07-02-2012, 02:43 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Help an Olympian buy a laser!
No really!
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Pentathletes recently switched to laser pistols in international competition, and the pistols are expensive - over $2000 each. Donna's just a nice lady who's studying civil engineering... she gets a free flight to the Olympics, and gets to stay in the athlete's village, but that's pretty much the extent of her income from being a penthathlete. So we decided to help her pay for her laser gun. Because what kind of heartless monster wouldn't help a nice Canadian girl buy a LASER GUN?
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http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/wha...s-monster.html
http://www.indiegogo.com/lasergun
Buying a girl a laser is the cool thing to do.
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07-02-2012, 06:16 PM
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Isn't it kind of last minute to be buying a competition Olympic laser pistol? Wouldn't you already need it to practice with? What happens if she shows up without one? Is it like high school and she gets a zero "incomplete"?
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07-02-2012, 10:16 PM
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They are well over the goal all ready
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07-03-2012, 09:40 AM
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I for one welcome our laser wielding, female Canadian overlords....
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07-03-2012, 11:25 AM
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shooting should not be in the Olympics
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07-03-2012, 11:37 AM
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Just listening to the J, J, Go! episode with her now.
She is now over her goal.
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07-03-2012, 11:40 AM
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Anyone else make "pew pew" laser sounds as they were reading this thread and article?
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Reason: random characters does not a good post make
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07-03-2012, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
shooting should not be in the Olympics
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How about archery? Is that kind okay because it doesn't use a modern form of weapon?
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07-03-2012, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Reaper
How about archery? Is that kind okay because it doesn't use a modern form of weapon?
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no not really, may darts should be in as well.
Biathlon, that's ok. Shooting while out of breath = dam hard.
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07-03-2012, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
no not really, may darts should be in as well.
Biathlon, that's ok. Shooting while out of breath = dam hard.
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K, Biathalon is okay but Pentathalon is not?
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07-03-2012, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Reaper
K, Biathalon is okay but Pentathalon is not?
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Counting to 10 is hard for some folks, give him a break.
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07-03-2012, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Reaper
K, Biathalon is okay but Pentathalon is not?
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do you run and shoot in pentathlon, nope didn't think so......
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07-03-2012, 12:37 PM
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Counting to 10 is hard for some folks, give him a break.
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oh so much fail.............
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07-03-2012, 12:50 PM
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Talking about fail....
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The running and shooting disciplines are to be contested in tandem. Athletes will have three bouts of shooting each followed by a 1000 m run. This is similar to the biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games, which combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting.
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07-03-2012, 12:54 PM
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Talking about fail....
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Awesome, thanks, i didn't know that.
So to be clear, pentathalon (post 2009 rule change which is after the last Olympics) is acceptable.
where the 10 comes in I am still at a loss......
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07-03-2012, 01:56 PM
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^ He was confusing pentathalon with decathalon...
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07-03-2012, 02:00 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Pentathlon and decathlon are actually the same thing, they just do the pentathlon twice, once forward and once again in reverse, to do a decathlon.
Little known fact.
EDIT: And sometimes they'll tack a biathlon on to create a dodecathlon.
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07-03-2012, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour
^ He was confusing pentathalon with decathalon...
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ya don't say........
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07-03-2012, 02:10 PM
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They should fight each other with tazers instead.
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07-03-2012, 02:12 PM
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They should fight each other with tazers instead.
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Now theres an Olympic sport I'd watch!
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