Off Topic: An Olympic Interlude

[Galen A Grimes]

Actually you can see all of the other sports you mention. You just have  
to have cable so you can get USAnetwork, CNBC, MSNBC, and Bravo (all  
owned by NBC)

Velvet fog = Mel Torme.


On Aug 23, 2004, at 10:58 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Friends:
>
> This is 100% off topic. I will not even try to pretend that this post  
> has anything to do with Yellow Dog Linux, with Macintosh computers, or  
> with Linux or computers in general.
>
> [Off topic]
>
> With regards to NBC's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,  
> Greece:
>
> NBC -- THERE ARE SPORTS OTHER THAN GYMNASTICS AND SWIMMING!
>
> What about track and field, indoor volleyball, baseball, archery,  
> riflery, fencing, modern pentathlon (really cool, by the way),  
> badminton, handball, weight lifting, equestrian, canoing, sailing,  
> boxing, wrestling, judo, or cycling?
>
> What about table tennis? What about TABLE TENNIS, for CRIKE'S SAKE?
>
> Sheesh. It makes me so mad.
>
> We now return you to things that rhyme with "mellow frog."
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
> (extra points to anyone who can name the singer known as the "Velvet  
> Fog")
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Galen A Grimes
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Penn State McKeesport
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