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Jul 15th 2012 | 2:49 pm

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DadAgain

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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Originally Posted by DeadVim

In the spirit of sporting rivalry I hope the Australians (including the conveniently ignored imported 'new Australians') fall flat on their arses and their colonial masters give them a good kicking...

Yep - sounds good to me. And not unlikley either by all accounts:
http://www.news.com.au/national/auss...-1226422066537

"...Australia faces the grim prospect of its worst Olympics result in two decades.." sounds FANTASTIC!

I cant wait to hear the winging and moaning and complaining about 'dodgy rules' or 'blatant favouritism' or whatever else the aussie media come up with to explain why 'their boys and girls' dont top the table in everything...

Jul 15th 2012 | 3:48 pm

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Beoz

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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Smallest team too. Show's how much they care about the London Olympics. Could be comparable to Britains 34th place back in '96

Jul 15th 2012 | 4:24 pm

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GarryP

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

Those of you that happen to have 3D TVs, and Freeview HD receivers capable of MPEG4, and who live in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast, may like to know that the Nine 3D Olympics channel is now live for the duration. Mind they are showing the BBC package of ceremonies and highlights during the day only - which is a bit daft.

Channels to tune to, and other info in : http://nine.com.au/img/comingsoon/20...Technology.pdf

Jul 15th 2012 | 4:35 pm

#19

Beoz

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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Channel 9 is banned in my house. That said I is there was quite an interesting episode of the Mentalist on last night. Commercials every 4 minutes that went for 4 minutes. We just got so tired of the endless rubbish and switched over in the end. If I wasn't going to the games

, Foxtel all the way.

Jul 15th 2012 | 4:41 pm

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GarryP

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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, Foxtel all the way.

Since they are just running the Beeb package, you can hope that the 3D won't have adverts in it.

Jul 15th 2012 | 4:48 pm

#21

Dorothy

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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That pole vaulter is pants too ... silly hair ...

He looks like Carrot Top.

Jul 15th 2012 | 6:40 pm

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eddie007

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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He looks like Carrot Top.

http://c580019.r19.cf2.rackcdn.com/w...t-top-1994.jpg

Sideshow Bob.....

Now we need the bart lookalike

Jul 15th 2012 | 7:52 pm

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DeadVim

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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Originally Posted by DadAgain

I'd blame the immigrants, the team is full of them

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Originally Posted by Dorothy

He looks like Carrot Top.

http://c580019.r19.cf2.rackcdn.com/w...t-top-1994.jpg

I didn't need to see that before dinner

Jul 15th 2012 | 9:29 pm

#24

isgraham

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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Originally Posted by Pomster

enjoying it already immensely.

Traffic queues went past my door most of last week, and we live bloody miles away from any where Olympic related...but the Zil lanes are having the desired effect of causing rush hour London traffic to grind to a standstill.

Roll on mid August.

Well in anticipation of the fun and games in London I'm finishing my job on Friday and taking a month off before starting my new job I will be out of London the whole time in Scotland, Norway and Iceland.

Jul 15th 2012 | 9:51 pm

#25

commonwealth

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

wotif the Icelandic volcano Eyjafwhatchacallit throws a tantrum ?

Jul 15th 2012 | 10:17 pm

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papilon

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

So what would be your favourite Olympic moments?

For me i think the 2 Ovett v Coe 800m and 1500m clashes at i think the Moscow games where each won the others favoured event, epic!

Jul 15th 2012 | 10:39 pm

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DeadVim

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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread

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So what would be your favourite Olympic moments?

For me i think the 2 Ovett v Coe 800m and 1500m clashes at i think the Moscow games where each won the others favoured event, epic!

The Ovett and Coe clashes were classic.

For me Daley Thompson in competition and whistling the anthem on the podium ... top bloke