God bless those butchy chicks and their stogies

[pseydtonne]

I would like to congratulate the Canadian women's hockey team on their kicking of our asses. I'd really like to congratulate their style of celebrating: getting drunk on the ice and driving the Zamboni.

...except they were drinking the frickin' Silver Bullet. Oh, c'mon! You're a nation that gets English and Irish ale on the cheap, you're in your home and native land and you drink Coors Light? Was it a gift from the American women? If so, make them drink it. You've got champagne and giant, champagne-like bottles of Molson Canadian -- why ruin it?

All of the complaints about their behavio(u)r in the Canadian press (or perhaps only in la Presse Canadienne) seem otherwise unfounded. They won at home -- you're expecting a tea interval from women hockey players? I'm sure you could ask the members of the various women's curling teams what has been the toughest part of the Olympics and the answer would probably be "not drinking during ends like we would at home".

Let's stop pretending Olympians are clean folk. If they were, we wouldn't give the NHL time off so its members can play for their home countries. They risk life and limb doing athletic feats. If they haven't all earned giant bong hits, who has? It's British Columbia after all.

Comments

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

I thought the complaints were only in the Western press because it is illegal there for the 18-year olds to drink. This morning on Radio Canada they were laughing at how ridiculous it was. "They won! Let them drink!"

[bluepapercup]

I think they're a bunch of extremely talented hockey players (not to mention a bunch of hotties) and, like all medal-winning olympians, deserve to celebrate their victory in whatever way they see fit, as long as it's not illegal or injurious to other people.

I understand the prohibitions against performance enhancing drugs, but post-competition celebration with a LEGAL beverage? Give me a break.