London Olympics Panic! - Britain's Useless Athletes Unable to Win Gold

RenovationMan

wymondham wrote: »

postbox and stamps ... is there a historical link between the olympic games and postal service???

The original Greek athletes were all scrollmen in the Greek Scrolstal service.

Was just reading that the prize money awared in the UK is tax free, but the Americans tax their athletes as one of the few countries that use doble taxation on their citizens.

sabretoothtigger

9,000 tax bill for every gold medal winner

robmatic

PaulF81 wrote: »

i could have enjoyed it immensely watching it in another country. whilst being smug at the thought of how much it cost them not us.

That's like going to a party and lurking quietly in a corner, feeling smug because some other poor fool spent money on crisps and dips.

vivatifosi

From the OP:

joe_blotts wrote: »

I could speculate when individual athletes such as Bradley Wiggins will win a Gold, but they keep letting us all down, time after time, it really will be humiliating from Britain if we have not won a single Gold medal by Friday.

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article35848.html

Not too shabby then. 8 golds so far, 1 more to go and we equal Athens. Next to overtake after that will be Sydney's medal haul. Half way through, 8 golds, now compare with our total gold medal hauls with the past 10 Olympics:

Munich 1972: 4 incl Mary Peters (+ 2 x equestrian, sailing)
Montreal 1976: 3 incl David Wilkie (+ mod pent, sailing)
Moscow 1980 (US boycott): 5 (Wells, Ovett, Coe, DaleyT, Goodhew)
Los Angeles 1984 (Eastern Bloc boycott): 5 (Coe, DaleyT, Sanderson, Redgrave's first with mens 4, Cooper).
Seoul 1988: 5 (mens hockey, Moorhouse, Redgrave's 2nd, shoot, sail)
Barcelona 1992: 5 (Christie, Gunnell, Redgrave/Pinsent, Boardman, Searle et al)
Atlanta 1996: 1 (Redgrave/Pinsent)
Sydney 2000: 11 (Edwards, Lewis, AudleyH, Queally, Cook, mens 4 incl R&P, mens 8, Robertson, Percy, Ainslie, Faulds)
Athens 2004: 9 (Holmes x 2, mens 4x100, Wiggins, Hoy, mens 4 incl R&P, Law, Ainslie, women's Yngling)
Beijing 2008: 19 (Cooke, Adlington x 2, Men's team sprint incl Kenny/Hoy, Mens 4, Wiggins, Hoy x 2 indiv, women's Yngling, Hunter/Purchase, Ainslie, Romero, Men's team pursuit, Men's laser, Pendleton, Ohuruogu, Men's Star, Brabants, DeGale)

mystic_trev

Has now removed his / her senseless article on the Olympics. I wonder why?

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/UserInfo-Nadeem_Walayat.html

sabretoothtigger

not really economic issue or market, stick to what you good at

chris_m

mystic_trev wrote: »

Has now removed his / her senseless article on the Olympics. I wonder why?

Probably because it's been proven pointless - unlike Team GB who already hold 12 gold medals and are in third place in the overall medals table at the time of writing
:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T Team GB.

Oops, up to 13 now - nope Mo Farah's made it 14

mystic_trev

..with his Olympic preperations!

homelessskilledworker

Well is'nt Joe looking a prat now, three MORE golds yesterday.

I am going to have to stop watching, everytime I see us get a gold(any medal actually) the olds tears start flowing.

This has to be giving GB a massive lift in spirits

chewmylegoff

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

Well is'nt Joe looking a prat now, three MORE golds yesterday.

I am going to have to stop watching, everytime I see us get a gold(any medal actually) the olds tears start flowing.

This has to be giving GB a massive lift in spirits

Did you go to bed at 9pm? Six not three!