They had been made specially for the games, and, I suspect, were intended to be taken, doubt that they could do much with several thousands of specially made duvets that were 'used'.

They looked very nice to me.
I would have been proud to have a one, even after a fortnights use for what difference that makes.
Maybe it would have been better to give them to those in need or maybe the volunteers ?



On a separate note, very interesting.
I'm not saying it proves anything,but maybe it will trigger some debate.


http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.a...ntid=250903343

Surely that means that 63% were state schooled? Not sure what that proves to be honest?

The 37% is higher than the percentage that pays for its schooling, to me it is no surprise that those that can afford to pay for schools can also pay for the extra curricular activities that expose and then nurture interests and aptitudes.

I think it would be interesting to see a breakdown of those figures to see if there are sports that exclude some sections of society more than others. I would assume athletics has low entry barriers, and that sailing has higher ones; I would like to know if my assumptions are true or not.

Almost every place with a big enough river has a rowing club. My dad is the son of the Lancs Trotskyite party member, he is dyed in the wool Labour, always will be yet he rowed for his county and the RAF. The girl who won the Gold in Dressage is a stable girl from Enfield, brought up in Leighton Buzzard. The guy who won the shooting gold is a Dorset farmers son. Like I said, 63% must have come from state schools....

There is a disparity. I would guess a greatly reduced disparity, but still a disparity.

The problem is, if we let the under-class have horses they will only have sex with them then eat them.

You have a problem with that?

The sex? Not at all but horse taste far to strong to actually enjoy.

Yes indeed, I had heard that on the radio today.

He's the friend of a friend and I have a very "special" picture of him that the Daily Fail would just LOVE to run!

Statistics,statistics eh ?

That 63% of winners came from the 93% who went to state schools.

The 37% came from the mere 7% who went to private schools.

At a rough guess that's a 7 to 1 ratio or majority in favour of those from private schools.

Make of it what you will.

Plenty of ppl do love it and enjoy it, incl myself and the demand for it speaks for itself, though obviously not quite so much in the UK, where it's frowned on in some circles, especially by the uppity horsey types themselves.

Oh well if plenty of people like it maybe I should learn to like it.

No need to do it on my account
All the more for the rest of us to enjoy.