Irksome thing I overheard from some lady on the train this morning: "We're still behind in the medal count."

No. We are not behind in the medal count. We're not even in the running. The U.S. Olympic Team has a medal tally, but we don't. The difference is that people actually on the team are competing in the Olympics, while we are sitting on our fat asses, drinking Coke (an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Team) and buying crap online with our Visa cards (also an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Team).