Oi Britons, is this true?
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It's Oi!
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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It's Oi!
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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When I worked in London £9bn was the amount of cash handed out to bankers in one week in January. So yes I guess a spectacular party for a week or two, good sport on the TV and the cleaning up of the last remaining uninhabitable bomb site in the east end is a better way to spend that kind of money. Remember the Olympics is mostly being paid for by Londoners in local taxes so most of the UK don't care too much, especially as London isn't in recession, hasn't been for a while and this time of year most of the people there are tourists anyway so they aren't paying the £9bn either. In other words everyone likely to have said it was a monumental waste of money is currently enjoying a cheap holiday in Spain and wasn't around to answer the question.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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Typical Aussie, knows all the slang! :)
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There was a report on the telly yesterday about how there are now 50% fewer school swimming pools and 17% fewer public pools. But that is OK because there is a brand new 50m pool in London. OK, so it has been closed for a year so far, and won't open to the public again until next year at the earliest, but... They then went on about the Olympic legacy with some bloke saying how marvelous it is that UK athletics have secured rights to the Olympic stadium for the next 50 years. They will be able to use it on 21 whole days each year. OK, so the Don Valley stadium (the next largest athletics stadium in the country after the Olympic one) will be closing down later this year, but...
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Typical Aussie, knows all the slang! :)
glennPattonWork wrote:
Typical Aussie, knows all the slang! :)
If it's unimportant, I'm better than an encyclopedia.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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When I worked in London £9bn was the amount of cash handed out to bankers in one week in January. So yes I guess a spectacular party for a week or two, good sport on the TV and the cleaning up of the last remaining uninhabitable bomb site in the east end is a better way to spend that kind of money. Remember the Olympics is mostly being paid for by Londoners in local taxes so most of the UK don't care too much, especially as London isn't in recession, hasn't been for a while and this time of year most of the people there are tourists anyway so they aren't paying the £9bn either. In other words everyone likely to have said it was a monumental waste of money is currently enjoying a cheap holiday in Spain and wasn't around to answer the question.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
Matthew Faithfull wrote:
In other words everyone likely to have said it was a monumental waste of money is currently enjoying a cheap holiday in Spain and wasn't around to answer the question.
You mean to say that the holiday period was specifically chosen to conduct the survey for this specific reason? Reminds me of the saying 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics".
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glennPattonWork wrote:
Typical Aussie, knows all the slang! :)
If it's unimportant, I'm better than an encyclopedia.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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There was a report on the telly yesterday about how there are now 50% fewer school swimming pools and 17% fewer public pools. But that is OK because there is a brand new 50m pool in London. OK, so it has been closed for a year so far, and won't open to the public again until next year at the earliest, but... They then went on about the Olympic legacy with some bloke saying how marvelous it is that UK athletics have secured rights to the Olympic stadium for the next 50 years. They will be able to use it on 21 whole days each year. OK, so the Don Valley stadium (the next largest athletics stadium in the country after the Olympic one) will be closing down later this year, but...
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
Excellent point about Don Valley Stadium. The stadium where Jessica Ennis trained in order to win gold. Now she's got to train at Woodbourn Road which isn't good enough for a school sports day, let alone world class athletes with hopes of contending for medals. It's partly the fault of Sheffield City Council for building it as part of the 1991 World Student Games vanity project but also speaks volumes about Sebastian Coe's lack of desire for a national olympic legacy beyond one for himself. Closing and demolishing this stadium is a terrible waste of resources and sums up everything that is wrong with the UK today.
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glennPattonWork wrote:
Typical Aussie, knows all the slang! :)
If it's unimportant, I'm better than an encyclopedia.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
You and me both! :)
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Excellent point about Don Valley Stadium. The stadium where Jessica Ennis trained in order to win gold. Now she's got to train at Woodbourn Road which isn't good enough for a school sports day, let alone world class athletes with hopes of contending for medals. It's partly the fault of Sheffield City Council for building it as part of the 1991 World Student Games vanity project but also speaks volumes about Sebastian Coe's lack of desire for a national olympic legacy beyond one for himself. Closing and demolishing this stadium is a terrible waste of resources and sums up everything that is wrong with the UK today.
