Am I the only one getting sick of the winter Olympics?

We have a niece who was a top Oz figure skater, & is now a coach, so my lady has a special interest. We regularly watch Oz & world titles.

For me an hour of watching someone aimlessly skating around in circles, trying to look interesting between the jumps that apparently decide the winner, is more than enough. After that I am fervently hoping for a refrigeration failure will melt the ice, & cancel any more such stuff.

Then we have all those fools, in their bulky ugly winter woollies, sliding down hill on one or 2 bits of wood, again jumping in the air, spinning & rolling about, again to please some judges. WE have to watch them, so we don't miss any skating.

Of course I always have my doubts about sports that require some judge/judges to tell you who you should think was best. The thought that a few dollars or favours might have a major effect does come to mind, & examples are known. But in those bulky winter woollies they all look gawky, certainly not attractive. If I am going to watch aerial twisting & spinning, I would chose the gymnasts & divers, who are at least graceful while doing it.

Still congratulations to the Ozzies who have earned medals, & those others who have done their best, I just wish I didn't have to watch them.

//I just wish I didn't have to watch them.//

Then don't.

I'm not so interested in the figure skating, though I was very impressed with that German pair a few days ago. But the skiing and tobogganing is good to watch.

//But the skiing and tobogganing is good to watch.//

And the ice hockey, snowboarding and even the curling... it's pretty much all good. Except for the bloody ice-dancing. How is that even a sport? They should replace it with husky sled racing, which apparently used to be in the programme but was dropped many moons ago. After all, they have equestrian in the summer games.

I was a 7 year old boy at the winter Olympics in Lake Placid in 1932. My uncle was the artist in charge of the designs in the ice for the figure skaters. Athletes came to town and looked for a place to stay. Nobody made much of how many medals each country got. It was all about the athletes. The Stevens boys won a bobsled event and went back to work in their garage next day. It was a lot of fun. In 1936 there were the Nazi Olympics in Berlin with national rivalry, Goebbels inspired torches and other glitz. As far as I am concerned I was at the last genuine Olympics in Lake Placid in 1932.

I was sick of the WO even before it started. Like the other Olympics, it's the same boring, boring, boring repetition of sport, which is as much fun as staring at a blank wall. The Australian obsession with sport - 99% of Australians are only spectators; Australians are very good at letting other people amuse them and do everything for them - accounts for about 80% of the country's problems. Australians are capable only of spectating while everything passes them by.