wykikitoon 20712 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 A lot of people have been complaining about McDonalds being a key sponsor for the Olympics. Lets be honest, without them, there wouldnt be a great Olympics or the other events they sponsor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22143 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) i've absolutely loved this olympics - everything about it. firstly the opening ceremony, which was a triumph, i've loved reporting on it for work, going to watch events, watching it on tv and online around the clock thanks to the beeb. one of the best things has just been the buzz in london. first of all, getting around's been a piece of piss because loads of people were scared away with all the talk of getting ahead of the games and the overcrowding that never materialised. the volunteers have just been so nice. it's been like living in disney land for two weeks everyone smiling, talking to each other - even on the tube ffs! you know the games has caught the imagination because this never happens usually. then there's the performances of team GB. truly inspiring and really shows up the footballers for the bunch of overpaid, spineless turds they are. i was in the pub the other night and everyone was talking about show jumping and gymnastics. quality. Edited August 8, 2012 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20712 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 i've absolutely loved this olympics - everything about it. firstly the opening ceremony, which was a triumph, i've loved reporting on it for work, going to watch events, watching it on tv and online around the clock thanks to the beeb. one of the best things has just been the buzz in london. first of all, getting around's been a piece of piss because loads of people were scared away with all the talk of getting ahead of the games and the overcrowding that never materialised. the volunteers have just been so nice. it's been like living in disney land for two weeks everyone smiling, talking to each other - even on the tube ffs! you know the games has caught the imagination because this never happens usually. then there's the performances of team GB. truly inspiring and really shows up the footballers for the bunch of overpaid, spineless turds they are. i was in the pub the other night and everyone was talking about show jumping and gymnastics. quality. Superb Dr Happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 And that still doesnt explain why BBC staff got in for fuck all. Because they paid an awful lot of money for the broadcast rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17643 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Because they paid an awful lot of money for the broadcast rights? Yeah...with oodles of public money! Thats why am single-ing them out, that just isnt on. A woman paid to read the news Monday-Friday shouldnt be in the stadium on a Sunday night on a freebie when Chris Hoy's folks had to go to the press to get in to the Velodrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 And that still doesnt explain why BBC staff got in for fuck all. Because they paid an awful lot of money for the broadcast rights? Fair play if you can get in for fuck all, I'm sure you would and I certainly did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 They didn't spend any extra to get those tickets though, it's all part of the deal. And I'm guessing that all athletes regardless of nationality got two tickets, that's the real problem. Would it have been a major issue to give them six each? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I enjoyed Inverdale's subtle crack after the Australian lass won a track gold last night "despite reports to the contrary, Australia haven't boycotted The Games" –---------- 'It's fair to say that the Australians are not having a good Olympics. In fact the last Australian to have something hanging off his chest was Steve Irwin .' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Colin Jackson came out with the Irwin one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Denise Lewis was a bit controvertial though - THe first sailing results are in. G.B have taken gold, the U.S.A silver, and Somalia have taken a middle-aged couple from Weymouth.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 72% of L'Equipe readers think we cheated. 2012 will not be a good year for French wines. http://ht.ly/cOLr0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 They didn't spend any extra to get those tickets though, it's all part of the deal. And I'm guessing that all athletes regardless of nationality got two tickets, that's the real problem. Would it have been a major issue to give them six each? Do you know how many athletes there are competing? over 10,000. Six would be a bit too much imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17643 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 They didn't spend any extra to get those tickets though, it's all part of the deal. And I'm guessing that all athletes regardless of nationality got two tickets, that's the real problem. Would it have been a major issue to give them six each? What tickets?....do you think George Riley of 5live needed a ticket for the Velodrome yesterday?...he said he'd been "lucky enough to haqve been there" at 6am this morning, doing his "sports monkey" bit on the breakfast show...I'd have imagined his BBC media pass would have sufficed. Is that fair seeing as Hoy's parents had to beg? I know how things go in life, freeloading is part of it. But we do still have the right to piss and moan about it, unless we're Cuba all of a fuckin sudden. Maybe I'm just not making things clear enough...Why did Hoy's parents go to the press? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17643 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) Fair play if you can get in for fuck all, I'm sure you would and I certainly did. If youve been to Iraq or Afghnistan and been shot at or a likely to pretty soon I'd say fair play to you mate. If not....rocky ground iyam. Edited August 8, 2012 by PaddockLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 5Live saying that the Dunblane post box is going to be getting another lick of gold paint as Murray fans have been chipping flecks off as souvenirs . Dear deuce . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20712 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 5Live saying that the Dunblane post box is going to be getting another lick of gold paint as Murray fans have been chipping flecks off as souvenirs . Dear deuce . Must be a very small post box ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 If youve been to Iraq or Afghnistan and been shot at or a likely to pretty soon I'd say fair play to you mate. If not....rocky ground iyam. I see where your coming from tbh but when you've got over 10,000 athletes competing it must be hard to get tickets for all of them. A lot of the media in the venues will also not be taking up tickets as they will be in the press areas but get to watch the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Must be a very small post box ........ The image I have is of a huddle of Japanese teenage girl day-trippers with rucksacks going at it with their Pokemon sonic screwdrivers . Knickers everywhere . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 5Live saying that the Dunblane post box is going to be getting another lick of gold paint as Murray fans have been chipping flecks off as souvenirs . Dear deuce . Typical jocks, they'll be mailing it into www.cash4mygold.co.uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20712 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Typical jocks, they'll be mailing it into www.cash4mygold.co.uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15716 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Ah, the internet. From a pout on the gymnastics podium to http://mckaylaisnoti...sed.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Typical jocks, they'll be mailing it into www.cash4mygold.co.uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 72% of L'Equipe readers think we cheated. 2012 will not be a good year for French wines. http://ht.ly/cOLr0 Openly stating we are cheats on national television, apparently it's justified because of Hindes statement (which I thought was a joke at the time but maybe he was serious) and Zac Purchase's seat coming off. From this we've had the Director of French cycling hypothesizing in an interview on Rue89 that we have introduced a special cheating mechanism inside the wheels which uses inertia to generate more speed. I thought Brailsford's response was too self-satisfied, he should have demanded an apology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Lineker mentioned something about that to Hoy last night. He just replied saying our wheels are actually French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Brailsford's response was that 'our wheels weren't just round, they were really round' or something. Too satisfied with himself to bother getting riled which is fair enough, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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