Grey's Anatomy

It's hard to fit that he "swims, bikes, runs" triathlons. Maybe we should make up a new word that means all three. How about I swikun a tri? At least they got across the spirit of a triathlete, the fact that he always had hope!

Would that make us swikunners?

I think it would be safe to say that you Compete or Race in Triathlons.

Edited by BellinghamSpence 2005-10-17 2:25 PM

Hey Kim, I love that show! I noticed that he said that as well.. kinda weird. Apparently they didn't do too much research.. Makes me wonder if the medical jargon they throw around is accurate, also.

I love Grey's Anatomy, and, yes, I noticed that too. It kind of annoyed me, because Triathlons are really being misrepreseneted on TV these days.

Other places of picked up on tri references...

That car commercial (Kia Amanti, I think), where there's a group of triathletes standing on an empty beach, stretching, apparently waiting for the start of the race, and then this guy just gets on a loud speaker and equates those champions who swim, bike, run to those champions who purchase a Kia Amanti...or something like that...I never paid attention to the message. I hated that the beach looks nothing like a tri start - just a bunch of people in swim caps w/ goggles stretching on an empty beach - no spectators, buoys or lifeguards in the water, race coordinators, etc., etc. Let's say it looked nothing like any of the tris I've done.

On Friday, I caught that show, "Ghost Whisperer" (I swear, I do have a life), and the "ghost" had died in a triathlon. As he was recounting his tri, he mentioned 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, etc....apparently, he was doing an Iron Man. Well, they did a flashback to the race - he certainly wasn't on a tri bike, possibly not even a road bike (but I can't confirm that), and a handful of other thinks that are inconsistent with a triathlon that I don't even want to go into.

And, there was also a reference on ER last year to triathlons - Carter's sorta girlfriend at the time, the one who worked in psych, was training for one. But, then a few episodes later, she said she was training for a marathon...apparently the had forgotten what they wrote into the script a while back .

I thought along the same lines, although I like "participate or compete in ..."

I prefer to say, "I triathlasize"

Yep, it would. After all the talk, I like compete. At least that's the goal anyway. Race is just too fast a word for me...

I just had to say I LOVE Grey's Anatomy!! Watch it religiously every Sunday. I hope Addison gets the hell outta that hospital and back to NY so Dr. Grey can get her man back. What a biatch!

I kind of totally disagree. McDreamy needs to make nice with his satan-spouse and head east. That way George can get a shot. Oh, and Izzy cleans up nicely, doesn't she?

OK, I have no life.