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Post by Mango Man on Aug 9, 2024 19:21:31 GMT -5
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Post by TRTerror on Aug 9, 2024 19:31:18 GMT -5
Are they Twerking ?
Gotta make it worth my while cause I'm a busy guy..
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 9, 2024 19:32:46 GMT -5
Unbelievable
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Post by ferris1248 on Aug 9, 2024 19:43:03 GMT -5
Y'all are old.
With 10 grandkids I've got several in breakdancing and hip hop classes, grandsons and granddaughters.
They are excited about this being in the Olympics.
It's a new generation. My Glenn Miller loving ol' man couldn't understand Elvis and Chuck Berry either.
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Post by nikonoclast on Aug 9, 2024 20:15:16 GMT -5
A significant number of events have been added and subtracted over the years.
In my opinion, Olympic ice skating competition should include mandatory barrel-jumping.
( But alas, some guy or gal might lose a few sequins off their tush. )
Break-dancing is as least as athletic as "ice-dancing".
The performers don't take a break between moves like "floor exercise" gymnasts.
If the name was changed to "freestyle gymnastics", would anyone have a problem?
Sure, the choice of music leaves a lot to be desired, but that's not our call.
Like it or not, the practice has spread around the globe.
We'll see how long it lasts ... .
I remember back when pre-pubescent Olympic pixies did circus stunts.
They tossed balls in the air and danced around with streamers.
It was called "Rhythmic Gymnastics" ... and is now, thankfully, gone.
The Olympics needs a "crossover sport" that combines Summer and Winter games.
Why not have off-year "Ice Boxing"? ... it would be a hoot!
Tonya Harding could do the play by play ...
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 9, 2024 21:04:32 GMT -5
I would watch ice boxing. Cornhole will be an event soon. It’s my time to shine.
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Post by stc1993 on Aug 10, 2024 5:51:25 GMT -5
For some reason Cornhole don't work for me. Needs a better name.
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Post by slough on Aug 10, 2024 6:26:52 GMT -5
A significant number of events have been added and subtracted over the years. In my opinion, Olympic ice skating competition should include mandatory barrel-jumping. ( But alas, some guy or gal might lose a few sequins off their tush. ) Why not have off-year "Ice Boxing"? ... it would be a hoot! Tonya Harding could do the play by play ... Now we talking |
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madbeach
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I started dancin' again
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Post by madbeach on Aug 10, 2024 6:41:02 GMT -5
They need dirty dancin' as an olympic sport. Now that would get some attention.
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Post by olmucky on Aug 10, 2024 7:46:25 GMT -5
Ha The wife had the telly on last night and that popped up I said “wtf”? Then I thought “isn’t breakdancing like…old”? |
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Post by johngalt on Aug 10, 2024 8:35:04 GMT -5
I would watch ice boxing. Cornhole will be an event soon. It’s my time to shine. Men tossed horseshoes. Now it’s a little soft bag. 🫣 |
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Post by nikonoclast on Aug 10, 2024 8:50:37 GMT -5
I would watch ice boxing. Cornhole will be an event soon. It’s my time to shine. Men tossed horseshoes. Now it’s a little soft bag. 🫣 It would be an Olympics for stoners ... Multiple rounds of glorified "Hackee-Sack". Soundtrack: Grateful Dead "greatest bathroom-break hits". ( "Fire on the Mountain" and "Women Smarter" top the list. ) |
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Post by gardawg on Aug 10, 2024 9:07:16 GMT -5
Starting with the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm and continuing until the 1948 games in London, the Olympics held art competitions in painting as well as sculpture, music, architecture and literature.
Some people competed in both the sports and arts competitions, and two people even won medals in both arenas. American Walter Winans won a gold medal in shooting at the 1908 Olympics and a gold medal in sculpture in 1912. Hungarian Alfred Hajos won two gold medals in swimming in 1896, and a silver in architecture at the Paris Olympics in 1924.
The IOC supposedly retired the art contests because so many competitors were professional artists, and the Olympics were supposed to highlight amateurs (i.e., people who didn’t get paid for their athletic or artistic talent). The amateur rule was something the IOC enforced—often controversially—in athletic contests until the 1990s, when it began allowing professional athletes to compete.
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Post by gogittum on Aug 10, 2024 12:23:11 GMT -5
Y'all are old. With 10 grandkids I've got several in breakdancing and hip hop classes, grandsons and granddaughters. They are excited about this being in the Olympics. It's a new generation. My Glenn Miller loving ol' man couldn't understand Elvis and Chuck Berry either. My grandfather was a tough, hard line old Englishman who, due to a stroke in 1945, lived with us all my growing years. I remember playing music on the radio in mid/late '50s and he'd turn around in his armchair and roar, "choke that bloody thing off." |
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Post by mapper on Aug 10, 2024 12:36:07 GMT -5
Sure why not break dancing..
If they had rhythmic dancing, synchronized swimming, and other events that I would not personally classify as Olympic world competitions.
Remember if you are not on the international Olympic committee making the rules and events, you are either a participant, spectator, or ignore it.
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