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You also know you're a figure skating fan when you're working on a deadline for your day job...but can't stop yourself from check skating history stats for who did the 1st Axels in competition. And then posting about it on GS. :eek:

OK, now I really am going back to work. Pinky promise!
 
moonvine said:
I name my cats after figure skaters. But I only know the names of Alexa Knierims cats
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Purrrrrrrrrrrowwwwwww! 🐈 ❤️

I used to have a kitty named Richard. It seemed odd, but he was 5 when I adopted him so changing it didn't feel quite right. Besides, the name grew on me; it absolutely belonged to him! (nothing to do with Dick Button, though.)

So then I got this new job and my boss's name was...yup...Richard. What are the odds?

Richard Cat was one of the sweetest boys ever. Richard Boss...eh, not so much. :biggrin:
 
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skatedreamer said:
Purrrrrrrrrrrowwwwwww! 🐈 ❤️

I used to have a kitty named Richard. It seemed odd, but he was 5 when I adopted him so changing it didn't feel quite right. Besides, the name grew on me; it absolutely belonged to him! (nothing to do with Dick Button, though.)

So then I got this new job and my boss's name was...yup...Richard. What are the odds?

Richard Cat was one of the sweetest boys ever. Richard Boss...eh, not so much. :biggrin:
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I have a cat named Keegan. He’s a mess.
 
skatedreamer said:
MASH always makes me laugh, even though some of the dialogue seems really sexist from today's perspective.
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It was of it's time. You couldn't get away with some of the things in it nowadays.

But, even so, it is hilarious. And I am kinda glad I am only watching it now, because a lot of the things would have gone over my head when I was younger.

Alan Alda is some actor. In the other episode I watched yesterday morning, the entire programme consisted of him walking around a room doing a monologue. And despite it being so long, it still managed to be so funny. There's not many people could pull that off.

skatedreamer said:
The "Sonja Henie" episode that I remember best is the one where they show one of her films and Col. Potter says something like "watch, she's gonna do a triple axel." That drives me nuts -- Henie was the 1st woman to perform a 1A in competition (1920s) but she sure never did triples. Even doubles didn't happen until decades later: Dick Button did the 1st men's 2A in competition (1948) and Carol Heiss followed for women in 1953. Midori Ito landed the 1st women's 3A in 1988.

Lots of basic Axel history in this article:

Axel jump - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

And yeah, this probably means I'm a figure skating fan... :biggrin:
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Yeah, I read about that episode when I was trying to find out about the earlier reference to her. But, it will be a while until I get to watching it, as it is in Series 7 and I am in Series 4. That said, I am trying to watch as many as I can so that I at least get caught up before that channel finishes showing the series (they started showing Series 8 a few days ago).

And something you mentioned in your comment reminded me of another thing that happened a few days ago that I wanted to mention in this thread, but forgot to. So, here goes.

...when you watch an episode of "The Chase", and one of the "quick-fire" questions goes as follows:

"The liqueur Midori gets it's name from the word for green in which language?"​

And as soon as you hear the word "Midori", you shout out "Ito"!!! :laugh:

I should add, the answer the player gave was "Spanish"... :palmf: :slink:

So, Midori's name means "green". Never knew that. And it is also the name of a liqueur. Never knew that either. I just looked it up and, suffice to say, there's no prizes for guessing how that particular drink got it's name!

I don't know about anybody else, but I don't think I would be brave enough to drink something that was flourescent green! :laugh:

CaroLiza_fan
 
Ok people......I just took a non-scientific survey at the brunch we're having. I asked if any of them knew who Isabeau Levito was. I got blank stares. Then, I asked them if they knew who Gracie Gold is......More Blank Stares. How about Michelle Kwan.....They all erupted, she's that figure skater!! I hope this new CEO can put our champions back in the spotlight. Michelle retired more than a decade ago yet, she's still the skater that casual fans relate to.
 
CaroLiza_fan said:
And as soon as you hear the word "Midori", you shout out "Ito"!!! :laugh:

So, Midori's name means "green". Never knew that. And it is also the name of a liqueur. Never knew that either. I just looked it up and, suffice to say, there's no prizes for guessing how that particular drink got it's name!

I don't know about anybody else, but I don't think I would be brave enough to drink something that was flourescent green! :laugh:

CaroLiza_fan
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I didn't know that Midori's name means green, either. It's amazing how many things you can learn on GS! :biggrin:

Seriously, though, any time I see the liqueur in a shop, "our" Midori always pops into my mind. So I started to wonder if the Midori company ever asked her about doing an advertisement. Couldn't find any ads with Midori Ito...but believe it or not, Kim Kardashian actually did one in 2012!

www.dailymail.co.uk

Thought you didn't drink! Kim Kardashian goes green as she plugs melon liqueur in new TV ad

She's well-known for her reluctance to get drunk on her reality show.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

And that fluorescent green color really is rather alarming, isn't it? :eek:
 
You are sitting in your hotel room in Colorado Springs resting up before 4CC commences tomorrow and you decide to watch the noon news on local TV station KRDO. The name under one of the news anchors sounds like a name you remember from watching Junior Comps many years ago. Sure enough, when you look up the name Brynn Carman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynn_Carman) you find she skated junior pairs with both Chris Knierim and A. J. Reiss. It is nice to know that the little grey cells are still working even in old age :wink: .
 
