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Author: Paul HyettPaul Hyett Date: Aug 9, 2008 00:29
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote in
uk.legal :
>After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>nation we are.
I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the
important part, not the ceremonial aspects!
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham
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Author: Prai JeiPrai Jei Date: Aug 9, 2008 01:28
Paul Hyett set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote in
> uk.legal :
> >>After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>>embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>>this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>>nation we are.
>
> I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the
> important part, not the ceremonial aspects!
Cobblers. It's an opportunity for the host nation to show off. Right since
1896 every host nation has tried to outdo the previous host, so the
Olympics has now grown into the monster that it now is in little over a
century. China is saying to the next scheduled host, "Beat that". Then
whoever does 2016 will have to beat that, and so on.
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Date: Aug 9, 2008 06:02
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote in
> uk.legal :
>>>After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>>embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>>this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>>nation we are.
>
> I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the important
> part, not the ceremonial aspects!
How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's
events?
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Author: Bing TrotskyBing Trotsky Date: Aug 9, 2008 09:11
>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote in
>> uk.legal :
>>>>>After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>>>embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>>>this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>>>nation we are.
>>
>> I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the important
>> part, not the ceremonial aspects!
>
> How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's
> events?
>
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Author: Norman WellsNorman Wells Date: Aug 9, 2008 10:15
Bing Trotsky wrote:
> In article , "Depresion"
> <127.0.0.1> says...>>
>> "Paul Hyett" wrote in message
>> news:BSmJ+kP+NUnIFwCX@blueyonder.co.uk...>>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote
>>> in uk.legal :
>>> >>>> After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>>>> embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>>>> this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>>>> nation we are.
>>>
>>> I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the
>>> important part, not the ceremonial aspects!
>>
>> How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched
>> today's events?
>> ...
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Author: Paul HyettPaul Hyett Date: Aug 9, 2008 10:51
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 at 14:02:18, Depresion < 127.0.0.1@?.?.invalid> wrote
in uk.legal :
>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote in
>> uk.legal :
>>>>>After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>>>embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>>>this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>>>nation we are.
>>
>> I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the important
>> part, not the ceremonial aspects!
>
>How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's
>events?
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Author: Bing TrotskyBing Trotsky Date: Aug 9, 2008 11:12
In article news.demon.co.uk>, norman@myarl.co.uk
says...> Bing Trotsky wrote:
>> In article , "Depresion"
>> <127.0.0.1> says...>>>
>>> "Paul Hyett" wrote in message
>>> news:BSmJ+kP+NUnIFwCX@blueyonder.co.uk...>>>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote
>>>> in uk.legal :
>>>> >>>>> After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>>>>> embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>>>>> this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>>>>> nation we are.
>>>>
>>>> I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the
>>>> important part, not the ceremonial aspects!
>>>
>>> How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched ...
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Author: Bing TrotskyBing Trotsky Date: Aug 9, 2008 11:41
In article blueyonder.co.uk>, pah@invalid.invalid
says...> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 at 14:02:18, Depresion < 127.0.0.1@?.?.invalid> wrote
> in uk.legal :
> >>How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's
>>events?
>
> But the early events tend to be ones with only minority interest - even
> in the ancient Olympics, it was the athletics that attracted the
> greatest interest.
>
So football and cycling are minority interest sports? Then there's also
swimming, hockey, judo and weightlifting.
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Author: Paul HyettPaul Hyett Date: Aug 10, 2008 01:46
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 at 19:41:15, Bing Trotsky gmail.com>
wrote in uk.legal :
>In article blueyonder.co.uk>, pah@invalid.invalid
>says...>> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 at 14:02:18, Depresion < 127.0.0.1@?.?.invalid> wrote
>> in uk.legal :
>> >>>How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's
>>>events?
>>
>> But the early events tend to be ones with only minority interest - even
>> in the ancient Olympics, it was the athletics that attracted the
>> greatest interest.
>>
>
>So football and cycling are minority interest sports?
In Olympic terms, yes.
>Then there's also
>swimming, hockey, judo and weightlifting.
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Date: Aug 10, 2008 08:25
"Bing Trotsky" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.2307d2184fa8e47a989a2c@news.aqxs.net...> In article , "Depresion"
> <127.0.0.1> says...>>
>> "Paul Hyett" wrote in message
>> news:BSmJ+kP+NUnIFwCX@blueyonder.co.uk...>>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith invalid.net> wrote in
>>> uk.legal :
>>>>>>>After watching China it is clear that our game will be
>>>>embarassingly inadaquate and it will just highlight what shithole
>>>>this country is. They will make us look like the third woorld
>>>>nation we are.
>>>
>>> I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the
>>> important
>>> part, not the ceremonial aspects!
>>
>> How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's ...
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