It's a boring load of chunder inducing monotony
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Who's sick to death of the Olympics already?
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Originally posted by contractor79 View Postso are these anti-olympics comments coming from people who enjoy others sports, or not?
The Olympics are not really about sport though.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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As a non-telly-owner I can smugly ignore it (btw I generally dislike watching sport except cricket). What really p1sses me off is the amount of public money going into getting medal winners. What is this, the USSR? I'd far rather the money went into buying back school playing grounds or into giving the little 'uns jumpers for goalposts.Comment
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostWell speaking for myself, yes. I do enjoy other sports. Particularly rugby union and cricket.
The Olympics are not really about sport though.
know what you mean, it's a bit of a freak show, but I'm into almost all other sports
for things like the sprints, all that effort just for 10 second race,Comment
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Originally posted by contractor79 View Postso are these anti-olympics comments coming from people who enjoy others sports, or not?
Ski jumping is fun when they fall over.
That's about it, I thinkComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostSo the 5000 BBC journos with nowt to do can waste our licence money, why else?
*Beijing - that is.
Originally posted by Katie MeluaThere are five thousand useless tosspot BBC journos in Beijing
That's a fact
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you 'til I die
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostYou nerdy, non-sporty, IT geeks that probably throw like girls and haven't broken a sweat in years other than on the bog do make me laugh.
It's as though we have met.Comment
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Originally posted by Gonzo View PostWell that sums me up perfectly.
It's as though we have met.Comment
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Although I throw like this:Comment
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