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   Fed up to the back teeth with the saturation coverage already.

  See the police are having fun rugby tackling young boys on bikes.  shame on you

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This forum was free of it up until now!

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But the Olympic Torch relay is just so enthralling.

 

I liked Monty Pythons' take though - "it's enough to make you chew your own foot off...."

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzrI15uw92k&feature=related

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The British Olympics is a smashing concept... put on at great expence... embrace it !    Tongue

UK, for the win !   woohoo!   (no union flag option... this wee bouncing dude will have to do)

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I'm on bbc sport every day, but with the euros, Wimbledon and the one day cricket, I can't say I've noticed this saturation of which you speak. It's happening whether you like it or not, so may as well make the most of it  Smile

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I'm more interested in the Olympics than the tennis, if Murray wins I want to emigrate, and so will he I think. :)

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RE: Olympic Boredom !

alchemist 1 wrote:

  See the police are having fun rugby tackling young boys on bikes.  shame on you

IMHO that was a completely disproportionate reaction, that officer was twice the size of the cyclist and could easily have stood in his way, tackling him to the ground was totally unnecessary - shame on them.

On a lighter note I'm looking forward to the Olympics, bring on the saturation coverage - go team GB!  woohoo!

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I live in London, not far from several venues, the whole thing is a pain in the a***. I wish Paris had won the bid instead of

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I'm with Paul. Up until 4 years ago I lived in a flat overlooking Woolwich Common, you would almost be able to see where the shooting events are being held from my balcony.

So glad I moved out of London. It was bad enough when Charlton were playing at home and that was just for a few hours on a Saturday afternoon. Christ knows how chaotic it's gonna be during the Olympics.shame on you

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Pity the M4 has reopened, had it stayed closed it might have encouraged some of the self important corrupt officials to head back to Heathrow!

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chudleighpaul wrote:

 some of the self important corrupt officials to head back to Heathrow!

Just out of curiosity who are some of these people?

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We will be using the Humax a lot to concentate non-Olympic viewing - from what's left of the schedules (i've already started *) - and playing a lot of DVDs and Blu-rays and more radio.

*Been recording a series called 'Line of duty' and saving it - along with many others - to watch during the games.

 

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So....you lot not looking forward to the up-coming games then rolling on the floor laughing

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RE: Olympic Boredom !

laserman16 wrote:

chudleighpaul wrote:

 some of the self important corrupt officials to head back to Heathrow!

Just out of curiosity who are some of these people?

 

I have heard tell that some members of the International Olympic Committee are or have been considered to be corrupt.  Seemingly a bit like FIFA officials.

 

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chebby wrote:

We will be using the Humax a lot to concentate non-Olympic viewing - from what's left of the schedules (i've already started *) - and playing a lot of DVDs and Blu-rays and more radio.

*Been recording a series called 'Line of duty' and saving it - along with many others - to watch during the games.

 

 

Line of Duty is very good and I wish I had recorded it to watch without the weekly wait for the next episode.

What happens is ...............  Smile

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So....you lot not looking forward to the up-coming games then rolling on the floor laughing

Other people seem to like them and it's only once every four years. I just don't, personally, enjoy them. Hopefully they will all be on Sky next time.

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