An Olympic Weekend
It’s been a fantastic weekend here at the BUMD house with the Olympics on. In honor of watching the Opening Ceremonies in London on Friday, we ate British things, except for the French cheese and the Spanish wine and the Italian charcuterie and the Swiss crackers and the bread, which was local. I think the Scotch was the closest we got. But other than that, it was all very British; the house had a distinct East London feel to it. Watching the Queen of England jump out of a helicopter as the latest Bond girl was awe-inspiring, quite.
Since then, we’ve medaled in several areas! So far, we’ve taken Gold in “How The Hell Is THAT An Olympic Sport?” and “Sitting On Our Butts Channel-Surfing The Games.” We only got Silver in “No Way, That Was Totally Out,” and came away with Bronze in “He Can’t Lose, He’s Too Cute.”
On the other hand, we completely failed to reach the podium in “Oh God, Do They Really Need To Dust Off Bob Costas Every Time?”
Best of luck in all of your Olympic goals, and for those of you scoring at home, as always, please use protection.
Hubby took both gold and silver in “Oh, shit, the PVR drive isn’t big enough”: Silver in “I bought a 2 TB external drive so I could record all the stuff I want” and gold in “It won’t spool to the external drive fast enough so now I’m buying a new 2 TB internal drive”.
I don’t expect to score until the Olympics are over…
Diane, SOBUMD and I had a good laugh with your comment! Please tell Hubby we feel his pain! (SOBUMD picked up an external 1TB a few months ago; it’s networked to my PC under the name “Size_Queen.”)
I hope you *don’t* feel his pain. Only hours ago, he took gold in the “complete clusterfuck” event. When he went to install the internal drive, the entire PVR died (probably not his fault; apparently it’s a known issue). Now he can’t even watch TV for 5 – 7 days until the replacement arrives because he refuses to buy the $600 “inferior model” from Best Buy. Oh, and his PC-to-TV connection died at the same time. His only remaining option is to watch web coverage on his computer monitor.
Ours is not a happy household.
Oh, ouch. Well, um, there’s…. Beer? There’s always beer. Tell him the BUMD says beer makes everything better.
…and he doesn’t drink beer.
I finally told him either he could go out and buy the PVR from Best Buy or I would, but he was definitely getting it (the PVR, not the mythical “it” we threaten kids with). He’s watching the Olympics now. Best money I ever spent.
I don’t know which bit I’m giggling more about, that *your* hubby doesn’t drink beer after all the beer stories you’ve told, or the whole “getting it” at Best Buy comment. “Cleanup on aisle 6!” Ah well, all’s well that ends well – I hope he medals in Watching the Olympics!