Olympic coverage on the BBC
Aug 17th 2008, 6:02 pm
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
Stephanie Rice is the one on the right, she a little odd looking (a bit rich from someone with more than a passing resemblences to Mr Potatohead but hey), she looks like a waxwork dummy of herslf, proportions all just a little bit off.
Presumably lots of pics of her looking 'winsome' because she's getting paid to look that way! Hell, I'd try and look winsome if someone gave me money for it (a lot of money!)
Aug 17th 2008, 6:26 pm
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
Where have her shoulders gone?
Aug 19th 2008, 12:40 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
For heavens sake.They are all fantastic, dedicated swimmers does it matter what they look like? Anyway they are better looking than a large number of women you see in Coles!
Aug 19th 2008, 1:07 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
Aug 19th 2008, 10:25 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
Where's the Gold medals for Best Repository Layer in an MVC Stack or Best Tax Accountant
To be honest I'm kind of sick of all this UK vs Australia crap. It just smacks of the puerile "Marmite vs Vegimite", "XBox360 vs PS3", "PC vs Mac" and "Microsoft vs Linux" debates. Only the hardcore loons tend to get involved and then there is a lot of spitting and foaming at the mouth involved. Can't people just agree to disagree?
While I'm living in Australia I'll support the Australians. I'll still cheer on the Brits of course, why wouldn't you, but I think some people need to look deep into inside and ask themselves if they are really committed to living in Australia.
Al
Aug 19th 2008, 10:59 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
I'm also committed to living in Australia and have no idea how one has any relevance to the other
Aug 19th 2008, 11:24 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
Personally I can't stand people who dump their country of birth (and usually residence for most of their lives) on the sporting field as soon as they have a brief fling somewhere else...
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Aug 19th 2008, 11:33 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
While I'm living in Australia I'll cheer every Aussie defeat as it means more chance of us being in front in the medal table, which means I wont have to listen to smug Aussies telling me how much better they are than us like I had to for about two months after the commonwealth games, and like I did before the olympics whenever I spoke to any Aussie they would say things like " I can't wait to hear what excuses you poms come out with when we thrash you yet again" yes I've been hearing comments like that for the last 6 weeks at least and I'm loving it.
I'm also committed to living in Australia and have no idea how one has any relevance to the other
I'm also committed to living in Australia and have no idea how one has any relevance to the other
Aug 19th 2008, 11:42 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
I was in Atlanta 1996 (flew out with many of 'em), I also watched Sydney 2000..............both so close to my heart, but I did feel let down..............sorry...BUT
BEIJING? Team GB..........go, go, go
BEIJING? Team GB..........go, go, go
Aug 19th 2008, 11:46 am
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
Oh and sorry that's show jumping x
Aug 19th 2008, 2:17 pm
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
Aug 19th 2008, 2:29 pm
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
While I'm living in Australia I'll cheer every Aussie defeat as it means more chance of us being in front in the medal table, which means I wont have to listen to smug Aussies telling me how much better they are than us like I had to for about two months after the commonwealth games, and like I did before the olympics whenever I spoke to any Aussie they would say things like " I can't wait to hear what excuses you poms come out with when we thrash you yet again" yes I've been hearing comments like that for the last 6 weeks at least and I'm loving it.
I'm also committed to living in Australia and have no idea how one has any relevance to the other
I'm also committed to living in Australia and have no idea how one has any relevance to the other
Aug 19th 2008, 9:16 pm
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Re: Olympic coverage on the BBC
I reckon one of the reasons why I've got the impression that the English make excuses all the time is the prevalence of soccer. Because of the low scores typical of soccer a number of games end up being decided by the referee’s decisions (New Scientist put it as high as 25% in the Premier League). It was not unusual for losing fans to blame the referee for their loss (whether it was his fault or not).
In Aussie rules, I’ve only come across one instance of someone complaining their team lost the match because the umpire got it wrong.
