The Olympic Games MEGATHREAD

[Drone 10]

Proud to say i'm from Britain,England,Yorkshire....oops Yorkshire.England,Britain....better.

Their so brainwashed, they wouldn't know what your on about

Edited August 13, 2012 by Drone

[Drone 10]

That's a Korea ender for which ever person got the wrong flag.

Really? I would thought he needed a new korea

[buck 11]

The whole Olympics 2012 has far exceeded my expectations, all good from start to finish - A splendid show.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. What is wrong with the city of my birth? I remember it as a place that loved a bit of fun such as these Olympics. It must be just SF that has to moan and groan about everything today.

[rooby doo 10]

I didn't see the closing ceremony and I did contrive to miss most of the events , but to describe the finale as "Bad Karaoke sung by Drunken Hair Dressers on a night out" is most amusing.For those with a mild case of Olypium poisoning what is the cure? For contestants with severe cases unfortunately they are doomed.

[Joanl 12]

I didn't atually watch ANY of the games, just what I caught on the news or whatever but I've cheered along with everyone else when I have.

The opening and closing ceremonies however were a different thing and I watched both. All the people that didn't enjoy it are far and away outnumbered by the ones that did and I was no exception. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

[alchresearch 214]

Great show, aside from Ray Davies and Liam Gallagher and of course the Spice Girls.

[regatta 10]

Has it finished? try the telling the BBC, they are like a dog with a bone, a bit of advice to all the band wagon merchants, just give it time you'll get over it. Saddo's.

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

I thought the closing ceremony was like a tired kid with ADHD playing with his Dad's iPod. Little snippets of random songs, with random things linked together in equally random ways.

 

I reached the point of Russell Brand (who I actually like) standing on top of a pyschedelic bus singing a song from Willy Wonka - then I went to bed. I can only presume the rest of the show featured Anne Widdecombe in a hot air baloon singing a song from Lion King, then an alien popped out of her belly and recreated a scene from Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

Edited August 13, 2012 by Chris_Sleeps

[alchresearch 214]

That's a good point Chris. There were times when the party was flowing well and suddenly stopped dead - like the last medals ceremony for example, or the bit with the flag handover or Seb Coe.

[Joanl 12]

Has it finished? try the telling the BBC, they are like a dog with a bone, a bit of advice to all the band wagon merchants, just give it time you'll get over it. Saddo's.

 

You see, I have the same feeling about seeing 22 men charging about like pregnant fairies after a ball on a football pitch but accept that it's their choice. so let them get on with it along with their fans. You have to accept that we all like different things and if we were all of the same mind, then life would be extremely boring.

[missymoo73 10]

The whole Olympics 2012 has far exceeded my expectations, all good from start to finish - A splendid show.

 

Agreed ! Loved it all and will miss it too.

[truman 10]

22 other countries did, UK is 23rd in the list of medals per capita.

 

Overall, since the olympics began, the list looks like this:

1 Finland 302 5,407,040 17,904

2 Sweden 483 9,490,683 19,649

3 Hungary 475 9,962,000 20,972

4 Denmark 179 5,580,516 31,176

5 Bahamas 11 353,658 32,150

6 Norway 149 5,005,700 33,595

7 Bulgaria 214 7,364,570 34,413

8 East Germany 409 16,111,000 39,391

9 Estonia 33 1,318,005 39,939

10 Jamaica 67 2,705,827 40,385

11 Switzerland 184 7,870,100 42,772

12 New Zealand 99 4,432,620 44,773

13 Australia 467 22,880,619 48,994

14 Cuba 208 11,241,161 54,044

15 Netherlands 266 16,731,770 62,901

16 Romania 301 19,042,936 63,265

17 Bermuda 1 64,237 64,237

18 Czechoslovakia 143 10,318,000 72,153

19 Trinidad and Tobago 18 1,317,714 73,206

20 Belgium 142 10,951,266 77,121

21 Great Britain 781 62,262,000 79,720

 

I'm not sure how the current population is relevant to an event that's over 100 years old?