| Monday morning rant....Olympic style 10:57 - Jul 23 with 2537 views | real_loftus |
OK, I'm really starting to lose my rag here. I know its "cool" to moan about the Olympics and pretty smart to feign indifference. But the level of whinging, moaning and whining is fukhin ridiculous.
The traffics busy/chaotic? Really? If only they'd given you 2 years of notice to make alternative arrangements!
My train was crammed. No, wait, so it isnt usually, and its the Olympics that caused it? Do me a favour.
We could have invested the money spent on worthwhile causes? So, your crystal ball predicted recession immediately after we were awarded the Games did it? Various reports suggest a £1bn upside during the 7 weeks of the Games, and a £5bn upside through to 2015. With a lot of the upside benefiting some of London's most deprived areas.
Its a giant corporate fukfest. Well yes, the commercial side of things is a bit of a downer, with McDonalds the recognised fast food partner and goods only payable by Visa in the village. I'll give you that.
I dont give a monkey's about the games? Oh really? So when people like Kelly Holmes, Steve Redgrave and Chris Hoy won their gold medals, you didnt feel the slightest bit proud, patriotic and chuffed that us plucky Brits were beating the best in the world?
Look, if you want to be "cool" in London, you have to look like this-
While you're being all cool and bitching about the Olympics, why dont you shut the fcuk for a couple of weeks and let the rest of us get on and enjoy it?
Honestly you'd think we'd turned into the French...
ATAF [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 17:49 - Jul 23 with 516 views | Sharpy |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 16:42 - Jul 23 by real_loftus |
Oh, and one more thing....all those khunts that have used the Olympics as an excuse to hold the country to ransom....you'll get yours. Karma can be a right bitch.
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 18:08 - Jul 23 with 504 views | Pacal_Votan |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 17:23 - Jul 23 by real_loftus |
Hello mate. I heard a great conspiracy theory yesterday and thought of you! Here goes...so the weather before the Beijing Olympics was really shi'ite (they've got horrendous floods in China as we speak). Theorists say that the Chinese government deliberately manipulated the weather to make everything bleak and miserable in the 2 months leading up to the 2008 games. Then with 1 week to go, the Chinese govt manipulated the weather again to make the final build up to the games accompanied by glorious weather. This had the effect of immediately raising the spirits of the masses, and everyone got behind the games and felt good about China and its govt.
Step forward 4 years, and whats happening to the weather here....not the only thing we learnt from the Chinese???
Personally I dont buy any of this conspiracy bollox, but I know you LOVE IT!
My gift from me, to you
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I couldn't give a fuk about shitty conspiracy theories about shitty athletics meetings.
It only interests me when innocent people get murdered.
You'd have to be a right c@nt to pay the money they're charging to watch some shite like basketball.
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 18:25 - Jul 23 with 495 views | EalingRanger |
"I dont give a monkey's about the games? Oh really? So when people like Kelly Holmes, Steve Redgrave and Chris Hoy won their gold medals, you didnt feel the slightest bit proud, patriotic and chuffed that us plucky Brits were beating the best in the world? "
I didn't care at the time and I don't care now.
Kelly Holmes, Steve Redgrave and Chris Hoy won those medals because they are talented athletes, not because they are British. Why should I feel "chuffed" it has no effect on me whatsoever. And you weren't being "plucky" mate, you, like the rest of us, were presumably sitting on your @rse watching it on telly. Why should you be proud? Pride should be held back for something that you achieve or attain yourself. You wouldn't say that you are proud to be 5ft 9, so why the hell would you say you are proud Kelly Holmes won a medal? It's nonsense.
Other than that the only negative things are:
- It costs a shit load of money at a time when we have none.
- It essentially gives carte blanche to a hideous group of people who make FIFA look like the tellytubbies
And if thinking that means I'm trying to be 'cool' then so be it. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 19:00 - Jul 23 with 477 views | real_loftus |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 18:08 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
I couldn't give a fuk about shitty conspiracy theories about shitty athletics meetings.
