are you ready for the LOLympics?

[Adam]

looks like it's going to be a spectacular disaster 

we haven't even had the opening ceremony / nuremberg rally yet, and already there's a been a fuckup with the South Korean flag being shown next to the North Korean women's football players

fucking hilarious 

[ShyOne]

I'm confused. How was that match happening if the olympics hasn't started yet?

[Adam]

I have no idea either. I think it only officially starts at the weekend.

I guess women's football isn't as important as men's so no one cares when they play it

[MissKitty]

and then there's the athlete from Greece who has been kicked out for a racist tweet. It's off to a rocky start, that's for sure!

[Adam]

and the whole mess with the security and not organising enough people

[Adam]

then there's the fucking problems it causes those of us who actually live here:

[odeon]

I think it's hilarious that they're stopping shops and restaurants and whatnot in London from using words like "summer" and "gold" in their advertising. And how they'll throw you out if you have a Pepsi t-shirt.

Boris Johnson won't survive this.

[Adam]

I dunno, he did pretty well last night with his speech - he proper knocked down Mitt Romney

[ShyOne]

I'm curious - for those in the UK what's going on in your area? My town centre has deck chairs out with a big screen and speakers to show the sports, there's some rides too for the kids and it looks like there's some stalls being set up (probably by sponsors). In Leicester there's a big screen too and there's been some events on to celebrate, dunno what else is gonna happen though.

[bodie]

I am not even remotely interested in it

Why is "summer"  and "gold" not being used in adverts?

[MissKitty]

I like the summer Olympics. I worked at the 1996 Olympics when they were in Atlanta, GA. I got to work closely with a lot of the athletes because I had 3 events being held in the place where I worked. Equestrian, Mountain Biking and Archery. the Mountain Biking dudes had to do their drug test pee in my office because it was the only one with a bathroom attached to it. They had to go into the bathroom, strip down naked in front of a judge and pee in a sample jar. A lot of guys can't pee under pressure so they had to sit in my office beside a mountain of gatorade and water and keep chugging until they were about to burst and could finally pee.

[bodie]

There were events up and down the country at schools to do with the olympics.  Lost count how many certificates i have just because the urchin 'took part'.   I dunno how many times he was told 'it's not about winning, it's about taking part'

Now i fail to see the logic here.  It clearly is about 'winning' ...surely?

I am not sure if this is global thing,  but here in the UK there seems to be an emphasis on teaching kids that winning is not very important.  What is wrong with competition?

Sorry, just moaning

[Adam]

in manchester we hav the football. last nights match was held at uniteds ground, near me

[Adam]

duno about the city centre, havnt been into town since mónday nite, but i expect there will be a big screen. there was one in birmîngham when i was there the other day. and flags everywhere

[odeon]

I am not even remotely interested in it

Why is "summer"  and "gold" not being used in adverts?

I assume Boris & Co think the words are too closely associated with the Olympics.