Lies and falsehoods, Padfoot!

Things I've learned from the Olympics, part two.


-There is a move in pairs figure skating called the death spiral. Now that we know this, Andrew and I have taken to shouting, "Show us your death spiral!" at the TV at least once per pairs skate.

-Sage Kotsenburg looks like a Hemsworth, talks like a surfer in a 90's movie, and is surely getting the most action in the Olympic Village because he also has a fun personality and a gold medal.

-There's a trick in snowboarding called a Japan. No idea what it is, but I learned of its existence. I also know that 'tweak', 'cork', and 'mute grab' are snowboarding terms. Maybe at some point I will learn what they all mean.

-When you start to go out of control/crash during the luge, you're not supposed to bail off the sled. This has not been my experience with real world sledding, and I suspect that sometimes you don't exactly have a choice.

-The USA is totally trolling Russia by sending Johnny Weir to commentate on figure skating. Just looking at him is gay propaganda, because everyone wants to be as fabulous and awesome as he is. Please enjoy these pictures and tweets that illustrate (literally) this point. His Heidi braid is my favorite.

-The top of the ski jump track (374') is higher than the Statue of Liberty (305') or Big Ben (316'). And the horizontal distance they jump is around 115 yards.


Something I learned because of the Olympics: The Dutch wear orange because it's their national color, even though it's not on their flag. It's their national color because William of Orange led the Netherlands to independence from Spain, and the Dutch royal family are his descendants, the House of Orange. (Also, the Dutch king and queen were at the speed skating race, wearing t-shirts and pants and cheering on their skater like normal people.)



Answer to last Monday's song: Our Lips Are Sealed, by The Go-Go's. No one guessed this.