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let's face it, that twisty metal thing is shite.

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Ah yes........... the Olympic spirit.......... the woman who will compete while being EIGHT months pregnant.......... :ohmy:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/...054739086.html

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Shooting though, which doesn't require any running around. Pregnancy isn't an illness

At eight months, will she be fit to fly home afterwards? I though you generally weren't permitted to fly at that stage, presumably in case you go into early labour mid air.

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.... which the drop in air pressure makes more likely.............

The legendary Fanny Blankers-Coen was, if my memory serves me, pregnant while winning those sprinting medals in 1948......

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It's that 'controversial' Channel 4 Paralympics ad in full...........

[It's a brilliant ad but the 'real world' bit at 0.45 has ruffled lots of feathers, apparently]

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great ad dean- it always absolutely humbles me to watch the paralympics. It really does show that we can achieve so much against the odds :-)

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Boat and train to travel back I'd guess...

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Nah........ it's an immigration dodge in the making..........

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A good friend of money is raising money for the Paralympics. She lives in Dubai. Details here for anyone who'd like to support her.

http://www.justgiving.com/IHG-GO4GOL...onsor-facebook

:thumbsup:

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The missus has been tasked with organising a stiletto race for work, for their regions money raising event.

There is some irony in a bunch of people trying to run around in high heels, for the paras :lol:

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Perhaps they'll end up adding to their numbers....:)

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Sadly, the lovely Michelle Jenneke didn't make the Australian team, but here she is at the recent World Junior Championships........... infectious smile, sexy warm-up routine, winning performance - what's not to like? :thumbup:

http://thechive.com/2012/07/19/miche...-ablaze-video/

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Promising-looking approach to Olympic coverage from OSN........ I've found OSN Olympics 1 and 2 on channels 540 and 541 - I didn't even have to call anyone to get those channels added........ good piece last night about Mark Spitz...... :thumbsup:

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Doesn't the TV coverage of the opening ceremony start at 9pm UK time...I don't think I will stay up to watch, it will go on for hours :D

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We're out Friday night so will download it to watch on Saturday. Better that way as you can fast forward the boring bits!

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Don't you want to watch what director Danny 'Trainspotting' Boyle is going to do with his 'farmyard animals' theme? :blink:

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I think I will follow Meow's example and d/l it :D

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Boys and girls - these Olympic channels on OSN are seriously excellent - just watched a superb documentary on the history of the Olympic marathon.

Suitably reverential references to the late great Abebe Bikila (winner 1960 and 1964 running barefoot) and Samuel Wanjiru (winner 2008) whose death last year at 24 is still being investigated...........

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..... and in a typically British gesture, the games start NOW with GB-v-NZ in the women's footy - more than 48 hours before the opening ceremony....... :confused:

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Satire is dead............... not content with the London Olympics starting two days before the ceremony, the womens football is taking place in.......... Cardiff.......

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Well..not entirely.

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And with matches in Glasgow...but it's because the footie takes longer than time would allow, with rest days between...apparently.

Slackers :lol:

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Where's Patsy?

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7...86qo1_1280.jpg

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Satire is dead?

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...r-Nort-008.jpg

:unsure:

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Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou has been sent home for an allegedly racist Tweet...........

............ which seems a shame............

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Ah yes - the hosts of the London Olympics will be embarrassed by that Korean flag cock-up which happened at.... er.... Hampden Park in.... er.... Glasgow......

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“With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting some food!!"

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That and a string of retweets of weird, racist political folks and the like.

Seems very daft of her.

Oh and there's already apparently been a claim for asylum from one athlete.

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Depends whether it was the Scots controlling the displays or LOCOG.

Apparently they had got the name of the country wrong as well, calling it "North Korea".. when everyone knows it is the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (well, one out of four ain't bad...)

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He can have it if he wins gold. We don't need anymore losers in the UK and you gotta motivate the boy.

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I blame the Scots

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Danny Boyle's opening ceremony leaked ;)

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/07/26/...remony-leaked/

:lol:

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Cameron on the Olympics and the economy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...P-figures.html

"...There’s the physical infrastructure that we’ll have forever. If you take the Aquatics Centre… after the Olympics that is going to be used by 800,000 people every year so it’s a great bit of physical legacy..."

No wonder we are in the shit - does he really think 800,000 people per year - over 2,000 people per day - are really going to go swimming?

We can't have many more people going swimming per day in the whole country, let alone in the arse end of London.

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I looked up the national aquatic centre in Dublin (same kind of facility) and apparently it had 825,000 people last year. So maybe the figures are not that far off.

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I would expect that to be the case in Ireland. However, this is the south of England where most people have showers and baths installed in the home.

But seriously, wow.

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First major surprise of the football.............. Japan have just beaten Spain 7-0.

Actually the scoreboard says 1-0 but that must be wrong because I saw about six open goals and/or easy chances that Japan cannot possibly have missed....... stupid scoreboard operator......... :frown:

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Why is football and Olympic sport?

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Judging by that match, it isn't - it's just a gentle warm-up training exercise for the coming season.

Still the UAE are about to start against Luis Suarez and the rest of the cheats......

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.......... UAE are 1-0 up............. commentator seems to think Saudi and the UAE are part of the same country.........