About time the South felt some of the North's humiliation.Wolter wrote:Well, the usual failure from the Olympics happens after everyone leaves and all the short term jobs go. Then the stadia and other construction lay fallow and abandoned.
London Olympics, 2012
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There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Are they going to start talking funny ?Heston wrote:About time the South felt some of the North's humiliation.Wolter wrote:Well, the usual failure from the Olympics happens after everyone leaves and all the short term jobs go. Then the stadia and other construction lay fallow and abandoned.
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It is taking up all of my strength not to respond to a friend's Facebook post inquiring "Why wasn't Coldplay a part of the closing ceremony?" with "Because they suck?"
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I heard NBC cut Ray Davies singing Waterloo Sunset. Glad I wasn't watching to begin with.
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Fucking Beady Eye showed up after the Spice Girls. Audio was off at the bar and instead I was blessed with the juke box Playing "Under My Thumb" instead.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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The gist I got from Brasils thing is that black men love menial jobs and white women are beautiful and supposedly brazil is a racist free society.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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101Walterton wrote:Female shot putter from Belarus Astupchuk (very apt name). Beaten 24 times in a row by Valerie Adams, goes to Belarus for a couple of months just before the Olympics and adds a metre to her distancePurple Hayes wrote:Still waiting for the big controversy, every Olympics has one, the Algerian geezer who was ranked 34th on the planet who ran away with the 1500m is my top tip to have to return his medal, as fishy as Billingsgate in my opinon.
Look out Belarusian disqualified suprise suprise
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Best part of the closing ceremonies:
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Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian Bombshell.Purple Hayes wrote:Brazil reels out it's big guns..Pele and...Um, well just Pele really... Who was the bird who danced and sang with a bowl of fruit on her head, wasn't she Brazilian..?
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By far, my favorite part of the Olympics this year was reading Joe Posnanski's coverage of it (and assorted Olympics-related columns). His blog is here: http://sportsonearthblog.com/author/joe-posnanski/ and here are a couple samples:
A column on Usain Bolt: http://sportsonearthblog.com/2012/08/09 ... like-bolt/
A column on Peter Norman: http://sportsonearthblog.com/2012/08/10 ... er-norman/
A column on Usain Bolt: http://sportsonearthblog.com/2012/08/09 ... like-bolt/
A column on Peter Norman: http://sportsonearthblog.com/2012/08/10 ... er-norman/
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Only in my black heart.Heston wrote:Didn't SM imply these games were gonna be a monumental failure?
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SM IS MITT ROMNEY!?!?!?!Silent Majority wrote:Only in my black heart.Heston wrote:Didn't SM imply these games were gonna be a monumental failure?
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You be quiet, or I'll tie your dog to a car roof.tepista wrote:SM IS MITT ROMNEY!?!?!?!Silent Majority wrote:Only in my black heart.Heston wrote:Didn't SM imply these games were gonna be a monumental failure?
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Oh shit, an unnamed corporation just bought my office and fired me!Silent Majority wrote:You be quiet, or I'll tie your dog to a car roof.tepista wrote:SM IS MITT ROMNEY!?!?!?!Silent Majority wrote:Only in my black heart.Heston wrote:Didn't SM imply these games were gonna be a monumental failure?
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
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We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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If you don't think about it even slightly, Silent Majority, is, in fact, an anagram for Mitt Romney.tepista wrote:Oh shit, an unnamed corporation just bought my office and fired me!Silent Majority wrote:You be quiet, or I'll tie your dog to a car roof.tepista wrote:SM IS MITT ROMNEY!?!?!?!Silent Majority wrote:Only in my black heart.Heston wrote:Didn't SM imply these games were gonna be a monumental failure?