• Two security guards were engaged in a drawn-out debate outside of the E Center after a hockey game Sunday night.
The heated topic? The all-time best movie.
The two candidates? Sorry, fans of "Citizen Kate" and "Gone with the Wind" — "Strange Brew" and "Dumb and Dumber" were their favorites. After a lengthy discussion, it was resolved that "Strange Brew" was the best-ever Canadian movie, while "Dumb and Dumber" took top honors for the United States.
• "This is probably the best Games ever," four-time speed-skating gold medalist Johann Olav Koss said during the dedication of a new Ronald McDonald House on Monday. "That's hard for me to say," he added, because he was part of the 1994 Lillehammer Games and "you want to be the best."
• The Cold War might be over — but don't tell hockey fans at the E Center who still remember America's "Miracle on Ice" victory in 1980 over the former Soviet Union. The crowd at Saturday's U.S.A-Russia hockey game actually booed Russian fans when they tried to cheer on their team. The boos for Russian cheering came whenever the crowd could catch its breath between chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A."
• Athletes aren't the only proud ones who are earning medals during these Olympics, as this snippet from a conversation at the McDonald's Snack Station in the Main Media Center can attest: "I got a bronze in fries," said Maria, a worker from Louisiana. "And I tried in counter, but I only took seventh."
• They're just shawls and caps worn by Dutch speedskating fans at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, but the International Olympic Committee doesn't like the logos they display. The Dutch Olympic Committee received an official warning from the IOC about excessive commercialism. Dutch fans are showing too many advertising logos on their clothes, the IOC says.
A spokesperson for the Dutch Committee told sponsors not to outfit their guests at the Games with logos because it was against Olympic rules. Each day hundreds of Dutch fans crowd the stands and can be easily seen in orange clothing.
