The Official 2012 London Olympic Thread.

[dogman_1234]

Time for wiki too see her biography...

Edit: Not much on her in wiki.

In communist china...

*mad libs time*

 

[Pyree]

I'm not getting the joke. Ok, I know about the communist reversal joke, but I don't know the context. Care to elaborate?

 

[Reynod]

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/phelps-the-greatest-olympian-of-all-20120801-23dxx.html

 

[dogman_1234]

I'm not getting the joke. Ok, I know about the communist reversal joke, but I don't know the context. Care to elaborate?

Instead of Russia...think China...

wait...are you not Chinese?

 

[Reynod]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/borat-knows-best-when-it-comes-to-winning-gold-medals-team-gb-take-note/story-fn9dheyx-1226440264291

Borat 3 ... GB 0.

lol ... MM ... you there??

 

[wanamingo]

Who would have thought that badminton (I have always said Bad-Mitten) was susceptible to match throwing.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-olympics/badminton-doubles-descend-into-farce-as-chinese-and-south-koreans-try-to-lose/story-fndpu6dv-1226440181907

 

[Pyree]

Instead of Russia...think China...

wait...are you not Chinese?

It's not the concept of the communist reversal joke I don't get. What I don't get is the context you are referring the joke to.

 

[dogman_1234]

Nevermind...

 

[fazers_on_stun]

Looks like the US fnally surpassed China in the overall medal count, and matching in gold...

 

[fazers_on_stun]

The search ends here:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1196960-olympic-hottie-world-tour-hottest-athletes-from-25-countries/page/2

Still have to read through the article. Lets see which country win.

After thought: Somehow the majority of the winning country is from Europe.

Couldn't view your list while at work 😛, but my vote goes to #2 on the list - Leryn Franco of Paraguay. Doesn't seem possible she could throw a javelin without toppling over, but what the hey! 😀

 

[Pyree]

The inertia forward is an advantage.

I am disappointed at team Australia's performance this year. Luckily, there's still team China for me. If team China do badly, I'll just combine the medal of the two and claim the top spot.

 

[Reynod]

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[Reynod]

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[Reynod]

I am tempted to ride my camel across the nullaboor plain and come to Adelaide just to wash your mouth out with soap Pyree.

You might have started out as an Asian ... but be are converting you my son.

Your an Aussie now so we are going to put you on a weight machine and biff you up ... get you a real sheila ... teach you how to swear ... play footy ... cast dispersion on umpires of all sport ... swim, surf, eat from a can and sleep on the beach. Your also expected to learn dreamtime stories and respect the tribal elders at welcome to country. If you can't shotgun a can of beer in 10 seconds there will be trouble.


Yes our Olympians are not doing so well at present but I am hoping for a strong finish.

The whippings will start after the closing ceremonies ... actually all of those silver and bronze medals are pretty awesome ... there is no shame in 2nd or 3rd.

 

[wanamingo]

This is really funny... http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=pCkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=30

Popular Science has been releasing their old archives and they recently pointed out this little gem. The title of the piece is "Why Men Beat Women at Sports" note this is from the 1926 Olympics, so before women were considered "People"

I think I can see Marv and Oldman in some of the pics....... I kid.

 

[Pyree]

I am tempted to ride my camel across the nullaboor plain and come to Adelaide just to wash your mouth out with soap Pyree.

You might have started out as an Asian ... but be are converting you my son.

Your an Aussie now so we are going to put you on a weight machine and biff you up ... get you a real sheila ... teach you how to swear ... play footy ... cast dispersion on umpires of all sport ... swim, surf, eat from a can and sleep on the beach. Your also expected to learn dreamtime stories and respect the tribal elders at welcome to country. If you can't shotgun a can of beer in 10 seconds there will be trouble.


Yes our Olympians are not doing so well at present but I am hoping for a strong finish.

The whippings will start after the closing ceremonies ... actually all of those silver and bronze medals are pretty awesome ... there is no shame in 2nd or 3rd.

It really pisses me off when the kiwis is on 13th and the canuck who is really only good at curling is only 2 place below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/medals/countries

 

[Reynod]

I am pretty impressed with the way the medals are being spread around the planet more which is a good thing really.

The US and China have retained their Olympic status but the rest of the world is more evenly spread with the medals and I think that is great.

One thing the Australian team lacks this time is a Sports Psychologist ... for some insane reason the Australian Olympic Committee decided to make some budget cuts and not send one ... how stupid is that??

Our committee needs to be sacked for such stupidity ... useless tools.

A Sports Psuchologist would have made sure the team was mentally prepared and assisted with the appropriate responses when an individual performed below expectations.

They would have rallied the team behind them.

A sports psych would have also provided support and mentoring for the younger new team members.

Our Australian Media also have a lot to answer for in terms of bagging our own athletes ...

Suzy O-Neil and the other Olypic hazbeens who have inanely made inappropriate comments should be ashamed of themselves ... I don't want to see her (or others that made negative comments) representing our country again in any official capacity on the media.

I kust hope the Australian Team realise there are a lot of proud Aussies watching them do their best for us ... their best is good enough for us ... the medal they win or not is just a bonus.

 

[Reynod]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-05/scathing-watt-tells-media-to-27wake-up27/4178492?section=olympics

He has got the right idea.

Maybe we should name and shame all of the media personailities who have caste our team in a negative light.

http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/08/05/olympic-level-gloaters/

 

[dogman_1234]

*rubs 27 gold medals in their faces*

 

[Reynod]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18907373?ocid=global_olympics_outbrain

Three women you wouldn't want to be cheeky to at a nightclub ...

 

[Reynod]

A silver medal is nothing to sneeze at, seriously. Be proud Aussies!!

Our media and Olypic commentators are getting stuck into them though ... I hope the athletes remember ... and don't grant them interviews accordingly.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-06/silver-medalist-watt-tells-media-to-wake-up/4179172?section=business

Mitchell Watt sums up the issue nicely ...

 

[Pyree]

Usually woman torn a man's heart into pieces

These women? Torn a man into pieces, literally with bare hands.

I think the majority of Australian are just over reacting (including myself). We are just used to seeing more gold by now. After calming down, you would notice their performance is not bad (I wouldn't achieve, in sport, anything close to it), they are actually very close to a gold (indicated by all those silver medal). The sport race between USA and China makes the competition much tougher for everyone this year.

 

[Pyree]

1988 Summer Olympic in Seoul opening ceremony. There is a delicious moment:
[flash=320,240]http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/y-liu1JVo1g&feature=player_detailpage[/flash]
Roast pigeons!

 

[Pyree]

Yeah, apparently the Olympic committee decide not to do the release dove thing after the incident. Not that I know then, I could barely talk at that time. But now I know there used to be dove.

 

[Reynod]

In a couple of hours Sally Pearson has a final ... I'll get out of bed to watch her run ... somebody has to barrack for her and be positive.