You're saying sorry to the wrong person.Alexia wrote:Sorry to disappoint you.woah wrote:I'd either come back with a nice balanced argument or opinion or go back to the playground. Jesus christ, I thought Metropol was made of people with better morals and sense than that.
The Olympics
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bilky asko
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I agree (for once!) with Michael's opinion, but I don't agree with how you put it across. Not really nice to be insulting someone based on their hobbies just because you don't like their work.
"looked a bit sloppy on TV"? I found it incredibly captivating and moving.The opening ceremony was fun... looked a bit sloppy on TV though and spending £27million on it is ridiculous.
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Dr Lobster*
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what's eating you alexia?
i thought we all had the intellectual prowess to have a good debate on topics like this along with even more divisive ones like religion and politics. nobody likes the same things and the whole point of this forum is to enable us to discuss opinions on everything and anything. that's what i love about this place.
i'm not entirely sure what my hobbies or what i decide to spend my own time doing has to do with anything, it's not as though i wrote "EVERY1 WHO WATCHES THE OLIMPICS IS A RETARD!!"!"!".
it's in my genetic make up (and in the make up of the entire family blood line going right back to the pharaohs) that i find watching sports boring.
but playing sport. i get it. i get why somebody might want a round of golf on a summers afternoon. i get why you may want to burn off some energy and let your testosterone rip playing football or rugby. even fishing, a few hours on your own in the quiet? i get it. a game of darts and a few pints down the local with your mates? great fun.
but watching it on the telly? getting all emotional because "your team" or your country loses? that i don't understand, i really don't. i can't help it.
i thought we all had the intellectual prowess to have a good debate on topics like this along with even more divisive ones like religion and politics. nobody likes the same things and the whole point of this forum is to enable us to discuss opinions on everything and anything. that's what i love about this place.
i'm not entirely sure what my hobbies or what i decide to spend my own time doing has to do with anything, it's not as though i wrote "EVERY1 WHO WATCHES THE OLIMPICS IS A RETARD!!"!"!".
it's in my genetic make up (and in the make up of the entire family blood line going right back to the pharaohs) that i find watching sports boring.
but playing sport. i get it. i get why somebody might want a round of golf on a summers afternoon. i get why you may want to burn off some energy and let your testosterone rip playing football or rugby. even fishing, a few hours on your own in the quiet? i get it. a game of darts and a few pints down the local with your mates? great fun.
but watching it on the telly? getting all emotional because "your team" or your country loses? that i don't understand, i really don't. i can't help it.
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I loved the Opening Ceremony.
I'm not a big fan, but have found some of the events fascinating. The swimming is actually quite exciting and I am constantly stunned at the level of skill of the gymnasts (and well done Team GB for that bronze).
My other half and I didn't manage to get tickets to any of the events, but we're going to see some of the swimming at the Paralympics and have an opportunity to explore the Olympic park.
I was getting quite fed up with coverage before things started, but am surprised at my own positive reaction to it, now it's started.
I'm not a big fan, but have found some of the events fascinating. The swimming is actually quite exciting and I am constantly stunned at the level of skill of the gymnasts (and well done Team GB for that bronze).
My other half and I didn't manage to get tickets to any of the events, but we're going to see some of the swimming at the Paralympics and have an opportunity to explore the Olympic park.
I was getting quite fed up with coverage before things started, but am surprised at my own positive reaction to it, now it's started.
I'm unfortunately missing most of it, but I watched the Opening Ceremony, and that really was fantastic. They'd any Boyle managed to bring everything together brilliantly, and the result was excellent. I'm not usually a fan of sport, but I make an exception for the Okympics, and I don't think it's a waste of money, and that the BBC News website being mainly filled with it is okay, for once.
One thing I have noticed. A lot of the official sponsors seem to use the term "The Games" rather than the word "Olympics".
I was in McDonalds today and the word Olympic was nowhere to be seen on any of the guff, only "the games".
Any reason why this is?
