Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)

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Atomic wrote:Maybe [haggis] as Shot Put in the summer games...
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Atomic wrote:Maybe as Shot Put in the summer games...
A splat put?
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Perhaps a Gut Bomb.
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Meanwhile, the Canadian and US women are playing in THE game of the round robin of the hockey tournament.
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T.J. Oshie.

Yesterday, he was only known to a few people in Saint Louis.

Today - he's a national hero.

And his response?

"The American heroes are wearing camo. That's not me."

I love hockey. :)
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Jabberwonky wrote:At least the Scots eat what they hunt. When was the last time you heard of an Englishman sitting down to a plate of fox?
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Welp. No Golds for the US in hockey. :(
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