Olympic Bullshit

ifp

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A friend tells me that one of the regiments working at the Olympics has just come back from Helmand where they got the name "Iron Fist" for their, er, helpful and caring demeanor.

(of course, this could just be bullshit ;))
 

trilliam

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Best read out loud in a Nelson Muntz voice:

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ggle-funny-sign-warning-lanes-shut-Games.html

pmsl this is my ends and this is the spot i been working
gonna read the article now
 

mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
I've never come across so many people talking about, or willing, a bomb to go off or a catastrophe to happen before in my life.
 

Local Authority

bitch city
apparently that burst water pipe in bethnal green recently was actually a plot by the illuminti to plant a bomb underneath the station. they're going to explode it and stage a fake alien landing then evacuate london to a secret bunker city underneath paddington station(they're not actually building crossrail).

whilst everyone's hidden underground they're going to wipe out the rest of humanity and then create the one world order from the inhabitants of london. using them to repopulate the earth.

so i hear anyway.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Hurrah for Aidan Burley, MP(Con.)!

Aidan Burley MP ‏@AidanBurleyMP said:
Seems my tweet has been misunderstood. I was talking about the way it was handled in the show, not multiculturalism itself

Aidan Burley MP ‏@AidanBurleyMP said:
Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap. Bring back red arrows, Shakespeare and the Stones!

Aidan Burley MP ‏@AidanBurleyMP said:
The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen - more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next?


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luka

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i watched it in a park in stratford. i liked it. i dont see how you could do it much better. it obviously wound up the right people.
 

crackerjack

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the opening ceremony has been like a nazi rally for children

Either this is a genius irony triple somersault I'm not clever enough to understand or idiocy that makes Aidan Burley look astute and informed.

WTF's the matter with you lot? It was brilliant beyond words. Get a grip.

It was also, whatever you might think of the corporate sickbag that accompanies everything touched by the Olympics, the best piece of socialist mass entertainment in memory.
 

rubberdingyrapids

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i liked the opening. much better than i expected. paul mccartney really needs to play some other beatles songs though. considering he did the jubilee and playing hey jude there, youd think hed play something different here. (plus i just hate hey jude).

re: multiculturalism, the ceremony seemed to not realise that there are people who arent black or white living in england/london. considering it was in east london where there is a large asian community, and in london, where there are tons of diff people, the ceremonys racial dynamics seemed to be stuck in 1980. im all for diversity in the media but even i felt it was perhaps a bit too overstressed. though it was better than seeing some bullshit nostalgic portrayal of ye olde england.
 

crackerjack

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I was surprised by the relative lack of Asians, but yunno, most of the guys out there were volunteers. Maybe there weren't that many Asians volunteering.

And I'd be interested to know what would happen if Macca said no to Hey Jude and insisted on something else. Not sure he had much of a choice.
 
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