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Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Sat 09 Aug, 2008 10.19
by Pete
Chie wrote:... There'll be no mention of the British Empire or the armed forces...
I bet there'll be no mention of the slave trade or sending children down mine shafts either. damn polish spoliing everything.
Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Sat 09 Aug, 2008 13.23
by noelfirl
Hymagumba wrote:Chie wrote:... There'll be no mention of the British Empire or the armed forces...
I bet there'll be no mention of the slave trade or sending children down mine shafts either. damn polish spoliing everything.
I kind of found it funny last night how the BBC commented that China was presenting an abridged and sanitised version of their history (glossing over Mao, the great leap forward etc.). Ermm... and? Not like no other country has done that before!
Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Sat 09 Aug, 2008 14.00
by Jovis
Chie wrote:'Daily Mail reader'
I don't think so.
Like it or not, that is exactly how its coming across.
Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Wed 20 Aug, 2008 08.08
by Andrew Wood
Looking through a few American websites, they all appear to rank the medal table by the total won, unlike it would seem most other countries that rank it only by gold medals.
Is this because the USA is currently second by the gold medals method, but top by total? Surely not...
Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Wed 20 Aug, 2008 08.34
by timgraham
Yes. Basically it's just vanity for NBC and a few other outlets, making America look good..
In other news, the UK is (shock/horror) ahead of Australia in the
medal tally for the first time in many years..a few of our newspapers seem to be getting into
a bit of a stew about it.
I don't really care, I think fourth place for a country of our size (20 million people) isn't bad at all! Going by the NBC method we'd be ahead of you lot anyway

Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Wed 20 Aug, 2008 09.10
by marksi
Andrew Wood wrote:Looking through a few American websites, they all appear to rank the medal table by the total won, unlike it would seem most other countries that rank it only by gold medals.
Is this because the USA is currently second by the gold medals method, but top by total? Surely not...
Agencies were told to supply the table in both forms so that the US could use the "total medals won" putting them top.
If they end up doing better counting gold only it'd be interesting to see if they change to the other table.
Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Wed 20 Aug, 2008 11.59
by Andrew Wood
That was my thought, too. Go China, just for the sake of it.
Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Fri 22 Aug, 2008 08.23
by Pete
I see Michael Phelps and his ugly face will be gracing Americans breakfast tables soon...

Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Fri 22 Aug, 2008 08.28
by Sput
To be fair to Kelloggs, if you've ever actually really looked at that big multicoloured chicken they use on Corn Flakes, you'd notice it's pretty scary too.

Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Fri 22 Aug, 2008 08.56
by Alexia
Don't diss the chicken.
Re: The Olympic Thread
Posted: Fri 22 Aug, 2008 09.33
by Sput
Frankly I daren't.