2024 Paris Olympics

[MuggsyB]

they are fat blundering idiots with absolutely zero gifts

They are naturally large, not fat. 

[MU82]

From Yahoo Sports:

NBC Universal averaged 34.5 million viewers through Sunday, a 79% jump from Tokyo. Perhaps the most impressive number of all: 10.9 million people watched the U.S. men's basketball opener.

The roQQet boycott is KILLING viewership!

[Uncle Rico]

From Yahoo Sports:

NBC Universal averaged 34.5 million viewers through Sunday, a 79% jump from Tokyo. Perhaps the most impressive number of all: 10.9 million people watched the U.S. men's basketball opener.

The silent majority is really a weirdo minority

The roQQet boycott is KILLING viewership!

[The Sultan]

From Yahoo Sports:

NBC Universal averaged 34.5 million viewers through Sunday, a 79% jump from Tokyo. Perhaps the most impressive number of all: 10.9 million people watched the U.S. men's basketball opener.

The roQQet boycott is KILLING viewership!

Dan Wolken
@DanWolken
One day we will learn that the grievance and boycott crowd is a statistically insignificant - but admittedly loud - group of people who just don't represent where America is.

[tower912]

Weird.

[CreightonWarrior]

They let Germany get back into the match but props to men's volleyball for dropping the hammer in the 5th.

[jutaw22mu]

Maybe Rocket's not wrong after all. Performers say it was the Last Supper.

https://catholicherald.co.uk/drag-queen-confirms-it-was-a-parody-of-last-supper/

[Uncle Rico]

Maybe Rocket's not wrong after all. Performers say it was the Last Supper.

https://catholicherald.co.uk/drag-queen-confirms-it-was-a-parody-of-last-supper/

Given the millions killed through history by Christians and other religions and ignoring sexual predation within their ranks, a little mockery is the least they should expect

[The Sultan]

Even if it was a depiction of the Last Supper, which disputes what others have said, I have no idea what the big deal was.

Maybe people should just calm the f*ck down and stop feeling aggrieved over everything. People used to be persecuted and killed simply for being Christian. Pretty sure Christians can handle this.

[CreightonWarrior]

This has been a fun olympics thread. Manatees and the last supper.

[Uncle Rico]

This has been a fun olympics thread. Manatees and the last supper.

And Team USA chocking like dawgs

[Pakuni]

Maybe Rocket's not wrong after all. Performers say it was the Last Supper.

https://catholicherald.co.uk/drag-queen-confirms-it-was-a-parody-of-last-supper/

Explain to me why it was offensive.

[Warriors4ever]

If you go online you will find thousands of parodies of the Last Supper. If this was one, combining Dionysius and Baccanalian feast, I suspect the real issue is that it was drag queens.
It was still an outstanding opening ceremony, there have been a lot of wonderful competitions and accomplishments, and those who want to can go ahead and boycott while I enjoy watching, and wishing I was there...

[cheebs09]

This has been a fun olympics thread. Manatees and the last supper.

Is it true manatee was served at the Last Supper?

[MU82]

This has been a fun olympics thread. Manatees and the last supper.

A whale of a thread.

Sea what I did there?

[Goose]

On a positive note, my cousin's daughter is competing in rowing/double sculls and her finals is on the 1st. She cannot take the gold but can still medal. On an even more positive not, my cousin and 13 other Serbs are in Paris and doing their best to drink Paris out of beer and anything thing else they can get. He did mention earlier today that the French cannot make a drink worth a damn.

Note--while the Serbs arrived from MKE, his daughter is on the USA team.

[warriorchick]

He did mention earlier today that the French cannot make a drink worth a damn.

First rule of traveling - go with their specialty.  Don't order Chinese food in Hungary - get the goulash.

In France, drink the wine.

[tower912]

France vs Japan, men's basketball.  Not a lot of mid range going on.   Learned today that in FIBA an 'unsportsmanlike' foul is the equivalent of a futbol yellow card.   Two in a game leads to an ejection.   I think that is what happened.

[tower912]

France got bailed out late on a phantom foul, leading to a game tying 4 point play.

[Goose]

chick

I am sure they will figure that out sooner or later. That said, I am fully confident they will not be shortchanged at the bar. This is a group of pros and Paris will know they were there.

[The Lens]

Kronenbourg 1664 is a damn good beer.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Kronenbourg 1664 is a damn good beer.

And France has had a micro brewery growth also.  I was drinking good Norman beer in Normandy back in April and I'm sure there are similar breweries that have popped up in the Paris area if you're not a wine drinker.

Normandy was loaded with Cidre's and it tasted nothing like I expected.  It was incredibly tasty and better than anticipated and I was very sorry I only came home with one small bottle.

[dgies9156]

Is it true manatee was served at the Last Supper?

I don't think manatee is kosher.

For those bent out of shape over the depiction of the Last Supper, all I can say is "lighten up!"

Our founder sort of told us we should "turn the other cheek." Nobody said being a Christian would be easy -- it's hard work and we're going to be ridiculed at times. Best thing to do is simply to pray our friends who mock us someday discover the peace of Christ.

Finally, Brother Muggs, I don't have a problem with manatees. They're actually swimming not far from my backyard in the Indian River Lagoon. We take our manatees seriously in Florida (they make us tourist money!) and our state has taken major efforts to improve water quality in the lagoon. The seagrass manatees feed on is coming back aggressively and we haven't had any lettuce dumps recently. Manatees 1, Phosphates 0!

[MuggsyB]

How has Simone looked today?

And WTH happened with Gauff?

Ty.

[MuggsyB]

I don't think manatee is kosher.

For those bent out of shape over the depiction of the Last Supper, all I can say is "lighten up!"

Our founder sort of told us we should "turn the other cheek." Nobody said being a Christian would be easy -- it's hard work and we're going to be ridiculed at times. Best thing to do is simply to pray our friends who mock us someday discover the peace of Christ.

Finally, Brother Muggs, I don't have a problem with manatees. They're actually swimming not far from my backyard in the Indian River Lagoon. We take our manatees seriously in Florida (they make us tourist money!) and our state has taken major efforts to improve water quality in the lagoon. The seagrass manatees feed on is coming back aggressively and we haven't had any lettuce dumps recently. Manatees 1, Phosphates 0!

Very good to hear brother dgies.  I thought a particular manatee caused you a few probs some time ago but I may be mistaken on some of the details in the story.  What I do know is that they are shaped like oversized torpedoes at birth and this should not be held against them.