** Phelps about to swim his last race if interested **

[MiniMe]

[brucefan]

1. Go Aquaman!

[ellie]

2. I was yelling Go! GO! Go! GO!

And I don't even like the Olympics! WOW! What a feat! My sister used to have a Mark Spitz poster when we were kids/

[MiniMe]

5. So did I

:blush:

[Fuzz]

3. Applause

[MichiganVote]

4. Yeah Phelps, CONGRATS!!

[muntrv]

6. EIGHT FOR EIGHT!!!

:bounce: :woohoo:

[MiniMe]

7. I love his Mom too. I sure am glad that I wasn't that guy standing in front of her

I bet he has fresh wounds on his shoulders. Not malicious of course, but I thought she was about to faint.

[brettdale]

8. Phelps has eight!!!!!!!!

Amazing man, and real down to earth, he loves playing madden nfl and listening to Garth Brooks.

He now has to be the greatest Olympic sportsperson ever.

[MiniMe]

9. They just interviewed him, I thought he sounded a bit emotional

Of course, I swear that Ian Thorpe was rubbing tears out of his eyes.

[bicentennial_baby]

13. I thought the Thorpedo looked disgruntled...

As he said earlier that he didn't think Phelps could do 7, much less 8.

But, Thopre is still the hottest, hands down.

:)

[sandnsea]

10. Well shit, I missed it

How the hell did I miss it. I've been sitting through the marathon and all this swimming, Dana Torres,

wtf???

[MiniMe]

11. Bad time to hit the John. The men's hundred is coming up soon...

so don't leave soon.

[TahitiNut]

22. Bolt is AMAZING!

He blew away the whole FIELD! That's never been seen before in this event. Stunning.

[sandnsea]

27. West Coast, he's still "chasing"

I won't get to see it until 10:55.

[1]

12. 8!

8! 8! 8! 8! 8!

[Faygo Kid]

14. No, never. I have never been attacked - ever - since 2002, when I joined. But now I'm pissed.

Better bring it from now on, onenote.

Big time.

Tough guy? I don't think so.

[MiniMe]

16. ???

I'm confused

[fishwax]

23. all right then

:shrug:

[MiniMe]

24. Oh good, its not just me

Maybe he is upset because there are spoilers in here, but I would think the title would serve as a warning. I started the thread before the race started to give everybody a heads-up.

[fishwax]

25. your thread title was clear

It was a good idea to start a thread where people could discuss it as it happened :thumbsup:

[Faygo Kid]

29. No problem here with any of you. In fact, I look forward to supporting you unconditionally.

Got somebody who posted in another thread who grinds my grits. All the best to you.

[MiniMe]

30. Thanks

I try not to spoil, you do tend to forget about the delayed broadcast though.

[tammywammy]

15. That was an amazing race

Just amazing.

:woohoo:

[MiniMe]

17. wrong place

[npk]

19. Is MSNBC

going to show it when they do their re-air early Sunday morning?

[SoCalDem]

20. Considering their shitty coverage, they'll show it next week

:grr:

[MiniMe]

21. I think NBC re-airs the entire broadcast in the middle of the night

Don't know about MSNBC.

[TahitiNut]

18. We don't have a superlative to describe that accomplishment .... so I'll just say that it's ...

... the very antithesis of George W. Bush. Polar extremes. Yin and Yang.

He's edged out all other superlative sports figures: Hashim Khan, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Ted Williams, whomever. EIGHT gold medals in a single Olympics is truly a Promethean feat!

Insofar as medals awarded, he's a COUNTRY in himself! :wow:

[RoyGBiv]

26. Awesome ....

And those people making fun of Phelps for his screaming after a victory can go take a plunge in the deep end.

[MiniMe]

31. Do the Fandango

This just cracked me up, thought it was an appropriate place to put it. :rofl:

[Violet_Crumble]

34. Phelps: Demigod or Douchebag?

People making fun of him are infinitely more entertaining than he is. I stumbled across this one last night..

Reasons I Want To Slap Michael Phelps On The Face


1) The fact he walks out with an Ipod shoved in his ears. Every other swimmer in the entire world seems to be able to make it from dressing room to diving block without music, but not Michael Phelps! He even listens to it while his competitors are being announced. Such humility, such respect. And you just know he is listening to Fiddy and thinking he is gangstaaaa. Coz he be AMERICAAAAN yo!

2) The way he celebrates. Yeh, he is an amazing swimmer. No one can take that away from him. But you know what? Being a champion doesn't mean you have to carry on like an absolute tool.

I don't even know what to say. It's just....gross. The whole spectacle is just repugnant. If I was American I would be utterly mortified by him. This sort of behaviour is why the world hates America. Oh you thought it was the invasions and stuff? Nope. It's the douchebaggery of their athletes.


Phelps, for future reference.... this is what a gracious winner looks like.



;)

[RoyGBiv]

35. MmmHmm ...

Next ...

[RantinRavin]

28. Great for Phelps

but shame on NBC for focalizing the entire medal ceremony on him. This was a team race, and it would be proper to show the whole team during the medal ceremony.

[MiniMe]

32. Agree with that. NBC is in love with him

It was a great accomplishment by Michael, but he couldn't have done it without his teammates, they won 2 of those medals with him

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