The '2012 London Olympics' Thread

[The Flâneur]

The security forces for the olympics, yeah.

 

What's that then?

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

There's no way we should have allowed armed foreign security personnel on the streets.

[Redder Lurtz]

There's no way we should have allowed armed foreign security personnel on the streets.

 

Why not? What's going to happen?

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Why not? What's going to happen?

 

de Menezes.

[Pony Princess]

Which just about sums up the difference in the default mindset of the average Brit/American really

 

If someone could tell me what, as a person living outside of London, and having very little interest in Olympic sports, should I be excited about?

 

I really can't see it. And I can't see the (potential) £9bn that has been spent on this improving British life for anyone outside of East London - and I say 'spent', not invested, as previous hosts Beijing and Athens were left with numerous Olympic white elephants.

 

Some light reading:

 

Athens 2004 Olympics: what happened after the athletes went home? | Sport | The Guardian

 

How To Fill An Empty Bird's Nest: Beijing's Olympic Woes : NPR

[Redder Lurtz]

de Menezes.

 

What? Some british armed police are going to mistake a Brazilian national for a middle eastern terrorist and shoot him? Shit, this needs a stop putting to it immediately!

[The Flâneur]

Why not? What's going to happen?

 

What's going to happen that our own security can't deal with? You can guarantee that those gentlemen are not under our direction, and that their security systems will not have been provided gratis. So, you'd have to be happy with covertly armed Americans and Israelis, not under our security jurisdiction, on our streets, at our cost. Would they allow that? would they fuck.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

What? Some british armed police are going to mistake a Brazilian national for a middle eastern terrorist and shoot him? Shit, this needs a stop putting to it immediately!

 

I think there's a risk with letting security personnel carry weapons. Don't like it, don't want it, they should all fuck the fuck off. I can see how this sounds irrational.

[Redder Lurtz]

What's going to happen that our own security can't deal with? You can guarantee that those gentlemen are not under our direction, and that their security systems will not have been provided gratis. So, you'd have to be happy with covertly armed Americans and Israelis, not under our security jurisdiction, on our streets, at our cost. Would they allow that? would they fuck.

 

Jesus.

 

Do you work for Panorama? That's the kind of line they've been taking on the Olympics for months. "It's all going to be a disaster! It's all gone wrong! Panic stations!"

[The Flâneur]

Jesus.

 

Do you work for Panorama? That's the kind of line they've been taking on the Olympics for months. "It's all going to be a disaster! It's all gone wrong! Panic stations!"

 

Yeah, that's exactly what i've said; top reading skills. Do you work for Darren Gough?

[dickie mint]

Will Ulrika Johnson and Alan Hanson do all the Olympic matches.

[Champ]

If someone could tell me what, as a person living outside of London, and having very little interest in Olympic sports, should I be excited about?

 

I really can't see it. And I can't see the (potential) £9bn that has been spent on this improving British life for anyone outside of East London - and I say 'spent', not invested, as previous hosts Beijing and Athens were left with numerous Olympic white elephants.

 

Some light reading:

 

Athens 2004 Olympics: what happened after the athletes went home? | Sport | The Guardian

 

How To Fill An Empty Bird's Nest: Beijing's Olympic Woes : NPR

My comment was a general one, not Olympic specific.

 

If you're not interested in Olympic sports then you're probably unlikely to be enthused by the Games although the numbers who have turned out around the country just to see the Olympic flame flash by might suggest that a lot of people feel otherwise.

 

As I have said in previous posts it is hard to justify the amount of money that has been spent on the Games at a time of cutbacks in almost every other area of public expenditure but it is here and I'm going to enjoy it

[Trumo]

Watched some of the womens' f******l last night. Christ knows why, it was awful. That Lloyd woman who plays for the States is quite fit though.

 

As this is not a f******l thread, I won't talk about the matches. However, I will point out that it is USA's Alex Morgan that is fit as fuck. Just type her name into Google to see what I mean. She's also did a photoshoot for Sports Illustrated wearing nothing but body paint. Whadda gal!

[King Gheedorah]

I could not be less interested in the Olypmics if I tried, I don't know any Athletes, I don't like any Athletes, the whole thing would bore me to tears if I ever gave it more than a second glance.

 

And they're all doped up to the eyeballs. What's the point?

[Ezekiel 25:17]

And they're all doped up to the eyeballs. What's the point?

 

I don't get it Mo, the whole thing has escaped me. Even the footy is grim.

[Cardie]

Fuck up in the archery now.

[Champ]

Fuck up in the archery now.

What's your point, Cardie?

[dickie mint]

What's your point, Cardie?

 

 

Is Cardie playing.

[Bjornebye]

As this is not a f******l thread, I won't talk about the matches. However, I will point out that it is USA's Alex Morgan that is fit as fuck. Just type her name into Google to see what I mean. She's also did a photoshoot for Sports Illustrated wearing nothing but body paint. Whadda gal!

 

no pic? fine... i'll do it for you to save you from a negging.

 

 

she looks really american though. and has no tits.

[Welsh]

No interest in this at all, waste of money if you ask me.

[Flying Pig]

If someone could tell me what, as a person living outside of London, and having very little interest in Olympic sports, should I be excited about?

 

I really can't see it. And I can't see the (potential) £9bn that has been spent on this improving British life for anyone outside of East London - and I say 'spent', not invested, as previous hosts Beijing and Athens were left with numerous Olympic white elephants.

 

Some light reading:

 

Athens 2004 Olympics: what happened after the athletes went home? | Sport | The Guardian

 

How To Fill An Empty Bird's Nest: Beijing's Olympic Woes : NPR

 

 

 

Pretty much what I think regarding the costs and 'investment' to anywhere outside London.

 

I normally love the Olympics but have been constantly angered by that bell-end Boris and Sebastian Knobhead Coe talking shit. Olympics is great but not in this country.

[Whelan]

The trouble with focussing upon Beijing and Athens is that these were designed around sustainability, so what has happend to those parks is irrelevant. The Basketball arena is temporary, the Olympic stadium will be reduced in size (the top tier will be removed) to make it more practical for future, the Velodrome is clearly going to be popular for the next few years and the same goes for the swimming venue.

 

The village will be turned into flats and commerical property. I think it is great, it will be the only time in our lifetime that we will get anything like this. It won't happen again.

[Ian Sea]

I love the Olympics but hate all this hype just because London is the host. Wall to wall news coverage but hardly any mention about sport.

[Champ]

I think it is great, it will be the only time in our lifetime that we will get anything like this. It won't happen again.

 

This.

 

I was telling my 13year old daughter (no apparent interest in sport) that the Opening Ceremony coverage is on from 7 til midnight. Her response...'I'm going to watch all of it because its an iconic moment in history and it hasnt been in this country for nearly a 100 years.'

 

God love her

[Champ]

I love the Olympics but hate all this hype just because London is the host. Wall to wall news coverage but hardly any mention about sport.

Just a few hours to go now. Have you seen the number of BBC HD Olympic channels?