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Victory Ceremony. Not Medal Ceremony.
(No, I've got no idea why either)
Kirk | 04.08.12 - 9:51 a.m. | #
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The Wenlock Trampoling badge is brill.
Is that the Duke of Kent at the Victory Ceremony?
HoosierSands | Homepage | 04.08.12 - 11:04 a.m. | #
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I really enjoy your comments. They give me some objective information about the events and also interesting impressions from you. Thank yoy for not saying Spain lost to Australia by 3-0 at hockey xD
Jose | Homepage | 04.08.12 - 12:08 p.m. | #
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Do any of the tickets for events in the olympic park allow you to see other events (like the Olympic Park Day pass does)
O&PWatcher | 04.08.12 - 4:54 p.m. | #
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I hate the Olympics a little more every time I see a partisan headline in a newspaper or have to put up with people yelling patriotically in my Twitter feed. My competitive spirit is nil. I wish the whole thing would hurry up and finish.
I thought I'd hate the Olympics because of the corporate sleaze, the officially-sanctioned monopolies, the 1000% budget overrun, the callous wrecking of local communities, the total lack of evidence that hosting the Olympics delivers any benefits to a country's economy or rates of sport participation, or those fucking Boris announcements, but no - I hate them for what in hindsight seems by far the most obvious reason, which is that they feature large amounts of competitive sport.
swirlythingy | Homepage | 04.08.12 - 5:11 p.m. | #
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@swirylythingy: I, for one like many, many others, love these games for the very reason why you point out that you don't. It's why we humans innovate and improve our lot. Competitive sport is just a manifestation of innate human nature; something to celebrate, not suppress and pretend it doesn't matter. These Olympics, like every other before it does exactly that: celebrate what we are. Get over it.
Jag | Homepage | 04.08.12 - 8:43 p.m. | #
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+1 for jag
mclm | 04.08.12 - 10:21 p.m. | #
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I don't normally give sports a second glance, including previous Olypmics (even when I was living in the host city during one of them), but I must admit I am getting swept up in these Games.
For once Britain is doing amazingly well and I can't help but share in the pride.
If it unites its people and inspires its youth then it has to be worth something.
CornishCockney | 04.08.12 - 10:50 p.m. | #
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For the record, I also hate football. But it seems to be much less unacceptable to hate football than the Olympics, probably because we never win anything in football, do we...
I can say with confidence that I have never felt an ounce of "national pride", and seeing my countrymen get all shouty and emotional at a load of people running about just makes me feel embarrassed on their behalf.
You can hate me all you want, it won't make me think you're all any less fools for being impressed by this rubbish.
Personally I would have held the whole thing on one of the fields in Wimbledon Park and invited the athletes' mums and dads along to watch. You can bet it wouldn't have cost £24bn - for, I repeat, no provable economic benefit - either.
swirlythingy | Homepage | 04.08.12 - 11:40 p.m. | #
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"Do any of the tickets for events in the olympic park allow you to see other events (like the Olympic Park Day pass does)"
I thought the Olympic Park Day Pass that allows you to get into events was only for the Paralympic Games.
I don't know if they all do, but some of the tickets for events available for Day Pass holders also include a Day Pass (e.g. I've got tickets for the Wheelchair Basketball, which also came with an Olympic Park Day Pass).
Darren | 04.08.12 - 11:46 p.m. | #
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It's better than war.
Great Aunt Annie | 05.08.12 - 1:04 a.m. | #
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@swirlythingy - no one "hates" you as you suggest but, having read your second comment, it's difficult to find any sympathy for your view. Go out there, get among the people, feel the warmth and camaraderie between people from all races and backgrounds. It is not about the money; the Olympics is a festival of humanity and a celebration of who we are. Call us who love the Games "fools" if you wish (although that says more about you than it does about us, I feel) but you are the one missing out. Your choice.
THC | 05.08.12 - 7:35 a.m. | #
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+1 for THC
mclm | 05.08.12 - 7:58 a.m. | #
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The Olympics are an amazing event but, like swirlythingy, I can't get into the sporting competition on a euphoric level.
Some of us don't get shouty and emotional at a load of people running about, however brilliantly they do it, we're just not built that way. But, please, the rest of you carry on getting excited.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 05.08.12 - 8:30 a.m. | #
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Anyone who heard John Finnamore's bit on The Now Show 2012 Live on Monday will know what I mean when I say that I don't really care, but it is quite nice when someone born in the same place as me wins.
I'm not especially patriotic, but I can't help being happy that Team GB is doing so well.
Kirk | 05.08.12 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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Ah, yes, I was just waiting for someone to say, "You're the one missing out." Oh, dear, "warmth and camaraderie", two more things I hate...
Yes, I'm grumpy. I know perfectly well what I'm missing out on, and believe me it's no accident that I'm doing so. Get over it.
I wouldn't have minded so much, if only it hadn't cost £24bn and brought all these other downsides along with it...
For the record, I bought a Day Pass for the Paralympics, because it was cheap, it lets me see behind the razor wire, and it carries no obligation to watch any events, although I may pop into one or two to see if it's really as awful as I think. I have to admit I am rather curious about the goalball - a sport for the blind where absolute crowd silence is strictly enforced!
I applaud DG for his dedication to something which is only really interesting if you have a deep emotional attachment to it (and again, I point to the contrast between the supposedly massive following in this country for the sport of football and the millions of unsaleable Olympic football tickets), but he's more patient than I am.
swirlythingy | Homepage | 05.08.12 - 11:24 a.m. | #
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LOCOG should send a Games Maker to go and give swirlythingy a hug - maybe the deadpan one with a megaphone!
martxw | 05.08.12 - 9:04 p.m. | #
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+1for swirlythingy! Spoken like a man, rather than a sheep.
Keppoch69 | 28.05.15 - 1:28 p.m. | #
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