Armitage Olympics

Holy Thornton!!!

A week without my computer felt like a year...

but Old Delly is back and running better than ever.

Unfortunately, all of my RA photos and fanvids were lost.  *sniff, sniff*

Oh well~ better start collecting and creating again, right? :)

While my recent spare time hasn't been spent blogging,

I've been doing other things, such as enjoying the current Olympics.

After hearing RA's advertisement of the winter games a few weeks ago (which can be found HERE),

I was in a trance, muttering "Must... watch... Olympics... on... BBC..." but snapped out of it

when I remembered that in the States, it's shown on NBC.  Darn you and your buttery voice, Richard!

Watching the Olympics, I can't help but feel patriotic. 
Go USA!  (Whoops... had to throw that in.)

I also feel a bond with the rest of the world, watching  all of the awesome athletes from across
the globe kickin' some A.  (Don't worry, I'm not going to start singing "Kumbaya.")

Seeing people from various countries reminds me of the RA fan buddies I've met online~

from Canada, Australia, Greece, France, Italy, Argentina, the UK... 

I know I'm leaving some out, and I'm not discounting my fellow Americans (high five!) 

but the point is, the world feels like a smaller place.  By the way, every time I see a German athlete,

I feel guilty about that latest Stick-Figure Richard video being unavailable to Germans.  Sorry! 
(My videos were wiped out with the latest computer disaster. Argh! 
Next time, I'll make sure SFR is available for everyone.)

So what Olympic team(s) have you been rooting for?

Being British, Richard is probably cheering fiercely for the UK.
I'm sure he's very patriotic.


This subject also made me wonder...
if Richard's characters entered the Olympics,
in which sports would they compete?

Obviously, Lee would be willing to take on swimming...

...and Gizzy would be into fencing.  (He'd need one of those skinny swords instead.)

Track for Lucas?

But these are all summer sports.
We need to think WINTER, people.

Ricky Deeming could do curling.
You know... that weird sport where someone slides a big heavy thing across the ice and then their
teammates sweep the ice in front of it to make it more smooth or accurate or something.

Side Note: This is one of those events that's really deceiving because it looks like any Joe Shmoe
could walk off the street and master this in a flash.  Has anyone else thought to themselves, "I could
totally win a gold medal doing that stupid thing."?   (Of course, I know it takes tons of skill/practice...
it just looks easier than figure skating or that flying ski-jump thing.  Yikes!)

Anyway, Ricky has his own broom, so he's set!

Oh wait... upon closer look, that's a hammer, not a broom.

Whatever.  I still say he looks like a natural curler.

With the crazy way Monet dresses, he could be a figure skater.

He just needs to add sequins and feathers to that orange vest.

Maybe Harry could hand out the medals.

Now it's your turn.

Any ideas on which sports
would fit Richard's characters best?