what i guess i'm trying to say is that 'splendour' is romanticised nonsensethey were 'splendid' in the way that fox hunting, bull-fighting and bear-baiting are splendid, or if we had an ultimate fighting league that was to the bloodied-pulp-of-death
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boris the spider,
Tue 22 May 2012, 1:31,
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I'm just too anti-consumerist for my own good. I guess what I was taught about the ancient Olympics was horse-shit; I really should do a bit of research beforehand, if I'm discussing things out of my own field. XD
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Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron,
Tue 22 May 2012, 1:44,
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to be fairi should probably avoid posting on b3ta when i'm drunk because i come across as angry and more sure of my facts than i should be... :)
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Tue 22 May 2012, 8:29,
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some folk would pay to see all those activities combined into one single eventbut yeah, it's just one big wankfest eitherway
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discomeats This canoe,
Tue 22 May 2012, 9:03,
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