The biathlon is on right now.

[terrya]

What a wild sport...skling...and guns. Who came up with the idea to come up with this?

[Call Me Wesley]

1. First event in 1767:

First competition at the Swedish-Norwegian border between border patrol units.

[billyskank]

2. Who won?

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

8. LOL!

No idea, and I'm not going into the basement to look for my antique encyclopedias on "Biåtlonæ i Norge."

:rofl:

[terrya]

3. Thank you. I could have looked it up.

But I was a bit lazy.

It just sounds like a most improbable sport. I'll refrain from any Cheney comments on the subject....

[billyskank]

4. Why ask google

when asking us is more fun?

[terrya]

5. Well, that's true

And...Call Me Wesley's answer was FAST. :-)

[billyskank]

6. Call Me Wesley knows more than Google.

He once told me my DU account was active before Skinner did. :)

[terrya]

7. Now, that's eerie.

One would thing that Skinner would be the most knowledgable about the status of DU accounts. :-)

[Call Me Wesley]

9. I watched it.

And I have to admit I do like it. Skiing and shooting. Why didn't I think of this when the slopes were getting crowded ... :shrug:

[pokerfan]

10. It's on again LIVE right now!

Men's Pursuit. Staggered start based on how they finished in the Sprint. Instead of a minute added to your time, you have to ski a 150m penalty loop.

First across the finish line wins.

I know how to xc ski and I know how to shoot. Never tried combining the activities.

[terrya]

11. Watching it, it looks like the opening to a James Bond movie

I was watching it eatlier, and it looked exactly like the opening to "The Spy Who Loved Me".

[pokerfan]

12. lolololololololol

Pretty exiting finish with a couple of lead changes.

If you're in second place, why aren't you thinking, "Dude, you've got a gun! Go Dick Cheney on his ass!"

[Jamastiene]

13. I couldn't resist, but when I got here, I forgot exactly

what joke I was going to make. It was something about looking forward to the homoathlon. With my current situation, I can participate in the biathlon, or at least what that word conjures up in my mind. Long story short, I usually like only women, but right now, there's this man, you see... I've got another crush. I needed something to get through this semester. I'm happy. :evilgrin:

Now, if they are skiing and shootin' at each other at the same time, I'm tuning in. That sounds like a blast.

[flamingyouth]

14. Oh man... I'm at work.

I wish I could watch this.

Neil and I were just talking about how much we love the combination of skiing and guns.

Only the addition of a keg and Dick Cheney would make it better.