"It's like if I tell my wife I'm going bowling with my friends, and she calls the bowling alley ahead of time to see if that's what I'm really doing, " says Lewman.

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She says lots of her friends are turned off by what she calls the crass merchandising and all the money that's been spent for the Olympic event.

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