Loo-Gie

Now the US is in 6^th place in the medal count as of this writing.

One of our winter Olympic heroes, Shaun White, finished in 4^th place in the Halfpipe ending his chance to be the first American to win gold in an event in three straight Olympics. That will leave speed skater Shani Davis the remaining hope for that particular achievement.

I have to wonder what the 4^th place finish will do for White. He has an estimated net worth of 20 million dollars now, of course coming from endorsement deals. But now that he passed up competing in the Slopestyle and bombing in Halfpipe, does that revenue stream dry up for him? I think he still may have another event to go but if he fails to win Gold there and I’m a businessman looking to use him to endorse something I’m thinking that I have a potential bargaining chip right there that could secure his services for a whole lot less.

A friend of mine and I are now thinking about getting a Curling team together for 2016. We are both hooked…for different reasons, but still we are getting in it. He wants to be part of it because he is a great bowler and after watching some of it understands the game better.

Here is why I am hooked…

Anna Sidorova

Oops. Just got word the Shani Davis is back at bargain rates for promotional work now also.

We did finally get a medal in the sled competition. (Luge to be precise...pronounced LOO-GIE in my house.) 

Erin Hamlin became the first US luger (LOOGY ER) to win an individual medal in this event. That's pretty awesome. We finally found someone who can sit in a sled and go downhill very fast.

I was having a debate on a recent Dungeon of Manlove taping about the Olympics. I asked the following question, “What do you think is the over/under number for arrests made by Russian authorities for gayness at the figure skating competition? My number is 3.”

While clearly tongue in cheek, our resident gay cast member, Chinky Twinky….lol…its his own nickname, took offense. Why, suddenly, this particular topic hit home, but nonetheless it did.

He said not all figure skaters were gay, which…I think…is obvious.

But one of the other guys around the table said we never see anyone like Marshal figure skating to which CT said, “But there are all sorts of big guys like Marshal who **** it in *** *** $%$%$%.” To which I said, “Leave the name Marshal out of this conversation and give me a number.”

CT went on to argue that figure skating was a great sport and that I could never do a triple axel.

That much is true. Because I could never see how it was possible to squeeze my 250 lb body into anything like this….

And if I did there would be a massive fabric explosion that would give wardrobe malfunctioning a whole brand new meaning.

Yes, we all know that all male figures aren’t gay….right?

Yes, we all know that it takes years and years of practice and that we send the best our country can produce to compete.

Yes, we know that Russian authorities only arrest those who propagandize gayness to children, or something like that. 

But then we found out why CT was so defensive when he said, “Hey buttmunch, I was a figure skater when I was a kid.”

Up my over/number to 4.

Done