You remember who Andrew Torgashev is without help from Terry/Tara/Johnny, so you are SO THRILLED for his Nationals moment!!! For real, I was not expecting it but it was incredible. Wonderful to see Andrew put two programs together in one competition, not to mention he WON the LP, got on the podium, and made the World team. All after not competing for so long due to injury. I have always loved his skating and have rewatched all three Nationals programs multiple times. Such glorious, beautiful skating! Between Andrew and Jason, my craving for beautiful skating has been satisfied. (Shoutout to Sam Mindra too; that SP was so enjoyable to watch).

Relatedly, you know that tech minimums exist and rushed to look up what they are (for Senior Men at Worlds, it's 34 for the SP, 64 for the LP). I found them on GS but then, because I felt like it, I found the official ISU documents too. Casual fans' heads would explode, but we diehards can find and look at such documents for educational purposes, and maybe enjoy it. ;) :laugh:

Also, you know about the existence of ISU competitions other than the GP, Worlds, and Olympics. Heck, most people don't even know about the GP. Best of luck to Andrew at Challenge Cup! :cheer:

In other words, you know you're a figure skating fan when you remember skaters who aren't well-known, and you are curious and invested enough in figure skating to READ THE RULES and keep track of the schedule. :eek:
 
When instead of watching a netflix show while eating your favourite meal, as usual, you watch men free skate at 2017 worlds.
And you remember how much Kevin Reynolds was looking like someone from the 80s.
 
Happened today. We went to have pizza at lunch time from work. I didn't pay any attention to the background music there was played but suddenly I noticed, "Hey, this is Keegans's FS music". Had difficulties not to mention it to people who have no idea what it means to me or who do not much understand my interest to skating.
 
Returning to the MASH discussion, I think I've cracked why there were so many Sonja Henie references.

A couple of days ago, I was looking up the cast members, and their backgrounds. And I got a surprise. The new Commanding Officer that came in at the start of Series 4, Colonel Sherman Potter, was played by Harry Morgan, who I had previously seen in a number of films. Due to having the surname "Morgan", I always assumed Harry had an Irish background. However, I have now found out that this was actually a stage name. His real name is Harry Bratsberg. And he is from a Norwegian family!

Yes, I know the first reference to Sonja that I spotted was in Series 3, Episode 7, and Colonel Potter didn't arrive until 18 episodes later, in the opening episode of Series 4, "Welcome To Korea". However, Harry Morgan had already appeared in MASH in the opening episode of Series 3, where he played a different character, General Steele. So, even though he wasn't a regular cast member yet, he might have had a bit of influence. Or at least been in the minds of the writers.

Anyway, I watched the opening episode of Series 6, "Fade Out, Fade In", last night after the Tallink Hotels Cup stream got cut off. And Sonja got another mention.

Captains Hawkeye Pierce and BJ Hunnicutt were with Colonel Potter in his office. Potter went to his filing cabinet in the corner. He then opened one of the drawers, and got out a bottle of something (whiskey?). He poured a glass for each of them, and they then sat down and started proposing toasts.

Potter: "Skål"

Hawkeye: "Anita Ekberg"

BJ: "Ingrid Bergman"

Potter: "Sonja Henie"​

Note that whereas the two Captains went for Swedish actresses, Colonel Potter toasted a Norwegian. ;) :biggrin:

The scene didn't actually have any significance to the episode. But including it was a nice wee way of referencing Harry Morgan's Scandinavian heritage.

CaroLiza_fan
 
CaroLiza_fan said:
Returning to the MASH discussion, I think I've cracked why there were so many Sonja Henie references.

A couple of days ago, I was looking up the cast members, and their backgrounds. And I got a surprise. The new Commanding Officer that came in at the start of Series 4, Colonel Sherman Potter, was played by Harry Morgan, who I had previously seen in a number of films. Due to having the surname "Morgan", I always assumed Harry had an Irish background. However, I have now found out that this was actually a stage name. His real name is Harry Bratsberg. And he is from a Norwegian family!

Yes, I know the first reference to Sonja that I spotted was in Series 3, Episode 7, and Colonel Potter didn't arrive until 18 episodes later, in the opening episode of Series 4, "Welcome To Korea". However, Harry Morgan had already appeared in MASH in the opening episode of Series 3, where he played a different character, General Steele. So, even though he wasn't a regular cast member yet, he might have had a bit of influence. Or at least been in the minds of the writers.

Anyway, I watched the opening episode of Series 6, "Fade Out, Fade In", last night after the Tallink Hotels Cup stream got cut off. And Sonja got another mention.

Captains Hawkeye Pierce and BJ Hunnicutt were with Colonel Potter in his office. Potter went to his filing cabinet in the corner. He then opened one of the drawers, and got out a bottle of something (whiskey?). He poured a glass for each of them, and they then sat down and started proposing toasts.​
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Potter: "Skål"​
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Hawkeye: "Anita Ekberg"​
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BJ: "Ingrid Bergman"​
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Potter: "Sonja Henie"​

Note that whereas the two Captains went for Swedish actresses, Colonel Potter toasted a Norwegian. ;) :biggrin:

The scene didn't actually have any significance to the episode. But including it was a nice wee way of referencing Harry Morgan's Scandinavian heritage.

CaroLiza_fan
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I'm starting to think you love M*A*S*H even more than figure skating! :biggrin:
 
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