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  • T The Cake of Deceit

    My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics. I am so mad. They should have a channel for this and stop changing the schedules of my shows for this crap.

    "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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    Pete OHanlon
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    What? Watching one bunch of drugged up athletes challenge another bunch of drugged up athletes doesn't float your boat? For shame...

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      What? Watching one bunch of drugged up athletes challenge another bunch of drugged up athletes doesn't float your boat? For shame...

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      The Cake of Deceit
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      I assume that was sarcasm. Really thoguh, my shows which on at the time with this miserable excuse. You poor people without satellite TV. They have to put up with it on every channel.

      "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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        What? Watching one bunch of drugged up athletes challenge another bunch of drugged up athletes doesn't float your boat? For shame...

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        Dirk Higbee
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        :laugh: And they all deny it and point fingers at others

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        • T The Cake of Deceit

          I assume that was sarcasm. Really thoguh, my shows which on at the time with this miserable excuse. You poor people without satellite TV. They have to put up with it on every channel.

          "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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          Pete OHanlon
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          The Dogcow Farmer wrote:

          I assume that was sarcasm.

          Nope. I really can't be bothered with the Olympics as there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.

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            What? Watching one bunch of drugged up athletes challenge another bunch of drugged up athletes doesn't float your boat? For shame...

            Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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            Member 96
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            Come on, that's hardly fair and you know it. Those people are striving to be the best in the world at something and the vast majority are not cheating at all. They deserve our respect.


            "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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              Come on, that's hardly fair and you know it. Those people are striving to be the best in the world at something and the vast majority are not cheating at all. They deserve our respect.


              "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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              Pete OHanlon
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              You know what the name is for an olympic athlete who doesn't take performance enhancing drugs? The loser.

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                You know what the name is for an olympic athlete who doesn't take performance enhancing drugs? The loser.

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                That's just silly. No sport is perfectly clean but the Olympics in particular comes about as close as you can get in this day and age. I have a *great* deal of respect for anyone who works that hard to become the best in the world at anything, why people would want to drag these people down to the mediocrity of the common man is beyond me.


                "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                • T The Cake of Deceit

                  My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics. I am so mad. They should have a channel for this and stop changing the schedules of my shows for this crap.

                  "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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                  leckey 0
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                  You have the internet--seems like most shows are available online. Aren't most programs in reruns anyhow?

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                    You know what the name is for an olympic athlete who doesn't take performance enhancing drugs? The loser.

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                    El Corazon
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                    Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                    You know what the name is for an olympic athlete who doesn't take performance enhancing drugs? The loser.

                    My step son would like to compete someday, he is already a state and regional champ at age 10. There are those who take drugs, even at a young age, but they are not the majority. Still you are correct in that there is a problem, Hollywood has it worst, professional athletes next, the average American next, and the Olympic athletes less so. The fact that the Olympics suffers from the same problem as the average populace is no surprise, they come from the same atmosphere where drugs are accepted and preferred, that they try to be better should be congratulated, the average American wouldn't think twice about doing it themselves. Just remember that most multi-vitamins would disqualify you from the Olympics because most multi-vitamins contain performance enhancing "energy boost" additives.

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                      You have the internet--seems like most shows are available online. Aren't most programs in reruns anyhow?

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                      The Cake of Deceit
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                      The ones I watch aren't.

                      "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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                      • T The Cake of Deceit

                        My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics. I am so mad. They should have a channel for this and stop changing the schedules of my shows for this crap.

                        "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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                        You could try turning the tv off.

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                          The Dogcow Farmer wrote:

                          I assume that was sarcasm.

                          Nope. I really can't be bothered with the Olympics as there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.

                          Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                          Stephen Hewitt
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                          Perhaps it should be turned into a competition between drug companies. This would save a lot of hassles such as drug testing.

                          Steve

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                            You could try turning the tv off.

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                            geoffs
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                            Josh Gray wrote:

                            You could try turning the tv off.

                            Great answer! My wife and I went one better than this... we actually got the cable television terminated, because 99% of what was available was junk, and now we have no television programming coming into our house. We check out films from our local library (we've been into the films from the 30's, 40's, and 50's lately) and have been extremely happy with this arrangement. At first I thought I was going to miss some of the things I really enjoyed (tennis, news, DIY shows). In the end I discovered how much time I had available to do other, more relevant, things. I'm not sure we'll ever subscribe to television again. If we do, it'll be when the cable or satellite company provides a'la carte programming.

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                              Josh Gray wrote:

                              You could try turning the tv off.

                              Great answer! My wife and I went one better than this... we actually got the cable television terminated, because 99% of what was available was junk, and now we have no television programming coming into our house. We check out films from our local library (we've been into the films from the 30's, 40's, and 50's lately) and have been extremely happy with this arrangement. At first I thought I was going to miss some of the things I really enjoyed (tennis, news, DIY shows). In the end I discovered how much time I had available to do other, more relevant, things. I'm not sure we'll ever subscribe to television again. If we do, it'll be when the cable or satellite company provides a'la carte programming.

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                              geoffs wrote:

                              In the end I discovered how much time I had available to do other, more relevant, things.

                              Whenever I hear the term "my shows" I cringe. The only thing I make a point of watching is cricket games in the summer time.

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                              • P Pete OHanlon

                                The Dogcow Farmer wrote:

                                I assume that was sarcasm.

                                Nope. I really can't be bothered with the Olympics as there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.

                                Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                                Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.

                                Regardless of what the media might want you to think, there are few athletes that cheat at the Olympics. Its very hard to get away with cheating at a big event like the Olympics because of all the strict drug testing controls they have in place.

                                Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore.

                                :doh:

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                                  Come on, that's hardly fair and you know it. Those people are striving to be the best in the world at something and the vast majority are not cheating at all. They deserve our respect.


                                  "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                                  MarkB777
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                                  I agree. It's easy to sit on the couch and mock these people. I suspect the majority of people who do so have no idea of how hard it is to get to the top tier of a sport.

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                                  • T The Cake of Deceit

                                    My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics. I am so mad. They should have a channel for this and stop changing the schedules of my shows for this crap.

                                    "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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                                    MarkB777
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                                    The Dogcow Farmer wrote:

                                    My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics

                                    Your TV shows arn't going away mate.

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                                      Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                      there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part. It's all about who's taking the better drugs.

                                      Regardless of what the media might want you to think, there are few athletes that cheat at the Olympics. Its very hard to get away with cheating at a big event like the Olympics because of all the strict drug testing controls they have in place.

                                      Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                      there are so many drug enhanced wannabes taking part, that there's no real skill in it anymore.

                                      :doh:

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                                      Rich Leyshon
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                                      I can't comment about the Olympics but I can draw a parallel from another sport in which a friend of mine was involved at the top level. They too have a drugs testing policy but the intention was to avoid catching anyone if possible. As a result, on days where random samples were due, the doctor would walk in and announce that a nasty virus was going around and if anyone felt unwell, they should go home now! So do the Olympic organisers actually want people caught - with all the attendant bad publicity or do they merely want to be seen to be doing the job? Rich

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                                      • T The Cake of Deceit

                                        The ones I watch aren't.

                                        "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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                                        Zhat
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                                        Yep, it's hard to find good shows like "Green Acres" and "The Beverly Hillbillies" anymore. (Sarcasm...) :-D

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                                        • T The Cake of Deceit

                                          My favourite shows were tooken off just for the olympics. I am so mad. They should have a channel for this and stop changing the schedules of my shows for this crap.

                                          "What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head." - Homer Simpson

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                                          Don't worry, Jerry Springer will be back on in a couple days.

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