The official website for Sochi 2014 is bizarre and totally Russian

HAMSTER bowls, hip flasks, weird-looking bikes and the strangest collection of online questions. This has to be the oddest Olympic website ever.

Hmmm.

BETWEEN shower spy cams and stray dogs, the Sochi Winter Olympics have been a bit bizarre, to say the least. But you don’t have to go to Russia to see the absurdity yourself. Just check out the official website.

It seems that even the English-language version of the Russian Olympics website is not without some glaring examples of being truly lost in translation. Here are some screenshots from it that would make Yakov Smirnoff proud.

Official homepage poll:

One of many odd polls on the website.

“The Opening Ceremony does not need to be divided into components,” for those still sitting on the fence.

Featured store item:

Hamsters famously love the winter olympics.

Because nothing says “Olympic memories” like “bowl for hamsters.”

Also available:

We’ll take two.

Apparently a flask is a “must-have” in Sochi. After all, it’s Russia.

Another poll:

The question on everyone’s minds.

Enough baby pacifiers for 125 hockey teams?! What an accomplishment!

Another item:

Hmmm.

Repeat: “Fill it with the most useful items along with your baby and go on an exciting journey!” Emphasis ours.

The shop homepage:

Snuggly Sochi winter olympics.

We all know you’re buying that creepy bear mascot just for the “nominal certificate.”

One of many egregious syntax errors:

Someone call IT.

cAn yOU sPOt tHe ProBlEmS?

The only item filed under “bicycles”:

Reinventing the wheel.

Forget fixed gears, real hipsters ride “sledges.”

Another merchandise gem:

We hate routine cares too.

Classic Russian yearning for days past ...

A final hilarious reader poll:

Obviously not, then.

Looks like almost 70 per cent of respondents can’t come up with a good reason to look forward to the Games. Can you blame them?