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Bring On The Men In Uniform

BK: jesus, i just got a 12 page missive on the do's and don'ts of airing olympics footage
BK: it was mainly "don'ts"

Donk: Don't refer to Canada as "America Jr."
Donk: Don't talk about how old the Chinese figure skaters look.

Jack!: Don't play footage of lugers rocketing into metal poles.

Donk: Don't act all surprised or get condescending if a tropical country wins a medal in something.
Donk: Don't call curling "Shuffleboard on ice"

Jack!: Don't watch Spongebob with the snowboarding team.

Donk: If a german bobsledder rips her unitard, don't put it into a .gif

Jack!: Waterskiing squirrels are not an Olympic sport.

Donk: What happens in the olympic village stays in the olympic village
Donk: Male figure skaters are just to be called "male figure skater", not "fag, queer, nancy-boy, twinkle-toes, or cock-warmer"

Jack!: The bi-athaletes don't "go both ways"

Donk: They are called "Norwegians", not "Norweegies"
Donk: Scandinavia is not a country

Jack!: Mexican ski jumpers are not "trying to make it across the border"

Donk: "Polish skier" and "ski pole" are not interchangeable terms
Donk: Nor is a Polish Skier falling off a jump to be called a "pole vault"

Jack!: Slalom is not the creepy guy from Lord of the Rings.

Donk: Despite what Subway will have you believe, Michael Phelps is not competing in these Olympic games.

Jack!: Don't point out that it never snows in Vancouver.
Jack!: Don't call older women at the games "VanCougars"
Jack!: When you see an athletes in blue ski suits, don't say they're representing Pandora.

Donk: Please don't mention how many fewer black athletes are at these games than at the summer games.

Jack!: Please stop advertising ESPN 2's coverage of the Autumn Games next year.
Jack!: If a figure skater faceplants, don't say she's "Ice Dancing with the Stars"

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