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Off Topic => Sports Arena => Topic started by: cdbearsfan on February 02, 2026, 12:43:19 PM
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Opening ceremony is on Friday but seems to start on Wednesday evening with Britain among the nations competing in curling mixed doubles.
Will look forward to ski and snowboard cross events.
Not sure if there are any new events I should be watching?
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Right, I need to break my silence here. I see these threads that I don't read and I say nothing, because I'm at least as weird as the people who are seemingly interested.
I don't really watch TV, and that's on me, because I recognise I'm the odd one there. I obviously never, ever read 'the standard of refereeing' because life really is too short. Watches, American Sport, tennis...whatever. Not for me, but fine.
But this cannot stand. NOBODY LIKES THE WINTER OLYMPICS. It's impossible. I will not believe it if you say you do. The Winter Olympics is shit. The human brain can not like the Winter Olympics, so stop it right now.
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You don't read the standard of refereeing thread, yet the Small Heath thread is a good use of time? What's the criterion here?
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An obsession with the Small Heath thread, and the SHA website, is what makes us human.
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No new sports but we're looking very strong in the mens skeleton and the womens freestyle skiing and snowboarding so they're probably the ones worth watching. Decent shot for medals in the mens curling and the figureskating as well though.
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FFS.
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No new sports but we're looking very strong in the mens skeleton and the womens freestyle skiing and snowboarding so they're probably the ones worth watching. Decent shot for medals in the mens curling and the figureskating as well though.
Thanks but, for future reference, it's "skellington". Can't stand figure skating but might just be able to force myself to watch Britain's ones if they have a medal chance.
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Right, I need to break my silence here. I see these threads that I don't read and I say nothing, because I'm at least as weird as the people who are seemingly interested.
I don't really watch TV, and that's on me, because I recognise I'm the odd one there. I obviously never, ever read 'the standard of refereeing' because life really is too short. Watches, American Sport, tennis...whatever. Not for me, but fine.
But this cannot stand. NOBODY LIKES THE WINTER OLYMPICS. It's impossible. I will not believe it if you say you do. The Winter Olympics is shit. The human brain can not like the Winter Olympics, so stop it right now.
I'll keep you updated in the other threads too, just to make sure you don't miss out.
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I love it!
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Yeah, it's great. Except for figure skating, the second worst "sport" ever after the karate dancing they had at the Tokyo Olympics. Will still force myself to watch any British medal hopes.
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An obsession with the Small Heath thread, and the SHA website, is what makes us human.
I just think you're missing out on some wonderful stuff on the referees' thread.
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I'm definitely not. I'd rather talk about tending someone's haemorrhoids than referees/refereeing. I'd rather tend someone's haemorrhoids than talk about referees/refereeing.
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Bobsleigh and sitting on tray down the ice are ace.
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I'm definitely not. I'd rather talk about tending someone's haemorrhoids than referees/refereeing. I'd rather tend someone's haemorrhoids than talk about referees/refereeing.
How do you feel about the standard of officiating in the giant slalom?
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Bobsleigh and sitting on tray down the ice are ace.
Correct. We tend to be decent at them all except for the one the Germans always win, too.
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Yeah, it's great. Except for figure skating, the second worst "sport" ever after the karate dancing they had at the Tokyo Olympics. Will still force myself to watch any British medal hopes.
I think a bit less of all the sports that have some subjectivity involved, they're rarely as fun to watch.
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Pretty much anything artistic is cack mind. That goes for the summer games as well.
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No new sports but we're looking very strong in the mens skeleton and the womens freestyle skiing and snowboarding so they're probably the ones worth watching. Decent shot for medals in the mens curling and the figureskating as well though.
Thanks but, for future reference, it's "skellington". Can't stand figure skating but might just be able to force myself to watch Britain's ones if they have a medal chance.
Same, as for the joyless bastard above I quite enjoy watching almost anything where someone can show off a supreme level of skill, so I generally enjoy things like the halfpipe and slopestyle and my wife absolutely loves watching the figureskating so we'll definitely have it on for those. Aside from that there's something appealing about the bob, skeleton and luge so I usually watch a fair bit of it, even if it can get a bit tedious if they're all really good.