Paris Olympics 2024 Thread

[Honestbuckeye]

I can't afford smoked salmon so I substitute thick cut smoked bacon

😂😂

[betarhoalphadelta]

I won a karate match once in college.

I once had a LOT of trophies from my HS days in karate tournaments. When I lived in Marietta my folks came down to visit from IL and gave them to me--to get them out of their house. I didn't want to move them to CA when I moved back here, so they're likely in a landfill somewhere in the Atlanta area now. I did keep my two silver medals from the Team USA team trials. They're sitting in a box I haven't opened for about 5 years in the garage lol. 

[847badgerfan]

I won a lot of these games.

[Honestbuckeye]

I once saw a man beat a woman in Olympic boxing.  (Today)

[jgvol]

I once won a watermelon seed spitting contest at summer camp.

[Cincydawg]

Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time.  At some point they go to landfill.  I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course.  I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least.  

I liked Olympic curling in the winter, I'd watch that, fascinated and having no real idea what was happening.

[utee94]

Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time.  At some point they go to landfill.  I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course.  I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least. 

I liked Olympic curling in the winter, I'd watch that, fascinated and having no real idea what was happening.

It's just shuffleboard on ice.  

[847badgerfan]

Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time.  At some point they go to landfill.  I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course.  I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least. 

I liked Olympic curling in the winter, I'd watch that, fascinated and having no real idea what was happening.

They were, back in the day. Not everyone got one.

[longhorn320]

It's just shuffleboard on ice. 

Id like to try out to be a sweeper in curling

I could do that

[bayareabadger]

They were, back in the day. Not everyone got one.

They often  strike me as a way to placate children and adults who can’t separate from children. 

[847badgerfan]

They often  strike me as a way to placate children and adults who can’t separate from children.

Back in my days, not a lot of parents went to kids' games. They were too busy with other things.

That changed along the line somewhere, and I'm not sure when.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time.  At some point they go to landfill.  I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course.  I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least. 

Yeah, I only kept the medals because they're small. Trophies were fun when I was winning them, but it's not like they were for events large/important enough that I'm going to have them taking up space in my very small house 30 years later. 

[medinabuckeye1]

I once saw a man beat a woman in Olympic boxing.  (Today)

I honestly haven't watched any of the Olympics and this is why. If they are going to let men beat up women, why bother watching?

[MaximumSam]

I honestly haven't watched any of the Olympics and this is why. If they are going to let men beat up women, why bother watching?

It's kind of unfortunate. The person in question is from a small town in Algeria and was born female and raised female, but turns out she is intersex and has XY chromosomes. It's not like she woke up one day and decided to become a woman. Also, Algeria not exactly the most progressive nation in the world.