> The *only* part of the Olympics I watched was
> the men's ice hockey. And the last 5 minutes
> of a biathalon event. And I can say that the
> coverage of the ice hockey, I thought, was
> fantastic. But it helps to limit commercials
> when you only have 15 seconds between
> whistle and faceoff.
>
> So, for all you Canadians...when did your
> country shutdown yesterday? When Iginla
> scored to make it 4-2, when Sakic made it 5-2,
> or did you guys at least hold off the party until
> the clock read "20:00"?
>
> The Other "Um...at least we can still own you
> in basketball ;-P" Matthew

The country was shut down long before the game started. Downtown Toronto was DEAD during one of the intermissions -- CBC had a camera down there. Of course, the celebrations waited until Iginla's second goal, for the most part.

Don "I didn't really breathe much until then, anyway, and breathing for the first time in forty minutes or so is sort of a celebration" Monkey