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Since the Winter Olympics have filled the vacuum that is Television in February, we've been watching it pretty much every night. And since we really don't understand at least 3/4 of the events, it's led to conversations such as this one, which we had while watching Men's Aerials (skiing):

GLENN: Look, another guy just bit it on his landing.

BETH: That's gotta hurt.

NBC ANNOUNCER: Keep in mind that these athletes are jumping off the equivalent of a four-story building.

GLENN: So how do they train for this? I'm sure they practice by jumping into pits of foam or whatever, but at some point they have to do the actual jump, right? Wouldn't they be getting hurt all of the time?

BETH: Hmm. Good question.

GLENN: I would think they'd be breaking bones right and left...

BETH: I know! Maybe there used to be a lot MORE of these aerial ski jumpers?

GLENN: Yeah, and whoever doesn't kill themselves in practice gets to go to the Olympics!

BETH: That's gotta be it!

Like I said, we don't understand a lot of these events...but that doesn't stop us from being idiots.