LOL, while all this is going on, Michael Phelps was busy winning his 8th 2008 gold medal.

[Bicoastal]

Now, which televised event do you think more people were watching tonight?

[Erin Elizabeth]

1. Ummmm, Michael Phelps!

[JanusAscending]

13. Pardon me for saying this......

but I just can't help myself...Phelps is a phuckin phish phenom !!!:bounce: :bounce: :evilgrin:

[jobycom]

2. I watched part of the Texans preseason game, and Phelps, of course.

Was something else on?

[MichiganVote]

3. Spoiler.

[darius15]

4. LOL, Micheal Phelps

When he won the 8th, it was just...wow.

[City Lights]

5. I didn't watch either.

:P

[Forkboy]

6. Finally, something even more boring than the Faith Forum!

:hide:

[DesertRat]

7. We're still waiting to see Phelps swim

But now I know the outcome. x(

[darius15]

11. Sorry!

[Wheezy]

12. Me too. Dang it.

Total spoiler, and in the thread title too yet. I'm saddened. :(

[DesertRat]

14. We're still watching the marathon

I thought it would be safe to read through the Presidential forum w/o spoilers, but I guessed wrong. Between tv, radio and the internet, I've known the outcome of all of Phelps' races in advance. :( Oh well, at least it was good news.

[Wheezy]

16. Yep. Are you in AZ too?

Ah well...I haven't told the family so it'll still be a surprise to some.

:hi:

[DesertRat]

17. Yes, I am

I told DH that I heard the result, but he doesn't want to know. So he'll be pleasantly surprised. The marathon is pretty exciting right now. :hi:

[Barack_America]

22. The Americans have never lost this race in the Olympics...

So yeah, no real suspense there.

But you should still watch it to see Phelps explode coming off the turn. It never ceases to amaze me.

And Lezak was solid once again as well.

[HopeFor2006]

8. Vikings game here in Minnesota

[Demeter]

9. Congrats, Michael!

Ya done good!

[Motown_Johnny]

10. I watched both.. the race wasn't till after 11 est

[DesertRat]

15. I guess you didn't read this from the mods

* Olympics threads are not permitted in General Discussion: Presidential (unless for some unforeseen reason there happens to be a connection to the presidential race).

A WORD ON SPOILERS

We request that people refrain from posting Olympics spoilers in thread titles. In addition, we request that people add a Spoiler Warning in the title of threads that contain spoilers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3763240&mesg_id=3763240

[monomach]

18. I don't know anyone who watches the olympics. Talk about boring!

Besides, there was a lot of football on tonight.

[Barack_America]

21. You need to watch Michael Phelps swim...

It's about as far from boring as you can get.

[monomach]

27. It's a guy swimming...

It doesn't get much more boring than that.

[Barack_America]

29. A guy with double jointed knees, elbows and ankles swimming...

Is actually pretty interesting. He's basically as close to a fish nature has gotten with a human being.

[monomach]

30. Watching fish swim is boring, too.

Just talking about this is putting me to sleep.
*yawn*

Like I said...Not one person I know watched it. Everyone's been too busy with interesting things like Football and Baseball. Swimming is even more boring than soccer. It's. a. guy. swimming.

[Barack_America]

31. Touche'.

;)

[Arkana]

19. People forgot this rather important little fact as well.

[Barack_America]

20. I'm a political junkie and I didn't even know that Faith Forum...

Or whatever it was called was even on tonight.

I was watching Phelps.

[ErinBerin84]

23. neither

I was watching Confessions of a Go Go Girl...on Lifetime....Television for Women.

:rofl:

[quantass]

24. Was watching Phelps and Bolt set new WRs...totally forgot the religious yawn-fest

[Barack_America]

25. Congrats on Canada's recent medals, BTW.

I woke my boyfriend up this morning with the good news that Canada had *finally* scored three medals while we slept last night. And we got to see the 4th Canadian medal live tonight!

[ZenKitty]

26. Some of us can multitask...

...DVR is your friend in this situation. Particularly when you throw football in the mix. :-)

[rucky]

28. I missed the relay, but his 100M Butterfly was amazing.

!!!