[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
Japan hosted Tokyo Kamikaze (that's No Limit Texas Hold 'em played with Yen). Norwegian Elaine, an avid poker player, represented our team. I wasn't at the event, and I haven't heard any real exciting stories about it, so I don't have much to say. Elaine was beat out by Irish Rand who went on to win Gold at the finals table. I was in the other conference room covering the Boxing event.
[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
I competed in the Penguin Shuffle. I was nervous going in. Norway had won only 1 Bronze medal in the first week, and we needed to win several medals this week to be in the running for an overall medal. Plus, I just wanted to win something for myself! 



[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
Dublin Darts was hosted by Ireland. It's weird that another section was Ireland this time after we were Ireland in the Summer Games.
[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
I missed the Biathlon event, so I had to piece it together through pictures and accounts from the Norwegian athlete, Gary. Athletes were to shuffle around the conference room table on skis then shoot ten disks with a high tech pistol through a hoop. Then they had to do it again. They were timed with each second worth a point. Each disk shot through the hoop resulted in a point subtracted from their score. The athletes with the lowest scores won medals.

[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
Norway hosted the Ice Fishing event. Athletes were challenged to catch as many fish as they could in one minute. Our hopes sat on the shoulders of Nord David. It could have been a one round game, but 4 fisherpeople tied for 1st place with 6 fish caught. Nord David was knocked out only reeling in 4 fish. In the second round, athletes from Ireland and Switzerland were knocked out with Irish Diane winning Bronze. Three rounds later, Brit Pam out-fished German Jesse by catching 2 fish in 15 seconds to Jesse's 1 fish.

[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
The curling event was played by shoving blocks of ice toward a target at the other end of a plastic covered conference room table. Each team had three players who each shoved a block of ice. The players not shoving ice could wipe up the wet spots (or in some cases, squeeze soaking napkins to make the playing field more wet). Two teams played against each other each match.
[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
Today's event was hosted by Austria. It was Shuffleboard on the conference room table. Each athlete got 3 hockey pucks adorned with their nation's flag and had to slide them to the other end of the table. There were taped off sections at the end and each section was worth a certain number of points. The farther the puck went, the more points the athlete got. Sliding off the table meant no points, and they were allowed to knock each other's pucks off the table (and sometimes they knocked their own off!). 
[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]
Today's event was Pass the Pasta, and it was not without controversy. Athletes were challenged to pick up uncooked pasta with a plastic fork (a certified Olympic device), carry it to the other end of the conference room, and deposit it in a styrofoam bowl. The athlete with the most noodles in their bowl moved on to the final round. Nordic Donna had the most of all contestants in the first round... 32 noodles in 2 minutes!! She made a valiant effort, but didn't do as well in the final round, and Norway was denied a medal. Neutral Switzerland's Dean won the Gold.
Controversy surrounded Ireland. The Irish athlete filled her bowl as she was supposed to, but for some reason, the noodle counters failed to count her noodles before emptying her bowl. She advanced to the final round as a consolation. Sadly (for this year's Irish), she still didn't win a medal.
[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]

[Office Olympics - Winter 2006]

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