Stuff I Learned This Week, no.2: Winter Olympics edition
Enjoying the Winter Olympics, or, to give it its due, the Games of the XXIII Winter Olympics? I’m not. Well, not much. Always happy when a Canadian snags a medal,…
Winter Olympics
“What Makes Canada So Great?”
Michaela Pereira, CNN television personality and news anchor (I use the term loosely) asked a member of the Canadian Olympic skiing team this question: “What makes Canada so great?” My…
Winter Olympics: Naked Fire Luge, Bottomless Ski Jumping, Explo-Curling
Naked Fire Luge Though not as dangerous as skurlington, naked fire luge, is, in many ways, a much more exciting sport for the viewer. The luge run is ringed by…
Winter Olympics: Skurlington
In keeping with The Skwib Olympic motto: citius, altius, sanguius (faster, higher, bloodier) we would next like to suggest that the Winter Olympic committee combine Curling and Skeleton — the…
Winter Olympics: Polar Biathlon
You’d think that a combination sport that included brutal cross-country skiing and the use of firearms would be really exciting. And you’d be wrong. But we have the solution. It…
Winter Olympics: Ultimate Couples Ice Dance
In our continuing efforts to suggest more exciting and exploitative Winter Olympic Sports, we want to tackle ice dance next. Sure, there can be moments of pure artistic bliss in…
Really Exploitative Winter Olympic Sports
The Winter Olympics are about to begin in Sochi, and to honor this occasion, we thought to would revisit some suggestions The Skwib has had for more exciting events in…