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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:15 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should "ice dancing" be an Olympic sport? |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, and I hope it never happens. |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Better get in your time machine then. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. If it's already decided, what's the point of the OP? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
84. Not the brightest bulb in the pack, are you? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. It did. In 1976. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Probably not. It's the event I find most interesting. |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Seeing ice dance would remind me of my college daze, with the |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oh, this has nothing to do with ice particles, does it? |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
53. You win for the "other" vote category :-) |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Ice nine, in fact! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh, this has nothing to do with ice particles, does it? |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Only if it's a full contact event. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yes, with helmets and shoulder guards mandatory |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Add a Mosh pit... |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Or they could always throw in some |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
66. Uhm, rhythmic gymnastics, anyone? |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. It already is ;=D |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sure. Why not? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
62. Precisely what I was going to post. If people like doing it and people like watching it then |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. If they can make sweeping a broom in front of some bomb looking thing |
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scarletlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Love it! |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Of course. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. truly an ignorant statement |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Yes, your post is truly an ignorant statement. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Unlike real sports like track and field, figure skating is decided subjectively by a team of judges. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. But we're talking about the athletes. The scoring/judging/diva-ing is a seperate matter. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. athleticism |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. If pouting and stomping your feet were a sport, I wonder what the scoring would be like. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:26 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. that;s a good post |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:35 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Which is why track-letes and field-letes stuck with their own and neither much like the marathoners |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:45 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. marathon runners and their skinny legs |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:57 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I had yearbook class my senior year and on the day of the photoshoot for t&f, the marathoners... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:09 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. ive run two marathons fwiw |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:27 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Spints for me; anything longer than 400m and I was out for lack of endurance. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:40 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. i only swing one way |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:01 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. It's difficult to look hot when you look like you need to (and sometimes accidently DO) take a shit. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:49 AM Response to Reply #48 |
76. You might want to actually try figure skating and ice dancing |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. athleticism |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. I hear they're thinking about dropping it, but adding |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
56. I heard they were dropping acid in the pool. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. If curling is, ice dancing can be |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Ice dancing is 'judged'. Curling is 'scored'. nt |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. the same is true of gymnastics and diving |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And boxing. Which is why they generate so much argument. The men's figure skating final.... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
54. Or ribbon/hoop twirling... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Is there cultural significance? |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. I wasn't even aware of the ribbon twirling until I saw it by accident. |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Torvill & Dean - 1984 Olympics - Bolero |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
80. Isn't that pairs skating? |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Ice Dancing and Pair Skating are different. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I know they're different, but |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #82 |
88. ahh... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Pft, some of the original Games had poetry events. (nt) |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, and Johnny Weir shoulda won the Bronze |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Amen. I cannot tell you how livid I was last night. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It isn't "homophobia" just because the guy you like didn't win (or get bronze in this case) |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yes, but underscoring a superior performance because the guy is "different" is homophobia. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Maybe if he focused more on skating rather than just being "different" he would get better scores. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Ah but artistry was supposedly valued in the judging, hence Lysacek's victory... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. There is no double standard. When someone is being judged on their artistry yet they thrive |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. He doesn't thrive on being "different", he thrives on being himself.... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
79. no. artistr y is not why Lysacek won |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Incorrect. The point is that Weir DID lose on artistry. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Yes he should have |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I saw it posted on twitter that the "gay tax" had been applied to his score. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Yes, both my teen daughter and 81 y.o. mother agreed with me that Weir was profoundly |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
87. How very sad of a sport that has so many closeted gays |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Falling on your ass on ice should be a sport. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. only if a Disco ball is present |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. Only if they combine it with target shooting like the biathlon. |
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angelo123 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ice dancing |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ice Dancing Sux |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. I have little respect for "sports" that require little physical exertion. Iceskating requires a lot. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. Absolutely. And go Charlie and Meryl! |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yes, yes..... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. I tuned into that "Ice Dancing" and viewed it for the first time. OMG! How boring ... |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Still not as boring as watching the "compulsory figures" of figure skating. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
51. If curling qualifies as a sport, why the hell not? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
57. if poker belongs on ESPN, yes. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
61. I wish all "judged sports" would be eliminated |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. So, no figure skating, snowboard half pipe, ski jumping, freestyle skiing or short track racing? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:17 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Pretty much.. I like watching those things, but perhaps they would be better |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
85. no diving? how about boxing? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
67. Hide thread. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
72. That's just silly. They'd fall down. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
78. I've never been a fan of ice dancing, but |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
86. its very athletic and takes much training of mind and body |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
89. Its anti-gay sentiment. I studied figure skating when young. |
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