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TETENAL · Oct 16, 2005, 02:06 AM

A Bavarian, but I will congratulate nevertheless.

Super Mario · Oct 16, 2005, 07:05 AM

Germany won something! It has been a very long time since I heard them winning anything. When will Italy win something again?

The Windozer · Oct 16, 2005, 07:16 AM

Who/what is Ironman Hawaii? What are the Germans planning to use him/it for?

Cubeoid · Oct 16, 2005, 07:18 AM

..good one Windozer.

Mastrap · Oct 16, 2005, 07:19 AM

Dunno. Less static on socks coming out of the drier?

Super Mario · Oct 16, 2005, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by The Windozer

Who/what is Ironman Hawaii? What are the Germans planning to use him/it for?

Invade Poland on his own?

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 10:24 AM

Bavaria !

-t

badidea · Oct 17, 2005, 04:24 PM

Guat g'macht!

Kerrigan · Oct 17, 2005, 04:35 PM

That skimpy halter top and the hairy stomach do not look very nice together.

ambush · Oct 17, 2005, 04:48 PM

Congrats.

Did we really need a thread on this... you answer the question.

PacHead · Oct 17, 2005, 04:51 PM

Ironman Hawaii ? Sounds like a real prestigious event, even though nobody's ever heard of it before.

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

Ironman Hawaii ? Sounds like a real prestigious event, even though nobody's ever heard of it before.

It was the Triathlon World Championship, you dummy.
Just because YOU haven't heard of it doesn't mean sh!t.

-t

{PHOTON}Mazz1020 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

A Bavarian, but I will congratulate nevertheless.

Hahah didn't gatorade have this huge advertisment where they showed how they fixed up this guy and how hell deffinatally win the irnman competition?

PacHead · Oct 17, 2005, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

It was the Triathlon World Championship, you dummy.
-t

Doesn't mention that anywhere in the thread. Nobody gives a crap anyhow besides 16 people.

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

Doesn't mention that anywhere in the thread. Nobody gives a crap anyhow besides 16 people.

Yeah, so much for your superior knowledge.

-t

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

Doesn't mention that anywhere in the thread. Nobody gives a crap anyhow besides 16 people.

Here, you earned it !

-t

PacHead · Oct 17, 2005, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Yeah, so much for your superior knowledge.
-t

My "superior" knowledge does not entail such meaningless and trivial events such as any "Ironman" competitions in Hawaii.

Kerrigan · Oct 17, 2005, 05:13 PM

Is that a photo of ca$h?

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

Ironman Hawaii ? Sounds like a real prestigious event, even though nobody's ever heard of it before.

Originally Posted by PacHead

My "superior" knowledge does not entail such meaningless and trivial events such as any "Ironman" competitions in Hawaii.

How about just STFU if you have no idea what you are talking about ?

-t

TETENAL · Oct 17, 2005, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

Doesn't mention that anywhere in the thread.

Sorry. I assumed that triathlon is a known sport in America. I forgot that you are the country of sausage eating and cup stacking competitions.

PacHead · Oct 17, 2005, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

How about just STFU if you have no idea what you are talking about ?
-t

If you practiced what you preached, your post count would be 6.

PacHead · Oct 17, 2005, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

Sorry. I assumed that triathlon is a known sport in America. I forgot that you are the country of sausage eating and cup stacking competitions.

Sausage eating ? Sounds very German. More like hotdogs here, and besides this Japanese dude wins that competion every year

TETENAL · Oct 17, 2005, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

More like hotdogs here, and besides this Japanese dude wins that competion every year

I knew that's the kind of sport you're interested in.

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

Sausage eating ? Sounds very German. More like hotdogs here, and besides this Japanese dude wins that competion every year

I'm sure he doesn't know about Triathlon either !

-t

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

America. I forgot that you are the country of sausage eating...

Griff ins Klo, Alter ! Haette Hamburger sein sollen !

-t

PacHead · Oct 17, 2005, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

I knew that's the kind of sport you're interested in.

I'm not interested in any sports at all really. Macs are my sport. I would rather watch a hotdog competition than a lame "ironman" competition to be honest though.

Ω · Oct 17, 2005, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

I would rather watch a hotdog competition than a lame "ironman" competition to be honest though.

That says a lot about you.

PacHead · Oct 17, 2005, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by Ω

That says a lot about you.

Fear not, I've never seen either of them and I never will.

Phanguye · Oct 17, 2005, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by {PHOTON}Mazz1020

Hahah didn't gatorade have this huge advertisment where they showed how they fixed up this guy and how hell deffinatally win the irnman competition?

he won last year

Kerrigan · Oct 17, 2005, 07:47 PM

Sounds to me like miserably depressed Germany could use this little pick-me-up.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20...getdourgermany

Freeflyer · Oct 17, 2005, 08:18 PM

Ironman was an event invented in the US and, despite people here not knowing much about it, triathlon is one of the fastest growing sports in the US over the last few years. there are a variety of distances of triathlon, of which ironman is the longest.

A standard ironman race is 2.4mile open water swim, 112mile bike, then 26.2miles run (a full marathon).

Ironman Hawaii is the world championship for ironman racing, other tri distances have their own seperate world championships. Commonly referred to simply as 'Kona' or 'the big show' it is one of the few world championships where non-professional athletes can race alongside the pros. Apart from the professionals, age group athletes can qualify for the worlds at events during the previous year. There are also lottery slots that you can apply for. This was because when the ironman went from being a small bunch of nutcases on a beach to being the large organised event it is now, the original instigator (a US navy commander called John Collins) stated that there should always be a place at Kona for the average athlete, the man in the street, the kind of person that started this crazy sport, and that should never be kept out of it.

