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[Nabubrush]

I think KH had a reasonable point, even if backing it up with pop numbers was sort of contraindicated. It seems sort of like the olympics should go to more major (appearing) cities, NYC/LA, Barcelona, Buenos Aries, Tokyo, Mexico City, Shanghai, Seoul . . . Hell, Anchorage took a shot at getting them when I was younger.

[AugustWest]

Hey, if Atlanta was good enough for Futurama to visit, it's good enough for the damn Olympics.

[Choop]

underground is city-owned and every new mayor tries to make it A Thing, and the only people that ever go there are visitors from out of town. it's juuuust about the lamest supposedly cool spot in georgia if not the states. and if the home of four pro sports teams; the world's biggest soft drink and technology companies, turner media, and the world's busiest airport* isn't a major enough city, then there are no more than ten other cities in the world that should ever qualify.

*always back and forth between ATL, ORD, and LHR

[miles]

the traffic is already the worst in the country, all we need is millions more tourists trying to get around and it would be a complete meltdown.

Yeah, fuck that noise. It was bad enough here in Salt Lake. My car was towed once in large part because of the Olympics.

[Nabubrush]

I can't really hate on the ATL. I've only been to the airport, though. That's a pretty serious airport.

[pmcd9]

underground is city-owned and every new mayor tries to make it A Thing, and the only people that ever go there are visitors from out of town. it's juuuust about the lamest supposedly cool spot in georgia if not the states.

Man, I was trying to help.

[jay-ell]

Atlanta was part of a vacation trip I took with my family when I was a little kid.  I was fascinated by the "underground."  I saw a hurdy gurdy man with a monkey.  Is the Atlanta underground still a thing?

More importantly, does it include rude-talking cats and alive stuffed animals?

[wombat]

underground is city-owned and every new mayor tries to make it A Thing, and the only people that ever go there are visitors from out of town. it's juuuust about the lamest supposedly cool spot in georgia if not the states.

But does it still have a hurdy gurdy man with a monkey?

[Nabubrush]

This whole underground diversion really disoriented me.

[KeithHernandez]

That's very misleading.  Perhaps that's the population of the actual city of Atlanta, but the SMSA, the metro area, is 5.8 million -- 9th in the US.  Denver is 22d with 2.5 million. 

Yeah, that's true, but also makes Atlanta an even worse place.  In fact, that is the exact reason why Atlanta shouldn't host the Olympics- no cool city has .5 mil people in it and 5 living outside of it.  Sorry, can't happen.

And, yeah, the Winter Olympics don't count.


Also, I used that number for every city, best I can tell.  Athens was a little hard- seems like it is the old city, the city proper and the metro area.  I used the second one, I am pretty sure.

[AugustWest]

Yeah, that's true, but also makes Atlanta an even worse place.  In fact, that is the exact reason why Atlanta shouldn't host the Olympics- no cool city has .5 mil people in it and 5 living outside of it.  Sorry, can't happen.

Thank you for enlightening me, O arbiter of cool.

[Nabubrush]

Keith is tough but fair. Except he's unfair.

I've heard the old saw about the summer olympics being the thing and screw the winter olympics, and I have to say I can't see it. Winter has skiing and the skeleton and biathlon and all that shit. What does summer have? Basketball? I hate basketball, and besides we totally use ringers - how many pro players are on other teams? One each or something? Diving is pretty cool, but swimming and running and all that . . . underwhelming. Of course the real hammer is that winter has hockey, so the question is moot.

[jay-ell]

Speaking of major televised sporting events of questionable value, today I'm gonna realize that my birthday falls on Super Bowl Sunday again. Fuck you, Football. I hate you even more every time this happens.

Now to answer the eternal (every sixth year) question: do I make my spouse miss the big game, the parties (one of which is usually hosted by his father), the excitement, and, of course, the commercials? Or do I agree to celebrate the night before and spend my birthday looking after all the kids in attendance wherever we are because I'm the only one who doesn't give a crap about any of it?

[wombat]

You should just celebrate your birthday on a different day. If George Washington and all those guys can move their birthdays just to get a three day weekend, I think all Americans have the same right.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Speaking of major televised sporting events of questionable value, today I'm gonna realize that my birthday falls on Super Bowl Sunday again.

I was born the day of Super Bowl IV, and I take advantage of that by declaring Super Bowl Sunday to be my alternate birthday.  I will turn XLI this year.