Ah, Olympics...
Sarah, Jay and Simon came over this past weekend for some Olympics, HD-style. Some highlights of our mini-event were watching sports that we had never seen on TV before (field hockey and handball, I'm looking in your direction). Out of this came some classic comments:
While watching what we decided was field hockey:
David: Do we (the USA) compete in this sport?
Sarah: We're not even sure what this sport is!
While watching what we decided was handball:
Jay: Um, I have some questions as to why this is an Olympic sport...
Sarah: It looks like water polo without the water.
Sarah (a little later): This is the best sport ever!
While watching sabre fighting (aka Fencing):
David: They could not possibly make this more like they were playing on the moon (commenting on the hi-tech uniforms, helmets that glowed when a player was hit and the overall darkness surrounding the players).
While watching what we decided was field hockey:
David: Do we (the USA) compete in this sport?
Sarah: We're not even sure what this sport is!
While watching what we decided was handball:
Jay: Um, I have some questions as to why this is an Olympic sport...
Sarah: It looks like water polo without the water.
Sarah (a little later): This is the best sport ever!
While watching sabre fighting (aka Fencing):
David: They could not possibly make this more like they were playing on the moon (commenting on the hi-tech uniforms, helmets that glowed when a player was hit and the overall darkness surrounding the players).
Comments
Similarly, football actually involves 11 players per team kicking a spherical ball towards the opponents' goal. The sport that is popular in the US (which is a softer version of our rugby !) is known as American football.
:)
Good to see you blogging regularly again !
But back to handball for a minute... what a great sport! (Assuming that's indeed what we were watching.) If there was a local team here, I'd totally go see them play.