Many of us train for years to reach ironman level, and spend many more years trying to qualify for the big show. I'll be competing in my first ironman event next March in New Zealand, I'm not sure I'll ever qualify for Kona until I'm old enough to get my slot just by completing a race, sometime in my 60's I would imagine.

J.

rickey939 · Oct 17, 2005, 08:25 PM

German wins Hawaii Tropic...

turtle777 · Oct 18, 2005, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Sounds to me like miserably depressed Germany could use this little pick-me-up.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20...getdourgermany

Seems like you were just waiting to point that out.

-t

iLikebeer · 02:34 PM

If anyone actually cares, his name is Faris Al-Sultan and he finished in 8:14:17. Ironman is a sweet sport and I hope to finish in Kona one day, but this thread seems more like a troll at us "fat" Americans.

EDIT: Grr, database errors...
The female winner was from Switzerland, Natascha Badmann, and she finished in 9:09:30.

Who is the Hawaiian Tropic girl in the pic?

Kerrigan · Oct 18, 2005, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Seems like you were just waiting to point that out.

-t

It's kind of hard not to point out how miserable Germany is.

acadian · Oct 18, 2005, 06:07 PM

I dated a German once....

Kerrigan · Oct 18, 2005, 06:23 PM

I've hoped the sack with a few Germans over the years, I never dated them though.

Warung · Oct 19, 2005, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

It's kind of hard not to point out how miserable Germany is.

Yeah, too bad for you that people need to point out how miserably a country is doing because there aren't any natural desasters that would do exactly that.

Oh, and

to the guy from Bavaria for winning the IH.

Nexus5 · Oct 19, 2005, 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

It's kind of hard not to point out how miserable Germany is.

Nexus5.

human · Oct 19, 2005, 02:59 AM

Germany? Miserable? More so than France or Belgium? I don't understand. But that's what the internet's for huh. Preposterous insupportabilities that pass the time at work and play.

human · Oct 19, 2005, 03:08 AM

ohh, nice, nice nice, Nexus5

Railroader · Oct 19, 2005, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by human

Germany? Miserable? More so than France or Belgium? I don't understand. But that's what the internet's for huh. Preposterous insupportabilities that pass the time at work and play.

Maybe it's the high unemployment?

Really, I know nothing much about Germany. My wife's grandparents on her mother's side are 100% German. Last name Wedig if anyone cares.

I am familiar with Ironmans though. My brother has competed in a few. They are devestating. It usually took hima few days to recover.

Kerrigan · Oct 19, 2005, 05:55 AM

Look, it isn't my fault that Germans are self-loathing and depressed. Even the bloody Welsh or Scottish have a greater joie de vivre than Germans. With Germans it's always: "O our country is broken and nobody can ever fix it" or "Please do not hate me because I am from Eastern Germany, my whole family may be unemployed but at least we are not Nazis, please do not think we are Nazis!"

Kiddo311 · Oct 19, 2005, 05:58 AM

the amount of knowledge in the lounge astounds.....

last years champion was from germany, too, but it was not this guy.

for everyone that doesn't know what they do in the ironman:

swimming in free water about 2,5 miles ( please correct me if i'm wrong on this one )
112 miles biking
and to top it all of: a marathon - 26 miles of runnig. all in the hawaiian heat.

one should have respect for the people even finishing it, not speaking about the best ones who finish in just 8.25 hours.

Kiddo

analogika · Oct 19, 2005, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Look, it isn't my fault that Germans are self-loathing and depressed. Even the bloody Welsh or Scottish have a greater joie de vivre than Germans. With Germans it's always: "O our country is broken and nobody can ever fix it" or "Please do not hate me because I am from Eastern Germany, my whole family may be unemployed but at least we are not Nazis, please do not think we are Nazis!"

Yes, yes - We Hate Our Freedom™.

Hail Bush!

Nexus5 · Oct 19, 2005, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Look, it isn't my fault that Germans are self-loathing and depressed. Even the bloody Welsh or Scottish have a greater joie de vivre than Germans. With Germans it's always: "O our country is broken and nobody can ever fix it" or "Please do not hate me because I am from Eastern Germany, my whole family may be unemployed but at least we are not Nazis, please do not think we are Nazis!"

Nexus5.

I was David B. · Oct 19, 2005, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Look, it isn't my fault that Germans are self-loathing and depressed. Even the bloody Welsh or Scottish have a greater joie de vivre than Germans. With Germans it's always: "O our country is broken and nobody can ever fix it" or "Please do not hate me because I am from Eastern Germany, my whole family may be unemployed but at least we are not Nazis, please do not think we are Nazis!"

The disadvantage of a forum like this is that you have to deal with anyone who is intelligent enough to connect to the internet.

turtle777 · Oct 19, 2005, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Maybe it's the high unemployment?

The unemployment rate is not higher than in the US. The difference is only a statistical effect.
In Germany, somebody is considered unemployed if he collected unemployment money or social welfare. This money will be paid indefinitely, so people remain unemployed until they find a job.

In the US, you are ONLY considered unemployed as long as you collect unemployment money. After 6 months (IIRC), you stop collecting money and drop out of the unemployment statistic. So even if you don't have a job, you are now counted as employed, because the government doesn't have to pay anymore.

See the difference ?

If the same standards and rules were used, the unemployment rate would be about the same.

-t

Phanguye · Oct 19, 2005, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

In the US, you are ONLY considered unemployed as long as you collect unemployment money. After 6 months (IIRC), you stop collecting money and drop out of the unemployment statistic. So even if you don't have a job, you are now counted as employed, because the government doesn't have to pay anymore.

that is not so much correct

How it really is...

Kerrigan · Oct 19, 2005, 04:43 PM

Has anyone thought of a positive reason to live in Germany yet?

And turtle, anyone who has taken Introduction to Economics knows that what you posted is incorrect.