Go Canada... oh

While Finland is under some kind of curling spell, we here in Canada are more traditionally following hockey. I took my little Finnish flag to work on Monday after Finland's glorious 2-0 over Canada on Sunday and waived it every time someone got talking smack... my Canadian friends kept smiling and saying they weren't worried. I actually listened on the Finnish Olympic radio on the net the very exciting Finland - US game on Wednesday, and because CBC didn't bother to broadcasting the early games on radio, I was the only one at work also following live commentary of the Canada - Russia game.

And after Canada's pathetic 2-0 loss and therefore Canada's drop out of the medal game people were gutted. Speculation and blame game immediately started - was is Bertuzzi's fault and did his penalty ruin everything, was the whole team just a bunch of primadonnas, or was the referee one-eyed half-wit... we heard it all. At the same time all our Russians - and we have quite a few - started gathering and smiling broadly. Canadians took down their flags, muttered and shrugged - Olympics were over as far as they were concerned and they wouldn't care less about who won after this.

And they don't care about curling. So ok, Finland and Canada are playing for gold tomorrow morning, but after hockey is gone it's just not the same anymore. But the Russians kept coming to me today and we kept smiling and nodding... oh, we have an understanding.

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