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I "know" 2 team GB Paralympians!

Karen Butler - Shooting - was my neighbor & classmate until we were 16.
Harriet Lee - Swimming - is my college roommate's, son's swimming teacher!

I am famous by association :D

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ABC commentators were awful IMO. Watched with horror! Bless my darling eldest though, he asked, whilst watching dressage, do the horses have to be disabled as well?

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:eek:

the organisers wanted to ban the word disabled.

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Can't call them crips, or gimps, handicapped no longer PC and now no disabled? This will take some thought:zzz:

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"differently abled" ;)

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:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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I got into trouble last night for mentioning that Australia are doing really well in the medal tally at the Paralympics, much better than their able bodied team mates.
Well I actually said that for a long time we immigrants have known that Australia is a country full of Gold Medal winning retards, cripples & gimps.

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They all appear far more able bodied than me.

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Maybe with a few new parts?;)

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in future humans will opt to replace organic body parts with perfected bionic versions. those blade runners are faster than me! bionic parts have the advantage of not feeling lactic burn. recently they implanted a bionic eye on a blind person who can now see light. one day the blind can move independently again.

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Lee Majors:ohmy: Better.. stronger... faster!!!

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I feel like the bionic woman- just got new lenses in both eyes (cataract op) and can actually see without contacts for the first time in over 40 years!!

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:thumbsup::thumbsup::D

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Why, when ABC are generally an excellent broadcaster, do they have complete fools in the studio?

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The commentators should be alright as they are part of the ABC radio 'Grandstand' team and are very highly respected sports commentators and journalists.

The hosts are a different story. From what I've heard they haven't been taking the whole thing very seriously at all and also have been making some smart**** comments at times.

I think most people would be switching off thanks to that.

Australians can be rather irreverent though. It's not considered as offensive here as in many other countries but it can grate after a while when some take it a little too far.