Olympics

[JackT]

jesus


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[Frank The Bunny]

I love it when a girl knows how to handle a pole

[JackT]

I love it when a girl knows how to handle a pole

I thought about making that joke and rejected it. It's okay for you, though.

[Frank The Bunny]

I thought about making that joke and rejected it. It's okay for you, though.

And as was established in a different thread - Democrat men love women who know how to handle a pole. Republican men love men and boys who know how to handle a pole.

[moses (2)]

I love it when a girl knows how to handle a pole

If you dont mind -- that is my wife you are talking about she handles the pole very well - but she is a demon on the Irish.

I am a bit weak at the moment because sometimes at night she wants to practise the shot put and the hamer and grabs the nearest replica ..........

[Frank The Bunny]

what's not to love about women's beach volleyball...in the rain?

[JackT]

If you had to name a "winner" of 2008, it would have to be China.

Look how well Great Britain has done. Also mad ups to my Australian brothas. Yay Anglosphere! (We'll expect a bit more out of you next time, Canada.)


United States 93 28 34 31
China 82 46 14 22
Russia 51 16 16 19
Great Britain 39 17 11 11
Australia 38 11 13 14
Germany 31 11 8 12
France 30 4 12 14
South Korea 26 10 10 6
Japan 24 9 6 9
Italy 21 6 7 8
Ukraine 19 5 5 9
Netherlands 15 6 5 4
Canada 14 2 7 5
Cuba 14 2 6 6
Belarus 13 2 3 8
Spain 11 4 5 2
Kazakhstan 10 1 4 5
Jamaica 9 5 3 1
New Zealand 9 3 1 5
Romania 8 4 1 3
Poland 8 3 4 1
Kenya 8 2 4 2
Brazil 7 1 1 5

[withahip]

Yeah dropping batons doesn't help.

"We practiced a few days ago," Gay said afterward. "It was on point; we were really sharp. I don't know what happened tonight."

A few days ago???? Okay we have state sponsored competition again, perhaps it is time to
A. start practicing seriously
B. start choosing your athletes based on ability rather than reputation, past performance and connections.

Competing against a country that size that breeds and raises athletes is going to mean a bit more focus to beat.

[crystal daze]

If you had to name a "winner" of 2008, it would have to be China.

That'll be the pizzles working then.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotlan ... 4411987.jp

[Kounelaki]

That'll be the pizzles working then.

"Deputations of Chinese pizzle traders"

[black francis]

I'm sure there's sound reasoning behind it but I've always struggled with the "to keep them from starving to death we have to kill them" argument.

[Kounelaki]

Jimmy Page! Jackie Chan!

[withahip]

BEIJING -- The U.S. Embassy urged China today to immediately release foreign activists jailed for holding protests and, in an unusually blunt message, criticized Beijing for failing to show greater tolerance and openness during the Olympics.

Hours later, the Associated Press reported that the 10 foreigners had been released shortly after the Games ended late today, citing British and German diplomats and American activists. Chinese officials refused to comment, and the report could not be immediately confirmed.

Chinese police had sentenced eight Americans, a German and a Briton to 10 days in detention for protesting during the Games.

Most were stopped by police while mounting small-scale protests over Chinese policies on Tibet and human rights.

During the early stages of the 17-day Olympics, China questioned and quickly deported foreign protesters. But in recent days, with most of the 100 or so foreign heads of state who attended the opening ceremony now gone, the regime had taken a harder line, adding lockup time.

[withahip]

Who is the blonde hair slob on the podium with the IOC Pres and MAyor of Beijing?

[Epsilon]

I think they said he is the new Mayor of London, as of this past May.
He was quite the mess.