Hello all,

In the past couple of weeks I've noticed the mood in here becoming a bit tense so to speak. I say so without judgement. I'm merely making an observation. (And yes, that was a pre-emptive strike combined with the waving of a white flag. )

So, I thought that it might be nice to share something I found on the web that made me laugh and hopefully will do the same for you. I've shared this with a few friends via e-mail and they certainly got a kick out of it. If you would like, follow the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7xa...gure%20skating

I don't know how many of you might have logged onto youtube before but I highly recommend it. One particular user has been so kind as to download skating programs from as far back as the late 60s. It's really a treat to watch. In any case, enjoy.

Frank

That's absolutely excellent!

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Isn't it? The sad thing is I've done that picking into my lutz jump. Just ask the Moves Guru.

Well Frank, you must be a Sasha hater. All of this sentiment is a conspiracy to keep her down. She deserved the gold in Torino and Salt Lake! You are just jealous of Sasha!!!

Why are you so jealous of her? Is it because you are a pre-bronze skater trying to skate at Adult Nationals? Or is it because you refuse to work on your crossovers to pass the gold MIF test?

I'm confused because you said in 2003 that you passed your gold MIF test, but then in 2004 you competed in Pre-Bronze. This is what it says on your own website!!!! What level are you at really?!?

All of this would not be an issue if you just passed your Bronze FS test. But how can anyone do that when you have to do three spins on the Bronze FS test, but only two in competition? It's not fair! That's like telling adult pairs that they have to pass the intermediate pair test to qualify for Adult Nationals! We are keeping down the athletes in the adult pair community that way!

That's it, I'm creating a petition to ban any anti-Sasha flaming on the internet!
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(In case you couldn't pick up on it, this was all just a tongue in cheek jab at Frank's reference to levity and civility on the forums)

Now Frank, that's levity. Smooches!

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I actually did LOL. Little kids often think there is water under the ice, even in indoor arenas.

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Love it. I bought a vintage print at nats of a pairs partner falling through the ice and the other partner holding his hat.
It also reminds me of our rink. The ice at the zam end slopes down to the doors, and I'm always envisioning a kid being lost or swallowed up by the puddles.

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Lighten up, DCDEN, or people will think you can't take a joke.
(You're NOT Sasha are you?) I'm a fan of anyone at that level and I liked the humor of the video.

That could have been ANY skater and the video would have been funny because it was sudden and completely unexpected.

YouTube is hilarious. I loved the "History of Dance" video.

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HAHA!! Very good.

HOWEVER!!

Creating that petition is just fine as long as the petition is very specific. I would like it to say that it's inappropriate to poke fun of Sasha between the hours of 3:17am and 12:03pm in the pacific time zone, but between the hours of 5:32pm and 9:18am in the central and eastern time zones. And to be quite honest, I'd need to see a clause in that petition unequivocally prohibiting anyone from eating Skittles while listening to Enya as they contemplate signing the petition.

That's deuce. Your serve.

I've edited my original post, which was all done in humor in reference to Frank's original post.

Frank is leading a KUNSPEERASEE against Sasha!!!

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LOL. Well my moves coach has the little kids thinking that whenever they trip on their toe-picks it's because the "ice worms in the ice" come up and trip them on purpose.

SHHHH! You'll ruin the SEKRET SUBTERFUGE!!

(And yes, I realized the original post was tongue-in-cheek. Come on folks, we need a creative outlet. Let's run with it!! )

Sasha forever! PLUS...

I, as a man, should be allowed to wear SKIRTS on the ice! To ban me from doing so is DISKRIMUNAYSHUN!!!!!

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Well, would you like us to start a petition to allow that?

Enough petitions - someone's going to get offended, post something and tick off another person, then I get "Inappropriate Post!" emails, Kestral starts looking to "whack" people, yadayadayada... Let it go.

Back to the humor vein -

My BIL sent me this link via email: Do you know how to Snap Dance? (I didn't think it was funny, but he claims it's the next dance craze. Mind you, he's a 6'1" burly ex-NYC cop.

I countered with this: Evolution of Dance
Anyone who grew up with the Brady Bunch will like this video.

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Oh darn, I don't have Flash on my computer here at work! (is this the "Splasha" clip - that is funny, and for the record, I am a Sasha fan - actually, I am both a Michelle and a Sasha fan - maybe the only one in the country - lol)

You mean all this time I thought dcden was an Adult Gold male skater from No. VA, and he's really our national ladies' champion? Guess who you inspired with your choice of music? (Go to FSU (The Skip) and you'll see what I mean.)

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Gold Moves, here I come!

Only if Nikolai Hedrizkov signs it!!!

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That's awesome Frank! I've felt just like that on many a jump .

Thanks for the laugh!

No Debbie, you must choose between the two. Otherwise, you are a biskateual.

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Since I don't know him personally, I can't confirm or deny that rumor. We have had certain posters who had women's names but weren't ladies at all...

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Ok. No petitions. How about another poll?

As for the SNAP dance. I can see it now. People will line up at weddings to do this between YMCA and the Electric Slide.

That comedian was funny too. I guffawed once he got to the Brady dance.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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Gold Moves, here I come!

I love the way Seinfeld gave us a snappy comeback for any situation.

More silly videos! Bring 'em on. It's Friday and I only have three things to do before I leave work today!

That would probably backfire on me and someone would call the NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene. (I think they all have dirty minds...)

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HA HA I just checked that out... who else could it have been, indeed?

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Ice worms - love it!

When I was teaching biology on a boat we gave up on trying to keep the kids names straight (new kids each day). We wrote names of the bay creatures on their life jackets, and that's what they were for the day. The common name was on one side, and the latin on the other. For ice worms.......

I would guess it's segmented, so the little critters can come out at night when the ice is empty and skate, so it's an annelid. Then they also probably come close to the surface to mate, so they can collect the bugs that fall down at night to feed the young...hmmm that's probably where all those ice bumps come from! So for our ice worm.... perhaps Conglacio pediasparus, (for ice foot-blade). I know there's a paper to Nature in this.

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That's friggin' hilarious!