Olympic Snafu

I decided to participate in the Olympics game that some people at my office organized. In doing so, I had to contribute $2 and then draw a country from a bag. Each participant essentially adopts their chosen nationality for the course of the Olympic games, and we keep track of the number of medals won. At the end the winner get's to take half the pot and the other half goes to the Special Olympics. It's pretty fun, especially since I work for a study abroad company and people get pretty excited about all things international. People have decorated their desks and offices in patriotic paraphenalia, and at the awards ceremony we will have an international potluck.

When I went down to pay up and get my new citizenship, the organizer told us there were only 2 countries left in the first batch of countries he'd pulled. My friend drew first--Liechtenstein. When I stuck my hand in the bag and rooted around, I came up empty! Joe said the tag must have gotten lost, but he knew what it was -- Denmark! Yahoo! So I started making preparations to support my fellow Danes. I told Liechenstein she was going down!

The next day I got an email titled "Olympic Snafu." Apparently someone had come down and chosen a country while Joe was out of the office and had picked Denmark. Joe was sorry, but said he put a fresh batch of countries (second-tier) in the mix and I was welcome to choose again. On the second draw, I chose...

Uzbekistan.

With only 3 athletes, I'm pretty much out of contention. Sorry Uzbek, but we're going down. Crap. I'm trying to decide if I should still be patriotic, or if I should become an ex-pat. Oh well, in the meantime..

Go Uzbekistan.

Hurrah.