It only interests me when innocent people get murdered.
You'd have to be a right c@nt to pay the money they're charging to watch some shite like basketball.
The 2012 paranoid Olympics. |
I paid £3 & £5 for my boys' footy tickets. Thats a bit of a bargain, seeing as its at Wembley.
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 19:12 - Jul 23 with 466 views | Pacal_Votan |
That GB team looked good the other night. | |
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 19:18 - Jul 23 with 462 views | Sudbury_Hill_R |
The thing tha pi**es me off is as a London council tax payer I've contributed more than £220 towards the cost of the games but people in Essex who are far nearer to the events have contributed f**k all. Could I get a ticket? No chance. As for traffic, there was a test event last summer in Hyde Park and I was sitting in a traffic jam at 0630 on a Sunday morning. Good luck if you drive Into town. |  | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 19:52 - Jul 23 with 430 views | stowmarketrange |
I'm really looking forward to our Olympics as much as I was when they announced us as host city in July 2005.
If anyone had a crystal ball to see the world recession coming,then I might have felt different.
Would the people moaning have liked us to win the 2018 world cup bid?
It is the greatest sporting party in the world,and it is on our doorstep.So what if the trains run late.Relax and enjoy it.
And there are still reasonably priced tickets left for what is a once in a lifetime event.Snap them up before its too late. |  | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:28 - Jul 23 with 416 views | Pacal_Votan |
What's the WC got to do with the Olympics.....yep fuk all.
Is it only people who don't live in Lundun that want it? | |
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:39 - Jul 23 with 408 views | daveB |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 19:18 - Jul 23 by Sudbury_Hill_R |
The thing tha pi**es me off is as a London council tax payer I've contributed more than £220 towards the cost of the games but people in Essex who are far nearer to the events have contributed f**k all. Could I get a ticket? No chance. As for traffic, there was a test event last summer in Hyde Park and I was sitting in a traffic jam at 0630 on a Sunday morning. Good luck if you drive Into town. |
still loads of tickets left so if you want one then you can get one |  | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:43 - Jul 23 with 407 views | stowmarketrange |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:28 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
What's the WC got to do with the Olympics.....yep fuk all.
Is it only people who don't live in Lundun that want it? |
It is a major sporting that would cause almost as much disruption as the Olympics will.
I still have to travel to London for my job,so I will be face disruption,but it will be worth it. | | | |
| (No subject) on 20:51 - Jul 23 with 395 views | HollowayRanger |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:39 - Jul 23 by daveB |
still loads of tickets left so if you want one then you can get one |
as long as you have VISA!!!!! |  |
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:51 - Jul 23 with 395 views | Pacal_Votan |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:43 - Jul 23 by stowmarketrange |
It is a major sporting that would cause almost as much disruption as the Olympics will.
I still have to travel to London for my job,so I will be face disruption,but it will be worth it. |
Of course it wouldn't...this a football loving country with everything already in place.
And it wouldn't be full of yanks. | |
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:53 - Jul 23 with 392 views | daveB |
it's 2 weeks where it will be a bit busy getting into work and most companies are allowing people to work different shifts or work from home if needed for those 2 weeks. I don't get all the moaning about it, it's a good thing for the country and is something that could really showcase the country around the world and show everything good about this great country. It could go wrong of course but it's been good to see so many people pull together and put so much into it. My in laws are working as gamesmakers showing people to events and helping out, the can't wait | | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:58 - Jul 23 with 385 views | stowmarketrange |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:51 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
Of course it wouldn't...this a football loving country with everything already in place.
And it wouldn't be full of yanks. |
Do you not remember Euro96 then? I used to work at Stonebridge Park and it was chaos when games were played at Wembley.That was only with 16 teams.At the World Cup you have 32 teams.Including the USA. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:59 - Jul 23 with 383 views | six_foot_two |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:51 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
Of course it wouldn't...this a football loving country with everything already in place.
