Soo, the Olympics.
Does anyone care about these? Are they just an expensive white elephant? There's rumours of public sector strikes during this waste of space, do you actually care? Could the 9 billion go elsewhere?

Alt, those Raspberry pute things are cute, I want one. You?
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:25, 76 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I think it is a good thing and we shpould all get behind it
If I had that 9 billion I probably just spend it on porn and gin
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:27, Reply)

And nice cheese.
Don't forget the nice cheese.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:36, Reply)

I think the Olympics are fantastic and I'm glad they are here and piss on anyone who disagrees because there's absolutely fuck all that you can do about it anyway, so you may as well shut up and not be so miserable about it.

Although that's not what I came here to say, i just popped in to offer some advice:

Do NOT, under any circumstances, even by email and following on from a comment that the other person themselves has already made, tell your pregnant friend that she is 'the size of a small village'.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:29, Reply)

also avoid the phrase 'own gravitational field'

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:31, Reply)

I disagree
Pregnant women love it when you tell them how fat they are.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:31, Reply)

its the non preganant wones who look pregnant you need to look out for
they get slappy
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:32, Reply)

My mrs had a cold when she was pregnant.
She said she was a little hoarse.
I said "No you're not, you're a fat cow"
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:33, Reply)

hahaha, excellent

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:35, Reply)

Fucking Hell, it's Les Dawson.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:35, Reply)

I play the piano badly too

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:36, Reply)

He was ace on Blankety Blank.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:37, Reply)

Haha
That just reminds me of this
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:44, Reply)

Haha excellent

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:45, Reply)

You'd think I'd know better really. Earlier on she'd said 'I haven't really been out much the last couple of weeks because I appear to be carrying the world's largest baby inside me', so I thought it was OK to joke about. I realise now, of course, that it is OK for HER to joke about.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:33, Reply)

Tell the fat cow to stop being so sensitive
It's not like she is less attractive than at any other time in her life, massively uncomfortable, sleep deprived and stuffed full of more hormones than Fatima Whitbread's cock.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:37, Reply)

^ Voice of reason here
They're always all "Boo hoo I'm so unattractive"
How do they think their husbands feel having to look at them?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:41, Reply)

"should have let me take you up the arse then, love"

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:43, Reply)

Turn around , fat pig, you look relatively normal from behind.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:51, Reply)

I'm pretty ambivalent, to be honest.
My fiancée's going to an event, so I'm treating it as an excuse to take her to London, go and see my mates for the day, then get a meal somewhere :)

And if they hadn't spent all the money on the olympics, they'd have found something else to waste it on...

/in-depth political analysis
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:38, Reply)

I definitely think it'll be an experience.
I wouldn't go and pay to see it any other City because I'm not that bothered, so doing it here makes sense. What event do you have?
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:44, Reply)

Shooting at Woolwich for me.
Event that is, not getting shot in Woolwich. Although this is eminently possible.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:48, Reply)

Imminently hopefully.

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:05, Reply)

One of the horsey ones...
Dressage, I think. Possibly showjumping. There's definitely horses, anyway :)

It's in Greenwich - I'll take them down there, then fight my way across London to go and see some mates who I haven't seen for years
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:50, Reply)

For nine billion, I'm hoping its a really big elephant.
In fact, I'm quite excited to see one that big!
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:38, Reply)

I just hope it doesn't go mental and rampage out of control, smashing things wherever it treads

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:54, Reply)

I'm looking forward to the Olympics, just not to the crowding that will happen!
I'm even auditioning for the Opening & Closing Ceremony.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:39, Reply)

I'm going because it's here, but it is a big waste of cash I think.
Ha e tickets to the quarters, and semis for football and a mornings athletics.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:45, Reply)

Won't the football be "fucking shit"
as it's all amateurs?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:52, Reply)

Isn't all football "fucking shit"?
Not to mention "bent"
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:58, Reply)

look lads, i got everyone to stop saying 'verily' 'forsooth' and 'quender'
na di'm pretty sure i can stop you from saying everything is bent, so stop it
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:02, Reply)

That's what a bent person would say








forsooth
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:04, Reply)

That goes without saying
but when conversing with a bent football fan i was wondering if it would be even more shit and bent than usual
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:02, Reply)

I do think the Orbital tower thing is absolutely fucking hideous
and should be melted down for scrap asap
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:45, Reply)

It looks like a massive helter skelter.
That is really shit.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:48, Reply)

Should have got Thomas Featherwick to design something
he's excellent
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:49, Reply)

a massive helter skelter would be AWESUM

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:51, Reply)

This would be better than the actual Olympics.
A free massive helter skelter for the world.
Cheaper too. Of course, it wouldn't have women's curling via the Winter Olympics, but we can't have everything.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:54, Reply)

who would want to watch women curling?
my girlfriend straightens her hair every day and i don't see the point of it
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 11:57, Reply)

he wants to watch women curling one out onto coffee tables
the Germans are world champions
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:03, Reply)

