Reply to: London 2012 organisers taken aback by enormity of Olympics in Beijing

[TimberWolf]

Gordon Brown has amassed a secret army of 2.5 million* contenders for the paralympic event, so we should be in the running for Gold medals across the board there.

(paraphrased from a joke made on Mock The Week)

*For the hard of thinking, the number of people on incapacity benefit

[foritisme]

Javelin, hammer or discus in the middle of a Chav housing estate.


(Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime)

[Advocate]

Don't worry, we just need a copy of 3d studio max... and we'll be fine...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...nts-faked.html

[Svalbaard]

Huge waste of money...

Why any city in the world would want to spend billions just to hold a race to see who can run faster than someone else is beyond me.

I'm with the other posters here though that think the UK should actually not bother investing in any new facilities but stick the contestants in various parts of London and just told to get on with it. Lets see how these pandered "olympians" like that.

Sincerely,



Mr. Heath Robinson

[Advocate]

Laptop configured by EDS - £27,900 plus £2,790 per year maintenance contract for 25 years.

Only after sending it back 3 times for them to re-configure the parts they 'forgot'...

[Xenophon]

Nah, China have a stadium, that's why we're soiling our gussets, coz there's no way ours will be anywhere near ready.

Our stadium will be one of the greatest achievements of the year when it opens in 2013.

Courtesy: Jack Dee.

[TimberWolf]

Nah, China have a stadium, that's why we're soiling our gussets, coz there's no way ours will be anywhere near ready.

Why build a stadium? Surely the 100 metre event could be done on Oxford street? Just open the traffic between races. This works for the Marathon. We need other good ideas like this to do the Olympics on the cheap.

[wobbegong]

I don't get it. China has a fireworks show and we tulip our pants?

Nah, China have a stadium, that's why we're soiling our gussets, coz there's no way ours will be anywhere near ready.

[Malingering BA]

Laptop configured by EDS £279

Laptop configured by EDS - £27,900 plus £2,790 per year maintenance contract for 25 years.

[bobhope]

Why did we bid for this again? 4 years is never going to be enough time, it'll take 3 years just to organise the project plan and overcome objections.

[wc2]

Picture this.

Laptop configured by EDS £279
1500lm Projector £399 - pointed at the sky

Someone winning at Spider Solitaire

Hey Presto Fireworks

The 2012 opening ceremony is going to be GREAT!

[BrilloPad]

No worries. The British tax payer has pleanty to spare.

I thought the bill would be picked up by those who live in London.

Hang on - I live in London!

[Gonzo]

Why would anyone want to live in Stratford anyway?

The atheletes can stay in the decent Ibis I stayed at in Stratford.

It is an easy journey into the City from there.

I can see that if the standard of the area improved it could become quite a desirable location to live. But the standard of the area would have to improve significantly.

[lilelvis2000]

Why would anyone want to live in Stratford anyway?

The atheletes can stay in the decent Ibis I stayed at in Stratford.

[TimberWolf]

Simple solution: Instead of putting on an expensive fireworks display that only lasts once, put up a huge screen (made of cheap paper) and project a fireworks display on that. We could make big impressive sounds with lots of speakers too. Cost: about £1.50, impressiveness: infinite. Sorted.