geom_00: I really hope that the area around London STAYS this nice after the Games.

China and Athens Olympic sites are just so sad. Sarajevo's is a bombed out hole.

Atlanta didn't do half bad.

Centennial Park is still pretty cool with concerts. And, I know the horse park gets a lot of use.

It's too bad they didn't spend a billion dollars on public transportation when they had a chance.

Little Miss Muffat is swimming to her tuffet to eat her curds and whey!

cameroncrazy1984: birchman: cameroncrazy1984: ChubbyTiger: I kind of like the swimmer's physique. Am I the only one?

Dated a swimmer in college. They do things that non-swimmers simply can't.

Holding their breath longer?

That was a major plus, yes. But they are fantastic at things which require calf and upper-body strength.

Ok but what about sheep? Was she into sheep as well?

(don't mind me, just playing)

And the athlete dorms got use as Georgia State university dorms and are now dorms for Georgia Tech.

I like the world record line.

bulldg4life: Atlanta didn't do half bad.

IS there any memorial to the bombing victims there?

Also, /threadjack

From a Nittany Lion....best of luck on your season. No jokes please

/end theadjack.

SECOND?! WTH lady!

Can you earn an American record in Europe?

ChubbyTiger: Jim from Saint Paul: ChubbyTiger: Earguy: That nose must cut the water for her.

Lol. Was going to say something about her hydrodynamics.

The irony of your user names and what they are saying is amusing to the highest degree.

You're from MN. Like you have room to talk.

Hence why I am not!

pjlawrence81: So for those of us who only follow competitive swimming every 4 years, what's the deal about the dreaded "lane 8"?

I think it has something to do with the water tension and drag....HONESTLY no clue though.

Fark. Where being the 2nd or 3rd best in the world gets you mocked by Chetto Fingers Anonymus.

That was not the voice I was expecting for Allison schmidt

She has a DEEP voice for a woman...

bulldg4life: That was not the voice I was expecting for Allison schmidt

We're wondering if she might be hearing-impaired.

rhiannon: cameroncrazy1984: birchman: cameroncrazy1984: ChubbyTiger: I kind of like the swimmer's physique. Am I the only one?

Dated a swimmer in college. They do things that non-swimmers simply can't.

Holding their breath longer?

That was a major plus, yes. But they are fantastic at things which require calf and upper-body strength.

Ok but what about sheep? Was she into sheep as well?

(don't mind me, just playing)

That was funny.

Furious_Chicken: bulldg4life: That was not the voice I was expecting for Allison schmidt

I'll say it. She's a bit derpy

Oh great, now we're going to get ponies wearing swim caps.

Earguy: bulldg4life: That was not the voice I was expecting for Allison schmidt

We're wondering if she might be hearing-impaired.

I can't find anything with that.

/Here are the people that will make us have a seat over there.

Obligatory:

Looks like an intro to a damn reality show

London Gymnastics: Brought to you by Pepto-Bismol

/Over Under on number of times they say Fabulous??

ChubbyTiger: TheDumbBlonde: ChubbyTiger: Earguy: Imma gonna pour me a drink. Play amongst yourselves.

Already started on the rye. Thanks, though.

As an aside, wtf is rye anyway? Someone needs to educate me on this point.

Just a grain. See above for a more detailed description. It yields a spicy whiskey compared to maize, which gives a sweet whiskey. I love rye and I prefer my bourbon to be about 40% rye to balance the sweetness, too. If you'd like to try one, assuming that you like whiskey, try Old Portrero Rye. It is not super cheap, but it is delicious. Note, not the 18th Century whiskey, which is also a rye; it is an advanced whiskey and not something to start with.

/that Johnson kid is cute

Just as a note of clarification:

In the specific case of bourbon (as opposed to other types of whisky) there's also "wheated" and "rye" bourbons--the primary grain in any bourbon (particularly Kentucky straight bourbon) must be corn (51 percent of the grain by law) but either wheat or rye is added to the mash mixture both to provide enzymes for breaking down sugars in corn (sprouted grains particularly) AND to influence the flavour.

Wheated bourbons tend to be more sweet and mellow, whilst ryed bourbons tend to be spicier (but can still make fine sipping bourbon). Maker's Mark and (on the very smooth end of things) Blanton's are examples of wheated bourbons, whilst Knob Creek (in both small batch and single barrel versions) is an accessible ryed bourbon with the (in)famous Wild Turkey 101 being a barley-and-ryed bourbon.

To further complicate things, there are non-bourbon whiskies that also tend to emphasize rye as the dominant grain in fermentation (these are usually what folks refer to when talking about rye whisky) and even different bourbons from the same distillery will have either rye or wheat as the dominant secondary grain (Austin Nichols being an example of a distillery that does both wheated and ryed bourbons and true non-bourbon rye whiskys).

/yeah, I like my boozahol