The olympics. Yay.
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I am not enjoying anything about the olympics, not the relay, not the DUMB AS FUCK V.I.P. road markings, nothing.
As an Additional: can anyone tell me if another country has done a similar thing with road markings? For those unaware, a large quantity of roads in London have been marked with the olympic rings; these roads are only for use by olympic VIPs, the fine for using the VIP lane is the same as using a bus lane.
As an Additional: can anyone tell me if another country has done a similar thing with road markings? For those unaware, a large quantity of roads in London have been marked with the olympic rings; these roads are only for use by olympic VIPs, the fine for using the VIP lane is the same as using a bus lane.
I hate watching sports (why watch when you can do?), but I'll stick around for short competitions if Dad is watching.
I don't really care much for the Olympics. I tried watching for the running events in the past but what would usually happen is a few minutes of coverage followed by constant, overly long commercials. I do enjoy figure skating, but that is obviously the winter Olympics. I don't really care for team sports anyways, but I love going out for a run at least 4 times a week. I feel amazing after a good run so I will be doing that during the Olympics.
I fucking love the olympics. Ignore all the patriotic dick waving and it's delightful. My favorite is the women's curling for the winter ones.
I got my sports fix during the Euro a month ago so I have pretty much no interest in the Olympics. The only events I care about are women's soccer and track. Women's soccer because the US team fucking kicks ass and I love them all to death, and track because Usain Bolt fucking kicks ass and I love him to death. Additionally with the 2012/2013 soccer season starting up again I can watch my boys Barcelona and Hannover play so I don't feel like I'll be lacking in professional sports anytime soon.
Oh...god. Why would you spread that kinda horror?Istvan said:
And yeah, I'm getting a lot of flak for being a grumpy git. When does that not happen on here?
Honestly, quite a lot, you guys/gals are usually fairly cool. But, still, as true as a lot of your arguments are, I'm not swayed.
I'm indifferent. Not a fan of sports, don't enjoy watching them. So it isn't something I'm interested in.
I remember the uproar when that monstrosity was unveiled, they had to actually tell people it depicted "2012" because noone had a clue what it was supposed to be.TheBobmus said:
That awful tower is as bad too,
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ilRVPH4rt-U/T9ryk_d4KpI/AAAAAAAAADI/OZ68piuHM3c/s400/Orbit-4.jpg
It looks like they asked a drunken cowboy builder to make a helter skelter out of scaffolding. I am expecting other failures too, I really think we will make a mess of it and be a massive embarrassment.
The Korean flag fiasco was a sign of things to come, could they have picked a more politically sensitive flag to get wrong? Whats next? Maybe they will put several hundred adverts for pork sausages around the middle eastern nations events.
I plan on watching
-The Opening Ceremony
-The cycling to see how Wiggins and Cavendish do
That's it, while I respect the athletes competing, I'm unable to bring myself to care enough to watch them. Plus, the sheer amount of bullshit surrounding the Olympics has tainted the event for me and probably a lot of other people.
-The Opening Ceremony
-The cycling to see how Wiggins and Cavendish do
That's it, while I respect the athletes competing, I'm unable to bring myself to care enough to watch them. Plus, the sheer amount of bullshit surrounding the Olympics has tainted the event for me and probably a lot of other people.
I went to see the torch when it came though Skegness, simply because it wasn't something you saw every day. It amused me that the buses carrying the sponsers came through aout 15 miutes before the first torch bearer.
That is the only interest that I have in the Olympics, I will pretty much ignore it now for the next couple of weeks.
That is the only interest that I have in the Olympics, I will pretty much ignore it now for the next couple of weeks.
I'm in the same place as the OP - Pretty fucking tired of seeing a union jack stuck on every piece of packaging, everything from apple pies to toilet roll. Team GB is gonna suck, we will be lucky to get a handful of medals, and that would be fine, except the media won't accept that - as if we're incapable of supporting anyone unless we are sure they will win.
We know better, we don't expect to win much, so stop ramming it down our throats.
The worst though, is the McDonalds adverts! - really, McD's sponsoring the olympics is like Cadbury's giving money to diabetes charities. The advert makes me want to self harm though, the whole spiel about all the different fans - the miss out the hater, the couldn't give a fucker, the terrorist bomber, and the deluded tosser.
Of course, I have similar disdain for sport in general - but really I never used to mind the olympics, it used to be good just to leave it on in the background, now with it being held in that London, I'm just sick of it already, and really I think most people resent how much it's costing.
We know better, we don't expect to win much, so stop ramming it down our throats.
The worst though, is the McDonalds adverts! - really, McD's sponsoring the olympics is like Cadbury's giving money to diabetes charities. The advert makes me want to self harm though, the whole spiel about all the different fans - the miss out the hater, the couldn't give a fucker, the terrorist bomber, and the deluded tosser.
Of course, I have similar disdain for sport in general - but really I never used to mind the olympics, it used to be good just to leave it on in the background, now with it being held in that London, I'm just sick of it already, and really I think most people resent how much it's costing.