I thought it'd looked like a dog had been sick, but then i seen it and it looked alright
by Rory
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:03, Reply)

You saw it in real life?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:04, Reply)

From Vicky Park

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:08, Reply)

I see it out my train window every morning and actually think it looks alright. I mean, in the context of the rest of the skyline around that area, it's a work of art.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:07, Reply)

It looks awful in pictures and renderings

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:08, Reply)

ooh, you bitch

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:21, Reply)

Lol if you're a salary person apparantly today is a freebe.
Seems a pretty stupid assertion
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:15, Reply)

getting to work will be a nightmare
the fucking tube can't get it right on a normal day ffs.

mind you, this morning's taxi driver was no better. turned up late. then parked on the wrong street. when i pointed this out, he refused to accept it, despite the words being totally different. when i asked him to stop for cash, he soooo nearly nailed a cyclist (actually this would have redeemed him a bit). then could not figure out the central locking to let me back in. and sat there shrugging helplessly at me for about 5 mins. finally got the doors to open by taking the keys out of the ignition, then could not re-start the engine for another 5 mins. finally drove a SHIT way to work in ALL the traffic and missed disappearing up the arse end of a number 9 bus on alwych by the skin of kate moss' teeth.

he is a walking argument for sterilisation. 40 years too late, mind.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:18, Reply)

You should have walked off.

( Kroney, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:21, Reply)

but then i'd have been even later for work
and trying to walk 7 miles in a pencil skirt and high heels. just never gonna happen.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:22, Reply)

cos your so unfit?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:23, Reply)

when you can walk 7 miles in stilettos
then you can comment. it's nothing to do with fitness. it's everything to do with searing pain in the balls of your feet that makes you want to take them off and stab eveyone through the eyeballs with the heels.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:24, Reply)

maybe you'd get more respect at work if you wore sensible shoes

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:27, Reply)

Sensible shoes,
and smoking a pipe. With golfing tweeds.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:29, Reply)

appearance is everything in a city firm
it's not like your "office" where you just need flat shoes and a hairnet.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:33, Reply)

As I'm male,
I can get away with flat shoes, and no hairnet.
In public anyway.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:35, Reply)

aye but you don't flip burgers for a living
do you?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:36, Reply)

Just as a hobby Rachel.
One day, I hope it'll be an Olympic event. Along with pancake tossing, and cake icing.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:38, Reply)

so kind of slow spectator sports then

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:42, Reply)

Or to a bus/tube/different taxi

( Kroney, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:24, Reply)

bus?
are you mad?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:25, Reply)

Just because I'd never take one
doesn't mean you're not capable of slumming it. I have prior trysts to reference as proof of this capacity for occasional guttering.
( Kroney, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:28, Reply)

ssssh you'll ruin my reputation
actually i like getting the bus through london, but only in the evening when the traffic has gone. there is NOTHING worse than a london bus when you are in a hurry.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:32, Reply)

Isn't there some assertion,
that Olympic officials will have special traffic lanes/ability to run red lights? Or is that just tabloid shit?
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:22, Reply)

oh, are they all going to be riding bikes then?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:26, Reply)

Well, no.
But priority over other traffic, which could mean anything. From regular, to bus lanes, to emergency vehicles.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:28, Reply)

I expect they'll be allowed to drive in bus lanes
but running red lights is blatant shite.
( Kroney, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:30, Reply)

Yeah thought as much.
The story possibly came from The Mail, which says buckets.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:36, Reply)

what i don't get is
i've seen the lympics on tv loads of times, and in all the ones i've seen they have massive stadiums which are less than 10% full cos no-one gives a shit about athletics

so what the fuck is all the fuss about tickets and some sort of rush on london? i reckon it'll be ignored by most and won't be much different froma normal day
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:20, Reply)

People keep asking me why I don't want to get involved
and don't I want to be able to tell my grandchildren where I was etc.

I'll tell them alright. I'll tell them I was avoiding the whole fucking mess.
( Kroney, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:31, Reply)

to have grandchildren, you first have to have children
and there are laws against people like you breeding. LAWS.

that's why god invented mumps.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:32, Reply)

The Scottish chap who pops over from /talk every now and then?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:34, Reply)

well, he'd put me off conceiving
so yeah.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:36, Reply)

People are queuing up to have my babies, I'll have you know.
It's only my apathy towards children that's stopped us all being entirely overrun by mini Kroneys.
( Kroney, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:40, Reply)

your right hand is not a queue

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:42, Reply)

More of a small o when "in use"

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 12:58, Reply)

I dun a new thread....

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 13:23, Reply)