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DeadVim Aug 5th 2012 1:38 am

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 10211453)
DV - I fancy watching the 100m live....you know the 'build-up' and post -race stuff...I'll set the alarm!

I can see the appeal and more power to you for watching history being made live but I am just not a morning person.

I am barely an afternoon or evening person for that matter :D

(edit) Chalk up a GB sailing Gold ... Ben Anslie ...

moneypenny20 Aug 5th 2012 1:42 am

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Tr1boy (Post 10211480)
Wohoo, another gold for GB in the sailing. Well done Ben Ainslie. I didn't have a clue what was going on, even with the 'drunken monkey on an Etch-a-Sketch' animations:lol:

:rofl: Me and Tiddler just sat here with giant question marks over our heads :hysterical: WTF is that sport all about, he wasn't even first over the 'line' :unsure: The greatest sailor ever apparently.

How on earth did the crowd see who was winning, they must have bloody good eyesight. :D

DeadVim Aug 5th 2012 1:47 am

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Tr1boy (Post 10211480)
Wohoo, another gold for GB in the sailing. Well done Ben Ainslie. I didn't have a clue what was going on, even with the 'drunken monkey on an Etch-a-Sketch' animations:lol:

I didn't get those, I be a poor boy with Channel Naffing 9 and BBC Sport website for company ...

Tr1boy Aug 5th 2012 3:15 am

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 
Gold in the tennis:thumbsup:

silver and bronze in the pummel horse.

Team GB,,,on fiya :D

DeadVim Aug 5th 2012 3:17 am

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Tr1boy (Post 10211553)
Gold in the tennis:thumbsup:

Murray is indeed a Great Briton (not a Shite Scotsman ;)).

Silver and Bronze in the Gymnastics too :)

Gibbo Aug 5th 2012 12:49 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 
[QUOTE=DeadVim;10211557]Murray is indeed a Great Briton (not a Shite Scotsman ;)).

He will always only be a Scot!:p The 54 Scots in the team have won at least 50% of the 16 gold medals and a couple of silver. You lot can't do without us!!

Zen10 Aug 5th 2012 1:29 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 
[QUOTE=Gibbo;10212074]

Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 10211557)
Murray is indeed a Great Briton (not a Shite Scotsman ;)).

He will always only be a Scot!:p The 54 Scots in the team have won at least 50% of the 16 gold medals and a couple of silver. You lot can't do without us!!

Of the 27 athletes who won these 16 gold medals, 1 is from the Isle of Man, 2 are from Wales, 4 are from Scotland, and 20 are from England.

AlliF Aug 5th 2012 1:31 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Tr1boy (Post 10211553)
Gold in the tennis:thumbsup:

Made my day to see that this morning.:nod: Go Andy!:thumbsup: Wimbledon schwimbledon - he might get another shot at that title next year but this would probably be his only shot at the olympics one.

Amazulu Aug 5th 2012 1:39 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 
Did anyone else see Daley Thompson taking the piss out of Stefanovic/Australia on Channel 9 yesterday?

Great stuff and what a character.

DeadVim Aug 5th 2012 1:40 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Zen10 (Post 10212101)
Of the 27 athletes who won these 16 gold medals, 1 is from the Isle of Man, 2 are from Wales, 4 are from Scotland, and 20 are from England.

Apparently Yorkshire is the place to be from, I read somewhere in the cricket coverage that if Yorkshire were a country it would be 7th on the table. :D

DeadVim Aug 5th 2012 1:41 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 10212114)
Did anyone else see Daly Thompson taking the piss out of Stefanovic/Australia on Channel 9 yesterday?

Great stuff and what a character.

I saw that, he's my favourite Olympian.

Michael Johnson spoke really well too, very engaging character, obviously not a drug user then :D

Zen10 Aug 5th 2012 1:45 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 10212116)
Apparently Yorkshire is the place to be from, I read somewhere in the cricket coverage that if Yorkshire were a country it would be 7th on the table. :D

Ah well I'm a solid 1/8th Yorkshire so this is welcome news indeed. Now, where's my flat cap and whippet...

Amazulu Aug 5th 2012 1:48 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 10212118)
Michael Johnson spoke really well too, very engaging character, obviously not a drug user then :D

He comes across well. Top bloke.

Edit:
Have a read of his wikipedia page - you'll like him even more.

Wilgar Aug 5th 2012 6:30 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 10212114)
Did anyone else see Daley Thompson taking the piss out of Stefanovic/Australia on Channel 9 yesterday?

Great stuff and what a character.

An excellent interview with the guys all on top form, laughing,joking,and very eloquent.Old Stefanovic did well interviewing them( guess it was to fill in gaps they had planned to fill with Austarlian medal winners) though he did seem at a loss when they started teasing him.LOL

Zen10 Aug 5th 2012 6:32 pm

Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
 

Originally Posted by Wilgar (Post 10212350)
An excellent interview with the guys all on top form, laughing,joking,and very eloquent.Old Stefanovic did well interviewing them( guess it was to fill in gaps they had planned to fill with Austarlian medal winners) though he did seem at a loss when they started teasing him.LOL

They didn't mention his hair transplant did they?;)


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