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AUSTRALIAN Olympic Committee president John Coates today weighed into the Aussie-British Games showdown with a slur questioning Britons' approach to cleanliness. Asked if he was surprised by Great Britain's good performances in the swimming, Coates said they had done well - for a nation short on pools and soap.

"Great Britain may have been in lane seven and eight but, um, they seemed to be getting there for a country that has very few swimming pools and not much soap,'' Coates said.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_...014107,00.html

rabsody

Typical Aussie sour grapes. Pathetic.

DunRoaminTheUK

I don't want this to degenerate into a mud-slinging match but.....fat wanker!

rabsody

That's a first for you!

spartacus

What a repellant man; bloated and constipated from years of abusing Olympic free lunches. If you look closely enough you can still see the remnants of a spinach and feta filo, courtesy of the Greeks, stuck between his teeth .

moneypenny20

For gods sake people get a grip. It was a throwaway joke. People getting so stressed about a silly comment surely do protest too much

EvannTel

He'll be making jokes about Poms not have a sense of humour next!
I thought it was funny.

MartinLuther

Typical Aussie humour.

Followed by a typically pommie dummy spit

rabsody

You rang?

spartacus

I've an inkling that my fellow poster may have been only taking the pith!

I thertainly was.

IvanM

That wonderful sophisticated Aussie sense of humour. I expect it from dickheads at the pub. Bring on the wind ups in the build up to London as they will do everything to say "its not as good as Sydney 2000."

moneypenny20

Sadly, in all reality, it probably won't be. I hope to be proved wrong in four years time

nurselindsey

I've watched hours of Tv since the Olympics started a week ago, have found tv's on at work, in schools and in shops and I didn't realise that the Brits were competing! Have we won anything????

The famous Aussie tunnel vision TV

spartacus

No, but we came a close fourth in the men's coxless pairs!

Pushed out of the medals by a couple of strapping Phuket ladyboys.

News just in; after failing (falling?) off the high board, our synchronised diving team have been bitch-slapping each other:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008...es.divingdaley

MartinLuther

Me too