I was in McDonalds today and the word Olympic was nowhere to be seen on any of the guff, only "the games".
Any reason why this is?
"He has to be larger than bacon"
Perhaps it's to be inclusive of both the Olympics and Paralympics? Of course they only use the Olympic emblem and not both, so maybe it isn't.
What strikes me is how people are winging about the commercialisation of the Olympics, but in reality it's the Olympicisation of our fast food restaurants and soft drinks. From what I can see these companies pay millions just so they can advertise the games. It's not like football or rugby world cups, where you see loads of advertisements around the venues.
What strikes me is how people are winging about the commercialisation of the Olympics, but in reality it's the Olympicisation of our fast food restaurants and soft drinks. From what I can see these companies pay millions just so they can advertise the games. It's not like football or rugby world cups, where you see loads of advertisements around the venues.
Yeah this is what I was going to say, just saw a McDonalds TV ad which mentioned "The Games" with both Olympic and Paralympic logos.wells wrote:Perhaps it's to be inclusive of both the Olympics and Paralympics? Of course they only use the Olympic emblem and not both, so maybe it isn't.
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Dr Lobster*
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i heard an interview on the radio today where somebody was saying how they were hoping that the olympics would inspire a new generation of sportsman.
are they having a laugh?
a good proportion (over 50% in some areas according to the league tables) of pupils that leave high school fail to achieve a decent gcse in english, maths or science.... i would have thought it should be a priority to get this sorted out first.
but anyway. the olympics. enough already. this faux patriotism is wearing a bit thin now. can't stand another 'team gb' update on facebook.
what are these people doing, anyway? sitting perched in front of the telly, plate of sausage and mash on their knees frantically updating their social network status with messages of support? have they all gone mad?
are they having a laugh?
a good proportion (over 50% in some areas according to the league tables) of pupils that leave high school fail to achieve a decent gcse in english, maths or science.... i would have thought it should be a priority to get this sorted out first.
but anyway. the olympics. enough already. this faux patriotism is wearing a bit thin now. can't stand another 'team gb' update on facebook.
what are these people doing, anyway? sitting perched in front of the telly, plate of sausage and mash on their knees frantically updating their social network status with messages of support? have they all gone mad?
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We could of course have an international spelling bee in London, but I don't think it would have the desired effect.Dr Lobster* wrote: a good proportion (over 50% in some areas according to the league tables) of pupils that leave high school fail to achieve a decent gcse in english, maths or science.... i would have thought it should be a priority to get this sorted out first.
Don't forget we also constantly have talk of an obesity problem being rammed down our necks. I can well believe young people seeing certain sports for the first time may well spark an interest in them and inspire them to a healthier lifestyle.
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Dr Lobster*
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but a healthier lifestyle is just that. a lifestyle. it isn't an interest in sport or even just participating in sport. and updating your facebook status is not a sport. a healthy lifestyle is a balanced died, regular exercise, not smoking or drinking in excess. that's right: no maccy'd for you kind sir.
it's just that i fail to see how the olympics will change the behaviour of the type of person who's a great big fat lard arse who spends their entire day in their bedroom playing a playstation for 18 hours a day. it might inspire somebody already has some drive, some ambition... but the feckless, workshy lazy twonk? i somehow doubt it.
and let us not forgot the irony that most of the people ranting about the olympics are in fact sitting on their backsides in front of the television. maybe the inspiration to take up some sport will kick in when it's all over and they can manage to pull themselves away from the telly?
it's just that i fail to see how the olympics will change the behaviour of the type of person who's a great big fat lard arse who spends their entire day in their bedroom playing a playstation for 18 hours a day. it might inspire somebody already has some drive, some ambition... but the feckless, workshy lazy twonk? i somehow doubt it.
and let us not forgot the irony that most of the people ranting about the olympics are in fact sitting on their backsides in front of the television. maybe the inspiration to take up some sport will kick in when it's all over and they can manage to pull themselves away from the telly?
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