ewerk 30544 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 19 hours ago, tooner said: Gotcha, short track is tough, so much can go wrong. Tooner, your girls took a hell of a beating... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Pamela Anderson, Neil Young, Wayne Gretzky, Bryan Adams, Justin Bieber, Mark Carney.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 2 hours ago, ewerk said: Tooner, your girls took a hell of a beating... I heard, its on at weird times here, so i've been paying attention after the fact. i really want to see the men's ski-cross, its similar to short track in that there is carnage owing to the fact that its 4 at once down the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Alex said: Pamela Anderson, Neil Young, Wayne Gretzky, Bryan Adams, Justin Bieber, Mark Carney.... i've always been terrible at these, what's their connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30544 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 31 minutes ago, tooner said: i've always been terrible at these, what's their connection? You'd be unlikey to ever have heard about it but it's a reference to a famous incident of a Norwegian commentator going mental after they beat England at football back in the early 80s. It would barely raise an eyebrow now like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 34 minutes ago, tooner said: i've always been terrible at these, what's their connection? And they're all Canadians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15518 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Always thought Lord Beaverbrook was a bit of a left-field inclusion. And then there was this, of course: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) Henry Cooper as well Edited February 21, 2018 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Alex said: And they're all Canadians haha, missing the obvious, that's my M.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Alex said: You'd be unlikey to ever have heard about it but it's a reference to a famous incident of a Norwegian commentator going mental after they beat England at football back in the early 80s. It would barely raise an eyebrow now like hahaha, makes more sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11361 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sonatine said: As a Canadian this really bothers me, i mean i get that you are disappointed, but ffs, put on your big girl pants and show some class. Edited February 22, 2018 by tooner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1244 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I see the jocks fucked up again in the curling. That's a nation you just can't trust to do anything positive for you isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9761 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Fantastic stuff from our ice hockey team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 On 2/19/2018 at 16:36, Alex said: I know. She’s the first ever athlete to compete as a skier and snowboarder in an Olympic Games. https://www.powder.com/stories/news/czech-snowboarder-makes-olympic-history-gold-skiing-snowboarding/?sm_id=organic_fb_social_PWDR_180226_sf183038631#sf183038631 missed this, but she won her snowboarding event as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ant said: in fairness this happens a fair bit in footy , cup finals and such lads getting the medal and taking it off as they walk away I get it in pro sports, but not when you're representing your country. Don't be a sore loser, you've just won an olympic medal, not the colour she was hoping for but so what. to be fair she came out afterword and apologised. this is a good read, we in the GWN sometimes take ourselves too seriously. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/how-did-canadian-olympians-become-the-ugly-americans/article38108066/ Edited February 26, 2018 by tooner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 17 hours ago, tooner said: https://www.powder.com/stories/news/czech-snowboarder-makes-olympic-history-gold-skiing-snowboarding/?sm_id=organic_fb_social_PWDR_180226_sf183038631#sf183038631 missed this, but she won her snowboarding event as well. Yeah, I saw that. What an absolute star. Fantastic achievement. Her reaction when she won the Super G was probably the best bit of the whole Games as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 13 hours ago, tooner said: I get it in pro sports, but not when you're representing your country. Don't be a sore loser, you've just won an olympic medal, not the colour she was hoping for but so what. to be fair she came out afterword and apologised. this is a good read, we in the GWN sometimes take ourselves too seriously. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/how-did-canadian-olympians-become-the-ugly-americans/article38108066/ Odd that you failed to win Curling or Ice Hockey medals but still had such a successful games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Alex said: Odd that you failed to win Curling or Ice Hockey medals but still had such a successful games. The Canadian Government has been putting large amounts of money into amateur sport, seems to be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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