“Uniform”
By raincoasterI do not think this word means what you think it means…
from Kris Krug on Flickr
Canada considers its distinctive uniforms to be a key ingredient in its strategy to take gold at the Hipster Olympics.
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August 14th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Featured sports in the Hipster Olympics: The hundred metre pout, synchronised irony.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:47 am
I personally wait for the day they hand the beach volleyball women team some pasties and a thong to play in.
Sports clothing for women is sexist. This is just another example.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Nice arm socks. Arm warmers? Whatever.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Mugatu: Let me show you Derelicte. It is a fashion, a way of life inspired by the very homeless, the vagrants, the crack whores that make this wonderful city so unique.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Saying I’m not an Olympian is kind of like saying that Britney Spears is not much of an actor – in other words, a gross overstatement. But I do run and work out, and I can tell you this much – no serious athlete wants extraneous anything while competing. Even if it is the annual 5k for Children Who Don’t Read Good. Which brings me back to the damn arm warmers…
August 14th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Oh, and raincoaster, because you asked so nicely for someone to start a fight – the uniforms are ugly! And stupid! And stupidly ugly! And anyone who says otherwise is stupid, too! And probably ugly!
There. Done and done.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
…La Petite Acadienne thinks back to the fetching uniforms that Roots provided from 1998 to 2004, looks at those bizarre-assed armwarmers again, and shakes her head sadly.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I’m with you guys. And it’s NIKE: not even a Canadian company. I think the committee got their proposals mixed up between the Olympic athlete uniform bid and the Pride Cheerleaders design competition.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Mind you, chubby wrists are the curse of my homeland. It’s our secret shame.
August 15th, 2008 at 3:00 am
Why not make the guy’s opposite (right) sock white, so we could have an interesting dynamic going on. with the, uh, armwarmers I mean, if we are going to go cheezy, let’s not stop halfway!
August 15th, 2008 at 3:29 am
Yep; it’s also rather horrific when you look closely and realize they’re not only arm hose, they appear to be SUPPORT arm hose. And what’s more, I’m thinking, “What’s this? No touque? How Canadian can it be?”
August 15th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Hey, you never know when you’re going to have circulation problems in your… um… wrists. Hm.
Don’t get me started on the belly shirt. Hopefully, the cyclists won’t have to wear it. Talk about road rash.
August 15th, 2008 at 8:03 am
I’d say they should make the announcers wear those dopey outfits, but have you seen what Don Cherry wears? I think he stole the fabric for his suits from Curlin.
August 15th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Makes one long for ice dancing.
August 15th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Oh, no. I’m watching the track and field semis or trials or whatever the heck they are (my sport in high school: orchestra), and what are they wearing?
That’s right. Arm warmers.
Apparently, they’re some fantastic advance in technology. But I just keep thinking they all look kind of like Prom in the ’80s.
August 15th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
If I want my arms to be warm, I put on a damned sweater.
(Jeez, I just sounded rather curmudgeonly there, didn’t I?)
Now you kids get off my lawn, with your fancy arm warmers and your belly shirts!
August 15th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Clearly, I have too much time on my hands. From inventorspot.com:
“Unique types of socks, gloves and arm coverings have been developed by Nike so sprinters can run faster. For instance, the Nike Swift gloves and arm coverings have golf ball-like “dimples” to help cut wind resistance and allow arms to move faster. The design team found that compared to bare skin, the accessories can reduce drag by up to 19 per cent.”
Not to mention keeping the vital forearms and calves toasty warm on those chilly Beijing August mid-afternoons!
August 15th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Indeed. But to me, they look like something from an Olympic-themed burlesque show. Now THAT would be an opening ceremony I’d tune in for!