February 24, 2018

The Olympic squirrel.

33 comments:

madAsHell said...

That's a tough way to improve the ratings!!

JohnAnnArbor said...

It's like how they run into the road in front of cars.

Wince said...

Expect to see a lot of those "Squirrels!" to suddenly appear on NBC once the "Russian meddling" probe turns to Clinton, Obama and the MSM.

Ralph L said...

Why did the squirrel cross the ski slope?

The Canadians are nuts.

Gahrie said...

So where was the moose?

Kate said...

COMMA.

Howard said...

Isn't that exactly how squirrels behave when you drive by in the car.

Ralph L said...

Which one is NBC trying to warn?

traditionalguy said...

But suppose it's a drone squirrel snuck in by very bad Norks that has an Elon Musk miniature nuke instead of a cask of brandy hung around its neck?

Bob Boyd said...

I think she cut it's whiskers off.

Virgil Hilts said...

Anyone who watched the event (men or women) could not help but notice that boarder on red *rather than blue) course always won (so long as he/she didn't crash). In qualifying, each athlete runs both R and B courses. Based on combined times they are then seeded and then head to head elimination runs begin. But the higher seed always gets to choose the course and (I think) inevitably chose the R one. Kind of a weird sport but it was fun to watch.

CWJ said...

"Anyone who watched the event (men or women) could not help but notice that boarder on red *rather than blue) course always won (so long as he/she didn't crash)."

Nonsense, as soon as the tv commentator said this, the guy riding the blue course won. Also, you might get an argument from Lee, the silver medalist who was "stuck" with the blue course at much of the time.

Virgil Hilts said...

Or not. Quoting Mr. Lee: "Those who don't know alpine snowboarding would have also noticed that there's a big difference between riding the red and the blue courses," Lee said. "I was riding on the blue course at the semifinals, and I had no choice."

For the finals -- which are contested in a head-to-head knockout format -- the snowboarder with best qualified time can choose their starting lane. Lee was the third best qualifier to join the finals -- open only to the top 16 performers -- and performed on the red course until the semifinals where he met Kosir, who finished second place in the qualifying runs.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/02/24/0200000000AEN20180224005100315.html

Bruce Gee said...

My favorite old Onion “headline”:
“Roadkill squirrel remembered: as frantic; indecisive.”

CWJ said...

I didn't say there was no difference, and I didn't use the phrase "always won."

Ralph L said...

Bruce, that's just offal.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...
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the 4chan Guy who reads Althouse said...

The athletes from North Korea saw the squirrel and could not believe the abundance of food available.

The Germans have a word for this.

Virgil Hilts said...
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Virgil Hilts said...

CWJ, I should not have said "always" but seemd that way when watching the women.
BTW, at time I watched I didn't think Lee won his semi-final and couldn't believe that the announcers just ignored the issue. Kosir was obviously visibly upset when they showed the replay. I watched it several times in slo-mo and could not figure out where and how Lee supposedly won.
https://sports.yahoo.com/photo-finish-show-south-korean-snowboarder-actually-losing-062545852.html

George Grady said...

Virgil Hilts:

Roy Jones, Jr., says "Yep, that's the Olympics in Korea."

The Godfather said...

How many points do you get for hitting the squirrel?

David Begley said...

Highlight of the Olympics for me.

bolivar di griz said...

Like the Dem i telligence squirrel.

Mark Nielsen said...

Skiers have no deal with the squirrels.

Big Mike said...

Great concentration on the part of the snowboarder. She did not even twitch.

Drago said...

The Godfather: "How many points do you get for hitting the squirrel?"

Death-Board Race 2020

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...

Imagine the hoo-ha had the squirrel been hit.

madAsHell said...

They dropped the Democrat memo concerning the Steele dossier.......today........on Sunday.

Of course, the only thing they really need is the memo. It is heavily redacted, and I'm sure it is carefully crafted to spin the missing edits.

madAsHell said...

How many more squirrels work at NBC?

Lyle said...

Yay!

Clyde said...

You can tell that's South Korea, because in North Korea, that squirrel would be in a stew pot.

Clyde said...

I blame the Russians.