Sports Minister Hugh Robertson: "The single most important legacy we have got from London 2012 is that, everywhere I go around the world, people still reminisce about the Games and say 'well done' for laying on the best Olympics and Paralympics of all time." So the single most important legacy is that people congratulate him on how good it was.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Sports Minister Hugh Robertson: "The single most important legacy we have got from London 2012 is that, everywhere I go around the world, people still reminisce about the Games and say 'well done' for laying on the best Olympics and Paralympics of all time." So the single most important legacy is that people congratulate him on how good it was.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
Yep, sod a legacy of involving more people in sport, promoting a healthier Britain, unearthing the next generation of athletic talent and everyone being able to profit from the improved infrastructure. Some guy who wasn't even in power when the bid was won wants to take all the credit. They still wonder why people despise them?
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Sports Minister Hugh Robertson: "The single most important legacy we have got from London 2012 is that, everywhere I go around the world, people still reminisce about the Games and say 'well done' for laying on the best Olympics and Paralympics of all time." So the single most important legacy is that people congratulate him on how good it was.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
ChrisElston wrote:
"The single most important legacy we have got from London 2012 is that, everywhere I go around the world, people still reminisce about the Games and say 'well done' for laying on the best Olympics and Paralympics of all time."
Mustn't have seen the Sydney Games then. Yours were shite.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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ChrisElston wrote:
"The single most important legacy we have got from London 2012 is that, everywhere I go around the world, people still reminisce about the Games and say 'well done' for laying on the best Olympics and Paralympics of all time."
Mustn't have seen the Sydney Games then. Yours were shite.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Mustn't have seen the Sydney Games then.Yours The Aussies were shite. FIFY
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Yes it's true. The Olympics did cost £9bn.
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
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Yes it's true. The Olympics did cost £9bn.
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
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When I worked in London £9bn was the amount of cash handed out to bankers in one week in January. So yes I guess a spectacular party for a week or two, good sport on the TV and the cleaning up of the last remaining uninhabitable bomb site in the east end is a better way to spend that kind of money. Remember the Olympics is mostly being paid for by Londoners in local taxes so most of the UK don't care too much, especially as London isn't in recession, hasn't been for a while and this time of year most of the people there are tourists anyway so they aren't paying the £9bn either. In other words everyone likely to have said it was a monumental waste of money is currently enjoying a cheap holiday in Spain and wasn't around to answer the question.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
Was it Boris Johnson or the former Mayor, Ken Livingstone, who said that the cost to Londoners would be the equivalent of buying a bar of chocolate a day? I'd prefer the choccie myself. But, yes, it was a good Games. Some of the blokes at my fencing club went to the Excel Centre (no, it has naff all to do with Microsoft) and said the facilities put on were world class. That seemed to be the case at every venue. This weekend they "celebrate" the first anniversary of the Olympics opening in 2012. I don't think they can do that every year because there is too much competition with the Diamond league, Commonwealth, and World games. The Games achieved part of its financial kick-start by (a) raiding the National Lottery good causes fund, and (b) they built in a much higher estimated cost so when the final figure came in something like £450m "under" budget it was hailed as a brilliant outcome. Like Matthew wrote, it cleaned up the local area. I don't know if MacDonalds benefited by being one of the very few official food outlets around the main stadium. If someone can explain how MacDonalds and sport coexist I'd like to read it. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Keith Barrow wrote:
The Olympics did cost £9bn.
Yes, it did. The question is did the majority of public really say that it was worth it?
If you read The Olympic Games Legacy daily newspaper editorial each day, then yes, it was value for money. If you read that excellent The Worker paper printed by capitalist wannabes, then perhaps it wasn't. Other papers will have their own opinions. I put my trust in The Beano.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.