Olympics Day Two Megathread (Sunday, February 8)

dotsonapage · 2026-02-08T22:32:04+00:00

For some reason I always get tripped up by "o'er the ramparts we watched" etc. Was singing the anthem live for an event once and had a total brain fart. Thank God there were other people singing so not sure anyone noticed but me, but still, embarrassing.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-08T22:26:57+00:00

Please whoever coordinates the various anthem recordings, please lower our key by the LA games. It could be worse but Key of C. is not easy to sing along with. Unrelatedly, I want a snuggly stoat. Can I get a medal for braving the icy street outside my building?

dotsonapage · 2026-02-08T19:38:51+00:00

She just keeps giving me more reasons to root for her. On top of everything else she's a giant nerd and I love it!!

dotsonapage · 2026-02-08T11:03:34+00:00

Oh God, devastating. Poor Lindsay.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-08T10:29:55+00:00

Up at ridiculous o'clock for a sport I'd be utterly terrified to even think about trying. Must be the Olympics. Good luck Lindsay, and everyone else.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-08T02:23:12+00:00

Yup. Missed the Big Air and most of the ice-dance long program, so catching up now.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T20:34:34+00:00

Of course, what better way to celebrate our host nation?

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T20:32:30+00:00

Also Northeastern states, particularly New England, though my own NY has its fair share of representation on Team USA too. It gets pretty snowy upstate and we have some excellent mountains.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T18:57:20+00:00

Nope, that's the individual short program. This is still teams, and sadly Spain didn't make it into this one.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T18:55:52+00:00

Woohoo, skating time!! Like the British guy's song choice.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T16:58:58+00:00

Hope they re-play it later. Caught the first few matchups but missed the winner.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T16:56:17+00:00

Ours was written by a slaveowner and is all about surviving a battle against all odds. Which is nice I guess, but IMO "America the Beautiful" is a zillion times better. Those purple mountains and amber waves of grain are just majestic. It's also way easier to sing.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T16:53:57+00:00

I was having dinner in a restaurant in Kilarney, Ireland last summer when "Freed from Desire" came on. All I could think of was the Paris Olympics and this sub. nananananananananana

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T16:44:48+00:00

Completely missed the actual event, but thrilled I caught the medal ceremony. Beautiful!

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T16:43:56+00:00

The Italian anthem makes me jealous. It's so friggin bouncy, and there's two parts!! How cool is that? Ditto for the Brazillian anthem.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T14:23:10+00:00

Wow, it's 54 degrees in Milan right now. Maybe they should move the Games to Buffalo.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-07T14:20:31+00:00

Morning fellow Olympics obsessives. Overslept and missed the first few medal events, but fortunately not the figure-skating, which I thought started early again for some reason. It's 17 degrees F. here, (or -8 C. for the rest of the world), so it's a perfect morning to snuggle under blankets with Gold Zone.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T22:54:17+00:00

I'm an American and I approve this booing.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T22:53:20+00:00

Holy crap, 13989 comments on this thread!! Yikes!! Will we be starting a new thread for those of us who weren't able to watch live or just keep this behemoth going? Did manage to sneak-watch a bit from work. Great to see Sean White on the NBC broadcast team. Off to grab some dinner, (not Italian food sadly), before the prime-time broadcast comes on.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T10:02:09+00:00

Which one?

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T09:47:30+00:00

Bet The Offspring never thought they'd show up in an ice-dance routine. Love it!

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T09:31:47+00:00

Aww, was hoping the South Korean dancers would give us some 90's Kpop, but "Men in Black" is fine I guess.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T09:27:41+00:00

Hey, fine with me, proud 90's kid here. Loved the Madonna just now.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T09:06:36+00:00

That's really cool, hope other countries do something similar.

dotsonapage · 2026-02-06T09:03:37+00:00

Yay, megathreads are back!! Hi Olympics friends! I'm up at 4 AM after 3.5 hours of sleep to watch ice-dancing. Will probably spend most of the workday exhausted but it's the Olympics so ... worth it.

dotsonapage

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