In Sochi, sheets cover you with semen!

[MillCreek]

http://deadspin.com/staying-in-sochi-is-a-hilarious-adventure-1515722114

Absolutely hilarious.  Especially the indeterminate amounts of semen.  Be sure to read the comments.

[Devonai]

Somewhere between zero and ten billion is my limit.

[Hawkmoon]

About fifteen years ago I found myself in Rostov-on-Don, Russia -- not all that far away from Sochi, but a "real" city, not something created for a one-time sporting venue. It was winter. I stayed at the official Intourist hotel, which was supposedly the best (if not the only) hotel in the city.

My room had twin beds ... and no heat. The first night I stole all the bedding from the second bed in a futile attempt to pile enough stuff over me to stay warm. The second night I took a VERY long bath ... meaning that I basically filled the tub with water as hot as I could take, immersed myself fully, and dozed off. When the water cooled enough to wake me, I just repeated the process.

Russia really doesn't have a clue.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I really feel for the Japanese. Their toilets make ours look like out houses. They are going to be completely traumatized by Sochi it looks like :-/ Today 5:40pm

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That is important gambling information right there. Take the under on Japanese gold medals. Today 5:59pm

[Azrael256]

Uh-huh.

Wonder how that "Ring of steel" is doing.  You guys think the open manholes are terrorist traps?

Do all totalitarian jackwagons have the same dictionary or something?

I would call it hilarious, but the impending suicide bombings make it really sad.

[roo_ster]

Costa rica makes russia look like troglodytes.

[Perd Hapley]

I thought the Russians had more on the ball than that. Not that I would really know, but I would have expected this sort of thing from the Chinese olympics. (Not that China has any shortage of shower curtains or electrical receptacles or light bulbs, as everything is made there.)

[Ben]

I thought the Russians had more on the ball than that.

Yeah, me too. Not that Russia doesn't have some crappy infrastructure, but given the high profile event, I would have figured the powers that be would send a ginormous workforce and supply chain to Sochi, then reopen the gulags and have guys in black trench coats walking around offhandedly mentioning the current temperature in Siberia and scaring the workers into a feverish pitch. Never would have expected them to let things fall apart so badly that they lose face on the global stage.

[Perd Hapley]

Yeah, whatever happened to the good ole Commie "prestige project"?

[Scout26]

Brought to you by the same fine folks that gave you Obamacare !!!  The .gov.  Ours/theirs doesn't matter.

However, I suspect that many of those responsible for the looming Sochi fiasco WILL be held accountable.

[Scout26]

Meanwhile, The Three Amigos Mexican Ski Team arrives:

http://www.ifunny.com/pictures/mexican-ski-team-uniform/?fb_action_ids=676189629090399&fb_action_types=og.likes

[RoadKingLarry]

Brought to you by the same fine folks that gave you Obamacare !!!  The .gov.  Ours/theirs doesn't matter.

However, I suspect that many of those responsible for the looming Sochi fiasco WILL be held accountable.

Components?Governments? American componentsgovernments, Russian componentsgovernments, ALL MADE IN TAIWANChina!

[White Horseradish]

Yeah, me too. Not that Russia doesn't have some crappy infrastructure, but given the high profile event, I would have figured the powers that be would send a ginormous workforce and supply chain to Sochi,

They did. And the diversion of money and material is on the scale you can't even imagine.

Word is, there are many people whose finances have been improved by this.

[Ben]

They did. And the diversion of money and material is on the scale you can't even imagine.

Word is, there are many people whose finances have been improved by this.

Interesting. I wonder how long they will remain rich if this turns into a world renowned disaster? Or maybe they're connected enough that they have a boatload of fistfuls set aside to blame it on. :)

[Tallpine]

Interesting. I wonder how long they will remain rich if this turns into a world renowned disaster? Or maybe they're connected enough that they have a boatload of fistfuls set aside to blame it on. :)

In Russia, scapegoat blames you! 

[White Horseradish]

Interesting. I wonder how long they will remain rich if this turns into a world renowned disaster? Or maybe they're connected enough that they have a boatload of fistfuls set aside to blame it on. :)

Depends on how fast and how far they can run.

The smart ones already bought condos in Miami.

[Ben]

I was just listening to some news on events there. Apparently there are now more hotels in Sochi than in all of Moscow, so it does sound like they really planned to go big or go home. It's quite possible that though there are obviously some (often comical) problems, that they may be getting a bit overblown by the media (who'd a thunk it?).

[Lee]

They should have hired Mittka Romnivich...that Mexican fella, to straighten that crap out.

[Azrael256]

Meanwhile, The Three Amigos Mexican Ski Team arrives:

http://www.ifunny.com/pictures/mexican-ski-team-uniform/?fb_action_ids=676189629090399&fb_action_types=og.likes

That's real, right?  Please let that be real.  My Mexican coworkers may need ventilators when they stop laughing.

[TechMan]

That's real, right?  Please let that be real.  My Mexican coworkers may need ventilators when they stop laughing.

Need any more proof? http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/05/sport/hubertus-von-hohenlohe-mariachi-sochi-2014/index.html

[Azrael256]

It's quite possible that though there are obviously some (often comical) problems, that they may be getting a bit overblown by the media (who'd a thunk it?).

I dunno.  What jeanyus puts reporters in hotel rooms without a working crapper?  Or an elevator. Or un-seminated sheets.

These are the people who spent 75 years building concrete megaliths, bismuth tractors, leather heat shields, and sweet, sweet repression.  They just can't pivot on a dime. They've only had part of one generation to not be commies, and most of that under Vlad, so it doesn't count.  As far as I can tell, they're back to about 1994 and running backwards as fast as they can.

Also, the Mexican skier may make me watch that event.  He may end up sliding fanny-first into a crevasse, but he's gonna do it in style.

[Fly320s]

Need any more proof? http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/05/sport/hubertus-von-hohenlohe-mariachi-sochi-2014/index.html

He is 55. 

[roo_ster]

So much for Putin's rep as a "Git er dunn" kinda guy.

Perhaps another photo of him bareback on a horse will recover his reputation.

[makattak]

So much for Putin's rep as a "Git er dunn" kinda guy.

Perhaps another photo of him bareback on a horse will recover his reputation.

I think another of him cuddling with a leopard is called for.

[Fly320s]

This is about the Winter Olympics!

Putin needs to cuddle a leopard while riding a bear down a ski jump. Bare-chested, of course.