What if the UK get no medals?

[QueenOfGoths]

What if Team GB got only five medals?

Six now!

 

[Orang Utan]

What if Team GB got only six medals?

 

[Maltin]

14th in the medal table currently and 10th based on total medals. Seems to be going ok so far.

 

[Maltin]

Now tenth in the medal table and ninth most medals won.

I don't like the way the medal table is so focused on golds. Japan have won the 3rd highest number of medals so far, 13 but sit 13th in the table as they have only got one gold. Think they should use points per medal, say gold 5, silver 3 and bronze 1.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This is going to run until we get just under 50 medals

 

[Orang Utan]

What if Team GB only get eight medals?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What if Team GB only get eight medals?

What happened to "What if Team GB only get seven medals?"

 

[Espresso]

What happened to "What if Team GB only get seven medals?"

Gold and bronze in one event this afternoon, making two in one go for the adders up in this thread.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Gold and bronze in one event this afternoon, making two in one go for the adders up in this thread.

But OU still should have been fast enough to post up between the gold and bronze

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm not here all the time, despite appearances to the contrary.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well who's going to keep score then?

Just been reading lots of tweets about announcements by tube drivers/station staff about Wiggins winning gold. Must be great

 

[Orang Utan]

This is not a thread for keeping scores. There are medal tables elsewhere.

 

[Maltin]

This is not a thread for keeping scores. There are medal tables elsewhere.

What is it for now then?

 

[Orang Utan]

It is about the hypothetical premise of Team GB getting only eight* Olympic medals and an invitation to speculate on the effect this might have on the national mood.


*subject to revision

 

[Maltin]

It is about the hypothetical premise of Team GB getting only eight* Olympic medals and an invitation to speculate on the effect this might have on the national mood.


*subject to revision

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It is about the hypothetical premise of Team GB getting only eight* Olympic medals and an invitation to speculate on the effect this might have on the national mood.


*subject to revision

I'm perfectly happy with 8. Will be happier with even more.

 

[Orang Utan]

What if Team GB get only nine medals?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What if Team GB get only nine medals?

Have they just got another one?

 

[Espresso]

Silver in men's breast stroke. Jamieson is the chap's name. The lad who won by about that <---------------------> much did it in a new record .
Cool stuff

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Silver in men's breast stroke. Jamieson is the chap's name. The lad who won by about that <---------------------> much did it in a new record .
Cool stuff

Oh, missed that, unless it's on one of the programmes I recorded. I'm fast forwarding rowing at the moment

 

[weltweit]

Well, forget Britain for a moment, Spain has not yet got any medals of any colour.

 

[Espresso]

This gold medal rowing woman's just said she hadn't sat in a boat until she watched the Beijing Olympics, that's what inspired her to take up rowing.
Holyfucketyfuck.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This gold medal rowing woman's just said she hadn't sat in a boat until she watched the Beijing Olympics, that's what inspired her to take up rowing.
Holyfucketyfuck.

Yeah, saw that earlier

Currently watching a men's race (1500m). I don't know the result so don't anyone tell me

Oh, it's a semi-final

 

[geminisnake]

It is, it's just the Scots and Welsh don't get it.

Oh I think you'll find they do Britain (and indeed the UK) is England (and the proddy bit of NI)

There may also be small weird enclaves that wish to be part of the UK. I have nothing to do with any of them!!

 

[hegley]

Well, forget Britain for a moment, Spain has not yet got any medals of any colour.

They have now.

 

[weltweit]

They have now.

oh, good ....
Surely they should do well in the footy, European Champions and all....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Trivia

Canada's the only host country for summer olympics never to have received a gold medal

 

[gunneradt]

all 13 boats have made the rowing finals - that's called peaking at the right time

 

[fen_boy]

Trivia

Canada's the only host country for summer olympics never to have received a gold medal

They got 3 in 2008?

 

[Gingerman]

oh, good ....
Surely they should do well in the footy, European Champions and all....

Think they're out