Olympics thread

[Reg Smeeton]

Back to Cash in the Attic Reg?

No...West Indies v NZ from Antigua...a Test Match with possibly the lowest crowd in history.

[Reg Smeeton]

Honduras v Mexico finished 2-2. Can't have been that bad a game. And the wonderfully named Ben & Jerry scored 2 for Honduras. What's not to like?

I thought it was Morocco, given the way they whinged and bitched about the pen decision...must pay closer attention, to my national stereotypes

[Bob's Orange]

I thought it was Morocco, given the way they whinged and bitched about the pen decision...must pay closer attention, to my national stereotypes

You are right it was Morocco. Funnily enough we played in a local bank league football match a couple of weeks ago against a team which featured what I think were Moroccans. (Certainly from that neck of the woods) and they bitched and whined like a bunch of girls, despite spending the time kicking lumps out of us.

Our fiery Scottish forward kicked one of them in a tackle and then held his hand out to apologise. The fella took exception to this and said 'no, you do not kick someone and apologise' to which Ross replied, 'what the fuck do you expect me to do, apologise and then kick you'.

Needless to say we beat them 4-0, hence having the last laughs!

[walcot red]

Hoo is the President of South Korea.

(Damn.  Doesn't work as well when you write it down.)

Sounds like a job for Dr. Hoo

[fittons_coaching_badge]

Bookies William Hill have closed the book on whos going to light the olympic torch after thousands of pounds was placed on Roger Bannister

[fittons_coaching_badge]

Bookies William Hill have closed the book on whos going to light the olympic torch after thousands of pounds was placed on Roger Bannister

Looks to be just WillHill as the others still have Sir Steve as fav ahead of Rog!

[reeves4england]

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[Barry Scott]

Just wanted to say while driving through London yesterday evening aboard a bus, while on the way to watch Derren Brown, I was staring at a bird in the car next to me who I found strangely attractive, and some how familiar. After a few minutes I realised it was Posh, but only on account of realising how much like Beckham the driver looked. Weird.

[ScillyRed]

No...West Indies v NZ from Antigua...a Test Match with possibly the lowest crowd in history.

Drove past this ground on a day trip from a cruise a couple of years ago - like Wembley stadium in  the middle of a very large area of scrubland - built with money 'donated' by China. Despite being Antigua with stunning scenery in parts, there is sadly considerable poverty for a large number of the indigenous population .

[Ginginho]

BBC have added loads of Olympics channels.
On Virgin they're 574 - 597.

[sonicyouth]

Looking forward to watching the opening ceremony tonight with pizza, cider and a few tons of cheap Swedish pick and mix.

I don't know why but I always enjoy seeing all of the athletes being introduced

[Ardiles]

I'm genuinely looking forward to this evening.  Snippets that have emerged from the rehearsals make it sound as if the ceremony has been tailored very much to the local, UK audience.  So the rest of the world might not understand a word of it...but should be fun for us!

[Flashheart]

Just wanted to say while driving through London yesterday evening aboard a bus, while on the way to watch Derren Brown, I was staring at a bird in the car next to me who I found strangely attractive, and some how familiar. After a few minutes I realised it was Posh, but only on account of realising how much like Beckham the driver looked. Weird.

Lovey alert!!!!!!!!!

[LucienSanchez]

I'm settled in with an awesome amount of takeaway sushi ready to take in the whole spectacle - I can't wait!

[Bogus Dave]

Pointless speculation I know, but I've seen rumours that there might be a beatles hologram, similar to the tupac one from coachella. That would be AMAZZZZIIINNGGG