2012 olympics

[srw]

Really? Are people asked how much they are willing to pay? I dont think so.

"Hello I'd like to book a room"
"That will be £300 per night"
"That's a lot, don't you have anything cheaper?"
"Sorry, no"
"Well, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I suppose I'm willing to pay what you ask."

Every transaction in the private sector is between a willing buyer and a willing seller - otherwise it wouldn't happen.

 

[ufkacbln]

Good news is that the Olympics are a success for Tourism...

Bookings in Scotland are up 30%!

 

[slowmotion]

Good news is that the Olympics are a success for Tourism...

Bookings in Scotland are up 30%!

Caber tossing is an Olympic event?

 

[swee'pea99]

its closer to the actual truth than you would like to imagine. some of the meetings I have sat in have made me cringe with the decisions that have ben made. the audit one was so spot on

Apparently they wanted Keith Moon to play. Um, that's not the prog...it's the real thing. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/us-...moon-london-olympics-organisers?newsfeed=true

 

[subaqua]

Apparently they wanted Keith Moon to play. Um, that's not the prog...it's the real thing. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/us-...moon-london-olympics-organisers?newsfeed=true

I read that and thought of the programme 2012 straight away. it truly isbonkers over here

 

[PBancroft]

Just Google....

It was an FoI request reported by most national newpsapers and a lot of other sites besides

I did, which is why I asked. There seemed to be a big stink being kicked up by a organisation demanding French has equal footing to English on literature and signage, but nothing I could see about it going first.

 

[ufkacbln]

I did, which is why I asked. There seemed to be a big stink being kicked up by a organisation demanding French has equal footing to English on literature and signage, but nothing I could see about it going first.

The wording (as reported) of the agreement is that the French Language be "given precedence" in all "Ceremonies, billboards and pageantry"

That has been intepreted to include the official signing.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

But I wouldn't want my worst enemy to stay in Calais - it's a right dump

Makes Ilkeston look like Gerrards Cross! *cough*

 

[defy-one]

Gerrards Cross is lovely ;-)

 

[ASC1951]

Pierre de Coubertin ( 1863-1937) is the founder of the modern olympics.

So Johnny Foreigner would have us believe. In fact there were several "Olympic Games" half a century before the good Pierre - IIRC from a recent programme on the Beeb, there was one in Shropshire which is still going after 170 years,

 

[growingvegetables]

Caber tossing is an Olympic event?

No - but running as far and fast as you can in the opposite direction is!
Hell - I'd slide, slug-like, on my tummy if necessary.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

So Johnny Foreigner would have us believe. In fact there were several "Olympic Games" half a century before the good Pierre - IIRC from a recent programme on the Beeb, there was one in Shropshire which is still going after 170 years,

Indeed. It's held at Much Wenlock (hence one of the strange 2012 mascots being called Wenlock). Linkety link.

 

[ufkacbln]

Caber tossing is an Olympic event?

Allegedly some members of Olympic Committee are Tossers

 

[subaqua]

Allegedly some members of Olympic Committee are Tossers

and some most at LOCOG and ODA

 

[gavroche]

"Hello I'd like to book a room"
"That will be £300 per night"
"That's a lot, don't you have anything cheaper?"
"Sorry, no"
"Well, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I suppose I'm willing to pay what you ask."

Every transaction in the private sector is between a willing buyer and a willing seller - otherwise it wouldn't happen.

I beg to differ. When I buy diesel for my car, I have to pay what it says on the pump.