is bmx, for the love of god.

wait but u love lebron

that is correct and also i love jason kidd and also i love all the brazillians but still

your bmx
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0822_sd_cmw_mn_l1206&channelcode=sportcy

haha i don't even know who's playing but earlier it was brazillians.

wait that wasn't bmx but a chicken commercial and girls crashing mountain bikes

it was a nissan commercial and girls crashing mountain bikes

i watched some of the girls mountain bikes yesterday

somehow nbc knows i'm more likely to buy a chicken sandwich and you/re more like to buy a nissan

hahahaa

OH! but thank you for your effort!

lol London, we're dead good at topiary

-- ailsa, Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:14 AM (16 hours ago)

it's the morning after and i feel empty. what now?

are there any good international sporting competitions in 2009

they should switch it so the world cup and the winter olympics arent in the same year, that way three years out of four are interesting

it's a consolation that i'm going to the next olympics. only a year and a half yo

take me with u

i want to go skiing so bad every winter and i never do >__<

at this point i go once a year
it's cool cuz it's free
but it's family time

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/lightsuitguys.jpg

http://fenyu.org/blueprint-for-the-2012-london-olympic-venues/

next up:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2884007520_0e05f7c6ec.jpg?v=0

oopsie we missed usain bolt day on sunday but we can celebrate his birthday on friday.

also i just reread the thread, it's a really good one

PRESS RELEASE

Berlin, 23 August 2009 – After his sensational world records at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany’s capital paid a special tribute to Usain Bolt, presenting him an original piece of the Berlin Wall. In memory of his outstanding performances in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m finals, the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit bestowed the fastest man on earth with an individually designed concrete segment of the Berlin Wall 20 years after its fall. The unique souvenir has a height of about 3.60 meters and a width of 1.20 metres and weighs 2.7 tons. It was designed exclusively for Usain Bolt by the young Leipzig artist Abraham using aerosol technique. The front displays Usain Bolt on his way to break the 100 m world record on the legendary blue of the tracks of the Berlin stadium.

Following the World Championships, Usain Bolt’s wall piece “Breakin’ the Wall” will also be available as a china miniature and part of the edition Visible Wall with legendary designs of wall art and the history of the German reunification.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0823/oly_a_bolt_400.jpg

2.7 tons!!