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Maybe you could get a map of the world somewhere, and use it to show your daughter where the different countries are?
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Rochey wrote:Maybe you could get a map of the world somewhere, and use it to show your daughter where the different countries are?
Yeah but not every body has maps.
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What in the deepest levels of hell was she on about? :?
Seriously, I couldn't make heads or tails of what she was saying. Something about South Africa, and the US education system helping "the Iraq". What the f*ck?
Oh, and there was something about not having maps, too, but that bit got lost in the meandering river of senselessness she was putting forth.
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Rochey wrote:What in the deepest levels of hell was she on about? :?
Seriously, I couldn't make heads or tails of what she was saying. Something about South Africa, and the US education system helping "the Iraq". What the f*ck?
Oh, and there was something about not having maps, too, but that bit got lost in the meandering river of senselessness she was putting forth.
Don't tell me you haven't seen that before? The total clips have something like 60 million views.
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So much for shattering the stereotype of air-headed blondes. :roll:

As to this, funny guy:
Rochey wrote:Maybe you could get a map of the world somewhere, and use it to show your daughter where the different countries are?
My daughter is almost 4 years of age. The Olympics on TV are a convenient forum to bring a little educational material into some family time.
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Mikey wrote:
My daughter is almost 4 years of age. The Olympics on TV are a convenient forum to bring a little educational material into some family time.
That's a really good idea actually. Good way to expand a child's horizon.
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Rochey wrote:What in the deepest levels of hell was she on about? :?
Seriously, I couldn't make heads or tails of what she was saying. Something about South Africa, and the US education system helping "the Iraq". What the f*ck?
Oh, and there was something about not having maps, too, but that bit got lost in the meandering river of senselessness she was putting forth.
Her excuse was that the question caught her off guard. I guess it's not exactly the type of question you expect in that type of competition, and she tried to modify one of her pre-thought out answers to fit it.

But who cares, this is as funny as hell :lol:
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Monroe wrote:Don't tell me you haven't seen that before? The total clips have something like 60 million views
Never seen it before. Why should I go looking for pieces of stupidity from US TV shows?
Blackstar wrote:Her excuse was that the question caught her off guard. I guess it's not exactly the type of question you expect in that type of competition, and she tried to modify one of her pre-thought out answers to fit it.
You'd expect her to come up with something other than that semi-coherent rambling. Seriously, what the hell was she saying?
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Monroe wrote:
Mikey wrote:
My daughter is almost 4 years of age. The Olympics on TV are a convenient forum to bring a little educational material into some family time.
That's a really good idea actually. Good way to expand a child's horizon.
I can't take credit. My wife is an elementary school teacher, and she can't turn it off. :)
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Mikey wrote:she can't turn it off. :)
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Blackstar the Chakat wrote:
Mikey wrote:she can't turn it off. :)
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Hey! That's my wife you're talking about!

But... yeah. :horny:
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I've been wondering if they should try mixing up some of the sports for the modern era. I mean in the winter Olympics they've added stuff like snowboarding.

However they've managed to make guns boring. I mean they could at least throw in some moving target or something.

Or Olympic paintball!
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sunnyside wrote:I've been wondering if they should try mixing up some of the sports for the modern era. I mean in the winter Olympics they've added stuff like snowboarding.

However they've managed to make guns boring. I mean they could at least throw in some moving target or something.

Or Olympic paintball!
If you want a good gun competition, look up steel match, or IPSC. Here's a clip of my friend's gal at one of the national competitions; it's cool, but I wish the camera angle had a better view of the targets.
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Better.

You know I guess I can't explain why some of the Olympic sports are and aren't popular

I mean the Olympic martial arts don't get much screen time. None of them.

On the other hand the running races don't seem so interesting at all to me but they tend to get solid play. I mean they're just sprinting forward.

Of course I get why the traditional sports people pay money to see are popular. As well as the more exhibition type events like gymnastics.
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Re: Olympic 2008

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Olympic Paintballing would rock.
SAS vs Delta Force /drool

Also they need American Football as an olympic sport.
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