I read The Times each day on my iPad.
It is now almost impossible to wade through the Olympic stuff to get to
anything else that happened in the world. They are – of course – entirely
focused on the medals they will win – and they should win a whole bag – the
host country always does.
The Times says it will be providing live
Olympic coverage for 24 hours each day. 24 hours? The midnight to dawn coverage
should be fascinating.
For every gold medal Royal Mail will be
painting a red
box gold in the home town of each gold medal winner. I mean – really! What
do they do for the losers – paint the mail boxes black.
I am sure that in Australia it is not much
better.
All Australia’s gold medalists are to get a
cash bonus. I suppose that all the other competitors – who probably worked and
tried just as hard but did not win – can go and stick their heads up a dead
bear’s bum.
SKY has 24 Olympic channels. 24! We are not
going to miss a scintilla of the events.
The opening ceremony is costing £27 million
and will probably last for four hours.
I remember Melbourne in 1956 – I think
there were flags and balloons. The budget was probably less than $100.
I wonder if we are getting a teensy weensy
bit carried away with it all.
Perhaps I am just a curmudgeon.
Golly gee, I read 3 or 4 papers a day and have seen a dribble about the games. Not on the radio or TV either, maybe we Yanks are planning not to win and don't want to get any hopes up.
ReplyDeleteGolly gee, I read 3 or 4 papers a day and have seen a dribble about the games. Not on the radio or TV either, maybe we Yanks are planning not to win and don't want to get any hopes up.
ReplyDeleteit has got out of hand thats for sure..you have an i pad? i bought an asus eeepad prime transformer! lol
ReplyDeleteipad and curmudgeon are two words that just don't gel. Next you'll be tweeting! Isn't the Aussie saying about Olympics "we don't care who wins as long as it's not New Zealand"?
ReplyDeleteI may be slightly more curmudgeony than you, I try to never watch any of it. Perhaps I am just jealous that my wrestling career was cut short by my parents moving me to Texas. That was about four decades ago, I am not so sure I ever forgave them, or plan to. The weather is nice here though, but it isn't the Black Hills of South Dakota.
ReplyDeleteNo you are not being curmudgeonly, you are completely correct. The whole darn thing is ridiculous. Spirit of the Olympics? pshaw!
ReplyDelete"in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams?
Yeah, right.
fmcgmccllc: I think the Americans will probably win almost everything so they don't have to talk about it beforehand.
ReplyDeleteSimon: I hope it is as good as my iPad.
Sandy: I don't care who wins as long as it's not a Pommie.
esb: Well done _ I am proud of you - and sorry about the wrestling career.
Alexis: The Olumpics is run by the IOC to fill the coffers of the IOC