Olympic events you didn't know existed...

[FridgeMagnet]

This is a serious thread for serious sports.

He's just being daft now. This is a sports forum, not a place for cheap innuendo.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Did you see one of the bits that was pulled from the Olympic Opening Ceremony?

This was volunteers practising dominoes as a celebration of the new sport but there were worries about people getting injured so pulled it at the last minute

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=m2n4umZYjD4

It's a bit of a shame, yes. People really won't be aware that it's a significant part of 2008 now.

There's a rumour that some things fell down at the last minute.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That's

Here's a still picture

To express their enthusiasm for the inclusion of dominoes in the Beijing Olympics, 2008 students from the Nanchang University joined a human dominoes game in Nanchang, the capital of east China's Jiangxi Province on Tuesday afternoon.
The students, who were dressed in the colors of the Olympic rings, fell down one by one just like dominoes, Web site jxnews.com.cn reported.
Before the human dominoes fell, these students composed the Chinese Seal of the Beijing Olympics with their handprints to make a special present to the Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

He's just being daft now. This is a sports forum, not a place for cheap innuendo.

Indeed, the sports forum is serious business!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's a bit of a shame, yes. People really won't be aware that it's a significant part of 2008 now.

There's a rumour that some things fell down at the last minute.

yes, I don't think the Chinese realised tumbling dominoes wasn't exactly the game of dominoes that had been included in the Olympic

bless 'em for trying though

 

[twistedAM]

the womens 1,500 metre multiple-orgasm relay

Was that invented in Dallas?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Indeed, the sports forum is serious business!

yeah right. Talking about fluffy white towels is serious business

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I read somewhere, I think it was in today's Guardian, that dominoes were actually banned in China as being capitalist propaganda until 1988. Not surprising that you can get three hundred to one on the Chinese team for gold there then!

 

[DotCommunist]

I read somewhere, I think it was in today's Guardian, that dominoes were actually banned in China as being capitalist propaganda until 1988.

What? Monopoly I can see as bannable under socialist extremism. But dominoes? get a fucking grip

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Domino theory. QED.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Dominoes are evil cunts innit.

 

[DotCommunist]

Domino theory. QED.

oooh. Kissinger, how did I doubt thee

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Monopoly's a long way from being approved by the way, from what I can see. There have been some serious moves from the Federation, but it doesn't look like getting in for a while. There's too much money in the Scrabble bid and people say you can't ask countries to invest in two boards

 

[DotCommunist]

Monopoly's a long way from being approved by the way, from what I can see. There have been some serious moves from the Federation, but it doesn't look like getting in for a while. There's too much money in the Scrabble bid and people say you can't ask countries to invest in two boards

I bet they play Junta well, or would given an olympian chance

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I read somewhere, I think it was in today's Guardian, that dominoes were actually banned in China as being capitalist propaganda until 1988. Not surprising that you can get three hundred to one on the Chinese team for gold there then!

Yeah, but look how long they stayed away from the Olympics, and then on their return nabbed 15 golds, and wasn't that only something like 24 years ago?

I think it might be worth putting a few quid on them

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Monopoly's a long way from being approved by the way, from what I can see. There have been some serious moves from the Federation, but it doesn't look like getting in for a while. There's too much money in the Scrabble bid and people say you can't ask countries to invest in two boards

and who would monitor them?

 

[DotCommunist]

and who would monitor them?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

 

[ScallyWag II]

dominos and monopoly are shit anyway

we (well me for one) want to see space hopper marathons, bollocks to the 100m, and who can chuck a raw egg the furthest, and mousetrap, and toss the pancake races, and sack races, and egg and spoon races and other stuff

 

[Part 2]

Olympic BMX is fucking WIN. About time someone recognized the skillz needed to BMX wit style

It's racing, nothing to do with style, fastest to the line. BMX vert will be included for 2012.

No doubt we'll have skateboarding next.

That too probably, rollerblading for definite.

 

[fubert]

Olympic Hide and Seek. That'd be a killer.

 

[D]

Olympic Hide and Seek. That'd be a killer.