The ups and downs, ins and outs of the Olympics

It's been many years since we actually watched the Olympic games - but this time around we got engaged in them again (probably since we don't really have anything else to do at the moment.) I have to say, though, that it's a good thing it is just the two of us watching here - we'd surely drive any real fan right out of the room. We find ourselves disagreeing with the judges vehemently, even though we really don't know jack about the sports or the rules or the scoring. We have our favorites, of course, and mostly they are based on how polite or friendly someone is in after-event interviews, or whether they have a chin or their eyes are too close together, or because we like their mother. We thought at first the snowboarders were all punks but then were completely captivated by the redhaired kid on the USA team. We laughed at 'Curling' and at all the men on the bobsled who are just there to provide ballast, and we couldn't understand why the speed skaters weren't at an all-out sprint through their 4 minute races.

It's a good thing the games are almost over. We can be insufferable about something else.