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2016 Olympics

Frayed Knot Jun 04 2008 10:24 AM

Finalists are down to: Tokyo, Japan Madrid, Spain Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chicago, USA

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 04 2008 10:34 AM

I go to Rio.

Willets Point Jun 04 2008 10:42 AM

I second Rio. The entire continent of South America has never hosted the games and both the US and Spain have hosted games within the previous quarter century. Rio would be fitting the Olympics ideals of international unity and participation.

metirish Jun 04 2008 10:43 AM

I'll go with Chicago. Asia has them this year , Europe in 2012.(London) So it will be North America's turn , unless they have the Winter games then it could be Rio.... Now I have Duran Duran's Rio stuck in my head.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 04 2008 10:44 AM

The Olympics have never been in South America? That should, if nothing else, tilt it towards Rio. (Which is, incidentally, the only one of the four final cities that I've never been to.)

AG/DC Jun 04 2008 10:44 AM

Sidney and Melbourne remain the only southern hemisphere hosts so far.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 04 2008 10:45 AM

I was quoting a different song of course, which is stuck in my head. Not even the original version, either:

AG/DC Jun 04 2008 10:49 AM

metirish wrote: I'll go with Chicago. Asia has them this year , Europe in 2012.(London) So it will be North America's turn , unless they have the Winter games then it could be Rio.... Now I have Duran Duran's Rio stuck in my head. If we're taking turns, South America has been waiting since forever.

Frayed Knot Jun 04 2008 10:50 AM

They could make the girl from Ipanema the official mascot

metirish Jun 04 2008 11:00 AM

Brazil will host the 2014 Soccer World Cup so they would have a lot of the infrastructure in place for the 2016 Games , would be a good choice.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 04 2008 11:01 AM

When does Antarctica get a shot?

RealityChuck Jun 04 2008 11:09 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: When does Antarctica get a shot? When hell freezes over. Of course.

seawolf17 Jun 04 2008 11:15 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The Olympics have never been in South America? That should, if nothing else, tilt it towards Rio. Agreed. That'd get my vote. Of course, the IOC keeps rejecting my membership application.

metirish Jun 04 2008 11:22 AM

The IOC will whittle down the list after the first round of bribes.

seawolf17 Jun 04 2008 11:25 AM

I need a job where I can accept bribes. You'd think college admissions would be the perfect thing for that, but it's totally not.

Vic Sage Jun 04 2008 11:56 AM

well, certainly not at Suny Stony Brook!

seawolf17 Jun 04 2008 12:32 PM

Honestly? You'd be surprised this year. Lots of angry, disappointed students and parents.

AG/DC Jun 04 2008 12:46 PM

"I understand your frustration perfectly, Mr. and Mrs. Longislandstein. Times are hard. Why, I can barely afford medicine for my beloved dog. What I do is keep this here glass jar on my desk and put a dollar in it every time I curse. That way I can turn something bad into something good and maybe Snuffy can get better. Now I'm going to turn around and look thoughtfully out the window... ."

Vic Sage Jun 04 2008 01:11 PM

i can't imagine people dying to get into a place i was dying to get out of...

seawolf17 Jun 04 2008 01:11 PM

That was many years ago, Vic. Things have changed quite a bit around these parts.

Nymr83 Jun 04 2008 01:17 PM

Will Chicago have extra votes from dead members of the IOC casting ballots?

Rockin' Doc Jun 04 2008 03:50 PM

Vic - "i can't imagine people dying to get into a place i was dying to get out of..." One man's hell is another man's nirvana.

Frayed Knot Jun 04 2008 05:47 PM

Nymr83 wrote: Will Chicago have extra votes from dead members of the IOC casting ballots? The IOC may be the only organization more corrupt than a Daley-run Chicago.