Friday, February 26, 2010

Friday Five: Winter Olympics Edition

It's been two weeks of snow, or not enough snow, of heartbreak before the action even began, of snowboards and skis and skates, of joy and sorrow. At our house, we've stayed up too late, and we don't even watch sports any other time!  


1) Which of the Winter Olympic sports is your favorite to watch?

2) Some of the uniforms have attracted attention this year, such as the US Snowboarders' pseudo-flannel shirts 



and the Norwegian Curling team's -- ahem -- pants. 


Who do you think had the best-looking uniforms?


3) And Curling. Really? What's up with that?

4) Define Nordic Combined. Don't look it up. Take a guess if you must. 



(There will be a prize for the best answer, but be aware, this is a judged sport.)

 5) If you could be a Winter Olympics Champion just by wishing for it, which sport would you choose for winning your Gold Medal?

Let us know in the comments if you play! You're likely to get more visitors to your blog if you link to your post, like so: <a href="the url of your blog post goes here">what you want the link to say goes here</a> For a complete how-to, click here.

Please visit one another to read answers; you might just see a gold medal-winning performance!

28 comments:

Songbird said...

Not long after I scheduled this post, we lost power last night. I am sending this from my phone. I hope to play and visit later today, when electricity is restored!

angela said...

Here is my play, though I I'm not quite a sport nut yet, I'm making strides this winter.

altar ego said...

Love, love, love the Olympics I played at my place

Beth said...

I wonder if I'll win a medal over at my blog

Pastor Joelle said...

It's been a long time since I've played but this was a no brainer for me. I added my thoughts about last nights Ladies Free Skate...some of the best skating I've seen EVER and I've watched the Olympics well for a long time.

Olympic 5

Pink Shoes said...

I played! Love the Winter Olympics.

Mary Beth said...

Here's my nod to

The Games.

Sally said...

I took part, with pictures, and who knew that Nordic combined was really an extreme knitting event?

Jane Ellen+ said...

For the first time in forever, I played!

T said...

My Gold Medal Play!

mibi52 said...

I competed
here

Rev Scott said...

I think it's an honor just to compete.

stinuksuk said...

I joined in the sport over at signs-along-the-way.

Muthah+ said...

Songbird, did ya'll finally get some snow??? I am in TX at the moment enjoying the "warmer" weather. (The Texans don't consider it warm)

I did my bit for God and country at www.foraseason.blogspot.com

Crimson Rambler said...
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Crimson Rambler said...

I have played here -- anybody noted what percentage of national models have been won by women athletes???

Hot Cup Lutheran said...

ta-da! sermon started. friday five completed. a gold medal day in the making...

accidentalseminarian said...

I have tried to stay up to watch the Winter Olympics and, on some nights have watched at 4am! It makes for a very tired day at work afterward but ski cross made it all worth it.

Read about it here.

Chorus said...

I played here!

Go Canada!

accidentalseminarian said...

Forgot to say, while you are there, do have a look at my post on what to say when an atheist asks you to pray for them. I had no idea what to do and am still flummoxed. You can find the post here

P-Squared said...

i dreamed of flying here

Songbird said...

I have power! And here's my play. I'll be around to visit y'all this evening!

Brittany said...

As much as I love the Olympics, I'm so ready to get to sleep before midnight again! I played here .

Pastor Julia said...

I played for the first time in a while here .

LutheranChik said...

I have been experiencing Technical Difficulties (my touchpad is wearing out)today, but I finally managed to cut-and-paste my way to a Friday Five response at my place.

Songbird said...

Brittany, I stayed up the first week, went to bed on time, mostly, the second.
Muthah+, we continue to be snow-deprived on the Maine coast. Now I'd just as soon move on to spring.

Joolie said...

As my mom would say, a day late and a dollar short. It's the story of my life. Blessings on your sermon work, Gals!

Deb said...

I am enjoying reading the answers. I'm working on taking the gold in an MDiv so I'll just take a bye this week.

Some very funny stuff on the Nordic combined!! (I had to stop reading it during class because I kept giggling... ;)