Shut Up, Dick Button!

[loradona]

Okay, so when the commentators are dissing on a competitor's shoelaces, it's time to shut up. Especially when you ended your skating career so long ago that it was impressive to land a double axel, Dick.

But I love the idea of beautiful, touching performances, as seen from the Italian and Turkish skaters. They seemed just so happy with what they

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[themabbi]

Wow, that's a lot of hostility he dredged up by mentioning shoelaces. I'd hate to see the bubbling geyser of wrath that would emerge if he talked smack about your mother or something...

And come on, don't be so hard on the poor guy. A male figure skater named Dick Button? With an unfortunate name/profession pairing like that, he's got enough problems.

[loradona]

Yeah, I realize his name is rather... unfortunate, but I never said my addiction to the Olympics was rational. But still. He was complaining about an ice skater's shoelaces showing and how that was the worst thing in the world. And I just thought he sounded absolutely ridiculous.

And you better not talk smack about my mama!

[cheeriothrower]

Please, let's avoid mentioning shoelaces while discussion ice skating... I don't know about you, but I don't want to have Tonya Harding sobbing about her shoelaces or Nancy Kerrigan and her scary white picket-fence teeth in my head.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

[loradona]

Hey, I was not the one to bring up the shoelaces. Blame Dick--he was the one being catty.
And thanks. Thanks a lot. Now I have Nancy Kerrigan and her scary white picket-fence teeth in my head.