The future of the Olympic Games?

[USABlue]

I love the olympics. Watching curling during the winter ones is boss

 

[WA Toffee]

Really not fussed by the whole thing. I never watch any of the events at any other time, I'm not going to pretend to like them just because it's the olympics.

Although I did go to the paralympics in Sydney and that was awesome

 

[Chewbacca]

Some stunners in the women's pole vault and high jump mind you.

 

[Walken]

they are getting better not worse, London was better than anything done previously and the trend has been steadily upwards, in all honesty everything was crapper back in the old days, especially the Olympics

 

[Walken]

I'm not really that interested in Track and Field to be honest

I do like the wacky minor events like Handball and Weight Lifting though

I'll watch some of that if it's on, but I won't actively seek it

weight lifting's not even a sport, it's for self loathing gimps who want to be the best at working out, not real sports. Handball is ace

 

[Walken]

I agree with all that.

It is a bloated borefest IMO.

Then there is the political shenanigans.

Going back to Hitler in 1936 at Berlin.

In my lifetime we have had the Black Power Olympics in Mexico '68.

The appalling events at Munich in 1972.

The American led boycott of Moscow in 1980.

The Russians retaliating at Los Angeles four years later.

Catalan nationalism at Barcelona in 1992.

Chinese propaganda in 2008.

And West Ham getting a free ground after 2012

interesting that you parallel Hitlers shenanigans with the black power movement, duly noted

 

[Walken]

I was listening to a programme about The history of Britain and sport. There was an interview with a man who went to the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Greece. Sir George Robertson a classical Don at Oxford, wanting to have a game of tennis, just turned up and entered the competition and got his game. I'd like to see a first come, first served policy adopted. Like the January sales, be more fun than synchronized swimming.
It's an excellent series by the way, and well worth a listen. Yesterday's programme was about the origin of boxing and prize fighting. On the IPlayer.

yeah just happened to ne a knight and rich tvvat at oxford, 'oh anyone could join in back in the day' there are more working class lads lifted out of the doldrums now by sport than back then with those gimps

 

[Khalekan]

interesting that you parallel Hitlers shenanigans with the black power movement, duly noted

Well, you are the one "drawing parallels" ......I am merely listing historical facts.

But I guess that is the way the mind of the recreationally offended works.

 

[Walken]

Well, you are the one "drawing parallels" ......I am merely listing historical facts.

But I guess that is the way the mind of the recreationally offended works.

I've got to fill my afternoons somehow

 

[Brendan Janus]

The Olympics is tiresome, the only decent event is the 100 metres !!

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

I'm not going to pretend to like them just because it's the olympics.

Aye. Tossers like these (And Camoron with his 'don't spoil it, Sir' , the [PLR] [PLR] [PLR] ) that get on me wick, with their whoo-hoo's. They didn't have to kip under a bridge, like those kids taken on for 'voluntary work experience' for G4S, ffs.

recreationally offended

I'm nicking that one!

 

[Khalekan]

I'm nicking that one!

Feel free lol

 

[Minimeister]

I remember once watching the weightlifting and some bloke lifted some heavy looking weights and started walking round the stage looking like he was going to fall in the crowd. It was hilarious and my only memory of the Olympics.

 

[flibbyflob]

it is a conspiracy, just when we get good at winning medals everyone else cheating means nobody carse.

 

[Donald Twain]

@Walken has gone nuts !