Just when I thought the Olympics couldn't depress me further....

[CyberRose]

Right, own up, which one of you lot is Mitt Romney?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...ether-Britain-is-ready-for-Olympic-Games.html

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Right, own up, which one of you lot is Mitt Romney?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...ether-Britain-is-ready-for-Olympic-Games.html

That's out of date now. He's made a statement since

 

[CyberRose]

That's out of date now. He's made a statement since

Cameron apologised for offending the South Koreans by putting the North Korean flag next to their players photos, still happened tho!!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Cameron apologised for offending the South Koreans by putting the North Korean flag next to their players photos, still happened tho!!

Oh I know, I'm not defending Romney. I enjoyed watching him almost apologise

 

[CyberRose]

Oh I know, I'm not defending Romney. I enjoyed watching him almost apologise

No need to defend Romney (could there ever be a need?!) he's saying what we all think! Well, he was saying wait and see, everyone else is just waiting for the next fuck up! (There is something quintessentially British about celebrating failure and knocking winners, so maybe in that respect the Olympics has brought the nation together!!)

 

[gunneradt]

Jesus, you're one thick fucker.

Really

Does anyone really care what North Korea, DPRK or Kim Dumb Song really thinks?

 

[ddraig]

0.00000000000000001%/10
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn

 

[Pickman's model]

Really

Does anyone really care what North Korea, DPRK or Kim Dumb Song really thinks?

yes

 

[twistedAM]

Great British Sporting achievements:

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/3/newsid_4216000/4216143.stm

 

[2hats]

Not been mentioned on N Korean propaganda news, which suggests they might not actually be that bothered about it after all.

More likely they don't want to disturb the internal illusion of their country and leaders being held in the highest regard.

I suspect the team went off the pitch and refused to come out might not be so much to do with them giving a shit about being insulted but what they think might have awaited them back home had they not kicked up a fuss...

Little need for them to put on a show of outrage. They will most definitely have been upset and offended. The cult of the Kims, their story and recent history of the country is, in many respects, a religion. Less a mix up, closer to a blasphemy in their eyes, I should think. Anything that reminds them of the division of Korea doesn't go down well.

 

[DotCommunist]

Really

Does anyone really care what North Korea, DPRK or Kim Dumb Song really thinks?

its always nice to be be nice to the man who has nuclear weapons and the swivel eyed temptation to use them.

 

[Lock&Light]

yes

Why on Earth would you?

 

[Pickman's model]

Why on Earth would you?

you wouldn't understand, as it requires more than the single brain cell you possess to comprehend the reasons behind my statement.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Right, own up, which one of you lot is Mitt Romney?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...ether-Britain-is-ready-for-Olympic-Games.html

I have better things to do than concern myself with the opinions of a man named after a thing for getting hot dishes out of the oven.

 

[Pickman's model]

I have better things to do than concern myself with the opinions of a man named after a thing for getting hot dishes out of the oven.

and someone named after the manufacturers of kendal mint cake

 

[miktheword]

sorry for long c and p, but it's too funny to edit; from last Wednesday

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/18/london-2012-medal-ceremony-flag-fear


Niccy Halifax, who is organising the victory ceremonies at the London Olympics, insists the prospect of such horrors, and the grovelling apologies which follow, does not keep her awake at night. "It just isn't going to happen. It's not. It's not," she says, with conviction.
Halifax's confidence comes from the Olympic Games organisers' ultra-safe, hopefully foolproof approach to avoiding embarrassment at medal ceremonies. As well as protocol officers, those on the watch for mistaken anthems or upside-down flags will include the hugely experienced audio and video production staff overseeing the ceremonies and teams of highly drilled flagbearers from the army, navy and RAF.
Even the Games Makers volunteers at the ceremonies have been issued with booklets showing more than 200 national flags and instructions to memorise them – work that will doubtless make them invaluable at pub quizzes for years to come.
The work began by sitting down for a very long time to analyse how mistakes happened in the past, Halifax says. "Like with everything, this can happen as soon as you get humans involved."
To avoid this, London 2012's ceremonies will involve as many humans as possible cross-checking everything, all using the most simple of systems.

 

[ddraig]

and again

Cridlyn ‏@cridlyn
O dudalen yr Express ¦ The Express match report #noteamgb

 

[ddraig]

and from that article, again

With their tails up and the crowd behind them, England began to assert their authority, and despite not seriously testing Ousmane Mane, opened the scoring after 20 minutes.

warning! express link
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view...s-men-suffer-an-early-setback-in-the-Olympics

 

[gunneradt]

you wouldn't understand, as it requires more than the single brain cell you possess to comprehend the reasons behind my statement.

Could have been worse.

We could have replaced the flag with synchronised wailing.

At the end of the day, good giggle had all round. Serious stuff starts tomorrow

Except for the 0.0001%

 

[gunneradt]

To cheer you all up

Look, everyone else is enjoying it!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19003185

 

[Captain Hurrah]

When there we used the full "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in every conversation and savoured the sweet irony. It keeps them happy and yourself sane, I think.

It rather depends on the differing conceptions of 'democracy.' And irony in such matters can be put to good use here in the UK.

 

[2hats]

It rather depends on the differing conceptions of 'democracy.' And irony in such matters can be put to good use here in the UK.

Absolutely.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

I recently enjoyed B.R. Myers' book on DPRK society, although have reservations. He disregards Juche as an interpretation of Marxism-Leninism converging with a Confucianist Korean national culture, and instead points to Japanese colonialism and the racial myths of superiority exported by Japanese nationalists pre-1945 (fascism is still a contested definition for the 1930s) as having a significant influence in shaping DPRK national politics.

Myers is a specialist in DPRK literature, so his novel view involves approaching popular culture in DPRK (both books and film) and what the regime officially sanctions for mass consumption inside the country, rather than the stilted pronouncements the elite make to the outside world. Andrei Lankov is yer man, though, for the specifically M-L side of things.

 

[weltweit]

Wonder if Little Chef are still serving their Olympic Breakfast?

 

[extra dry]

It was a mistake. Would any other country have stamped its feet like that?

If you refuse to play you should forfeit the match

Just get on with it like adults.

A mistake like that in North Korea could see not only the person who made the mistake go to a work/death camp, but most of their family too, so no wonder the players took it so seriously, it is a grave insult to them.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

This thread is hilarious - Urban the 0.0001% that isn't going to enjoy the Olympics. What a wonderful couple of weeks it's going to be for Urban!!

I actually enjoy the athletics - it's all the corporate shit, OTT security and branding rules that fucks me off. And it's the same for many I guess.

"Team GB" is rather inaccurate

Why are we not Team UK?? Northern Irish athletes compete for 'Team GB' don't they?

 

[Garek]

I actually enjoy the athletics - it's all the corporate shit, OTT security and branding rules that fucks me off. And it's the same for many I guess.


Why are we not Team UK?? Northern Irish athletes compete for 'Team GB' don't they?

Some compete as part of GB and some compete as part of Ireland. So UK can be considered inaccurate.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Some compete as part of GB and some compete as part of Ireland. So UK can be considered inaccurate.

Interesting - is that the official reason? Team GB is still inaccurate if NI athletes are part of the team. (Team Ireland is also inaccurate as well then!!)

 

[Garek]

Interesting - is that the official reason? Team GB is still inaccurate if NI athletes are part of the team. (Team Ireland is also inaccurate as well then!!)

Team Ireland is not inaccurate as it recognises the island of Ireland.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Jesus, you're one thick fucker.

And he's not Jesus, either.