That's noted AV CLubber Michael Phelps you're talking to, asshole.

That's noted AV CLubber Michael Phelps you're talking to, asshole.

You know, these threads are tempting me to switch to the NBC broadcast just to see if it's really such a trainwreck.  I want to be able to say, "Fuck you NBC!" too, dammit.

You know, these threads are tempting me to switch to the NBC broadcast just to see if it's really such a trainwreck.  I want to be able to say, "Fuck you NBC!" too, dammit.

I don't think the Mexicans messed up their first dives particularly.  I think their execution on all the dives was pretty consistent throughout — ie, good but not great.  So that put them behind the pack in the early rounds, when everyone is doing fairly basic dives of the same difficulty level.  They were counting on…

I don't think the Mexicans messed up their first dives particularly.  I think their execution on all the dives was pretty consistent throughout — ie, good but not great.  So that put them behind the pack in the early rounds, when everyone is doing fairly basic dives of the same difficulty level.  They were counting on…

The bikini tops chafe their nipples.

The bikini tops chafe their nipples.

Having done gymnastics when I was younger, I can firmly say that, yes, rings are fucking insane/brutal.  I used to shake like an epileptic on those things.

Having done gymnastics when I was younger, I can firmly say that, yes, rings are fucking insane/brutal.  I used to shake like an epileptic on those things.

King Kohei!  This is one of the nice things about Canadian coverage, I'll admit — it's just as unbalanced as American coverage when Canadians actually make the finals/are contenders, but in so many of these things they're nowhere near, and we get much better/more rounded coverage as a result.

King Kohei!  This is one of the nice things about Canadian coverage, I'll admit — it's just as unbalanced as American coverage when Canadians actually make the finals/are contenders, but in so many of these things they're nowhere near, and we get much better/more rounded coverage as a result.

I thought the question was whether he got sufficiently vertical, before he lost his balance, to get credit for a handstand, albeit a sloppy one (it's a required component, I think? — so not doing it at all, even poorly, is a big penalty).  They initially said no, then decided, on replay, that yeah, what the hell,…

I thought the question was whether he got sufficiently vertical, before he lost his balance, to get credit for a handstand, albeit a sloppy one (it's a required component, I think? — so not doing it at all, even poorly, is a big penalty).  They initially said no, then decided, on replay, that yeah, what the hell,…

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Yeah, I don't think it's just her mouth.  They should have used Popeye's chicken for the Faulkner wink, though.

Yeah, I don't think it's just her mouth.  They should have used Popeye's chicken for the Faulkner wink, though.

No, they work in government.

No, they work in government.