And it wouldn't be full of yanks. |
Legacy. There's a word to conjure with.
What legacy could be purchsed for 11billion.
Re-building every school in Britain.
A building program that could provide affordable homes for our youth.
A re-vamped national Health service .
Or a two week middle class sports day with a football stadium no fan wants and a running track noboby will use. |  | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:01 - Jul 23 with 372 views | stowmarketrange |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:59 - Jul 23 by six_foot_two |
Legacy. There's a word to conjure with.
What legacy could be purchsed for 11billion.
Re-building every school in Britain.
A building program that could provide affordable homes for our youth.
A re-vamped national Health service .
Or a two week middle class sports day with a football stadium no fan wants and a running track noboby will use. |
How much of that £ 11 billion is coming from sponsors?Would Mcdonalds pay for a school to be built? | | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:19 - Jul 23 with 359 views | Pacal_Votan |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 20:58 - Jul 23 by stowmarketrange |
Do you not remember Euro96 then? I used to work at Stonebridge Park and it was chaos when games were played at Wembley.That was only with 16 teams.At the World Cup you have 32 teams.Including the USA. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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Euro 96 wasn't chaos at all. | |
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:24 - Jul 23 with 354 views | stowmarketrange |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:19 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
Euro 96 wasn't chaos at all. |
Did you not travel along the North Circular road during that time then?I used to start work at 9pm and travelled from Enfield.It used to take twice as long when England played at Wembley. | | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:34 - Jul 23 with 343 views | Pacal_Votan |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:24 - Jul 23 by stowmarketrange |
Did you not travel along the North Circular road during that time then?I used to start work at 9pm and travelled from Enfield.It used to take twice as long when England played at Wembley. |
Yeah that sounds like chaos. | |
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:35 - Jul 23 with 343 views | OakwoodR |
The A40 was a car park today and will be for the next month thanks to the lane closures. I'm allowing an extra 45 minutes for a 30 min journey.
Is it a pain? - Yes. Should Londoners who are paying towards the game been given the chance to purchase tickets before Joe Public from elsewhere? - Yes.
Normally the school summer holidays are great as there is less traffic on the road but we have had 7 years notice so we can't really moan.
A bigger p1ss on my chips is all the kids appearing at David Lloyd in Finchley and ruining my pre-work swim. Although there was a large selection of milfs by the outdoor pool.
I spotted at least 3 ginger hedge pigs so if Met or Alb want a guest pass I will be happy to oblige... |  | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:44 - Jul 23 with 336 views | stowmarketrange |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:34 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
Yeah that sounds like chaos. |
I don't think anything I could say is going to change your mind,so it looks like you're going to have a miserable 3 weeks.
I,and many more will enjoy it,and put up with the hassle that the millions pouring into the country will bring. | | | |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:49 - Jul 23 with 331 views | Pacal_Votan |
Correct, anything you say won't change my mind. And I don't see why i'll have a miserable 3 weeks. Are you one of those people that think that if you hate the Tory party it means you're a Socialist?
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:50 - Jul 23 with 329 views | stowmarketrange |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:49 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
Correct, anything you say won't change my mind. And I don't see why i'll have a miserable 3 weeks. Are you one of those people that think that if you hate the Tory party it means you're a Socialist?
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 22:00 - Jul 23 with 321 views | Pacal_Votan |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 21:50 - Jul 23 by stowmarketrange |
What has that got to do with it? |
Explain why i'll have a miserable 3 weeks if you didn't get the initial jist of that?
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| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 22:09 - Jul 23 with 314 views | stowmarketrange |
| Monday morning rant....Olympic style on 22:00 - Jul 23 by Pacal_Votan |
Explain why i'll have a miserable 3 weeks if you didn't get the initial jist of that?
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Maybe because you called it a bunch of sh-t.Maybe you were only talking about that subject,but I guess you don't want the Olympics here.If that is true,you won't be very happy for the next 3 weeks,because it is definitely happening in London. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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