Possibly Olympic's first mishap.

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'll have to join you, only on another continent.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

OH!! How ironic! I just happen to be watching an old episode of Going For Gold from 1988, and the prize is a trip to South Korea where the Olympics will be taking place.

The actual wording in the bumf about it was

'And the tension will be mounting for the up and coming Olympics....'

Err, yes, and now we know what that tension really is!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

If it were the British and our flag was flown upside down (which it frequently is), we'd tut loudly just before having a slighly stronger cup of tea and an extra digestive.

I like that attitude, it's
Me, being a foreigner, I just explode ... wish I was cool as an English cucumber

 

[Dayvo]

Excellent! A major olympic cock-up, two days BEFORE the opening ceremony!

 

[biggs682]

it sure wont be the last you wait and see

 

[Arch]

I was giggling just now, watching the torch going round the Hampton Court Maze. It didn't get lost of course, but that would have been hilarious. What had me giggling was that due to the narrow pathway, the party had to run in a little line - guide (a chap in an Indiana Jones hat!), torch carrier, and two police, all one behind the other. I could just imagine it speeded up with Benny Hill music. And then a growing stream of lost maze-goers tagging on....

 

[toroddf]

Just wait 'till they play Borat's version of the Kazakstan anthem. Something they did in Dubai or thereabout in a gold medal ceremony. The gold medal winner was in fits of laughter.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Just wait 'till they play Borat's version of the Kazakstan anthem. Something they did in Dubai or thereabout in a gold medal ceremony. The gold medal winner was in fits of laughter.

I'd LOVE it if one of the independents chose Sprach Zarathustra or whatever it's called.

 

[subaqua]

http://news.sky.com/story/965746/olympics-first-train-late-as-driver-is-sick

possibly the 2nd ??

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

And the 3rd:

http://news.sky.com/story/965868/hells-bell-jeremy-hunts-olympic-mishap

 

[Arch]

http://news.sky.com/story/965746/olympics-first-train-late-as-driver-is-sick

possibly the 2nd ??

A train 5 minutes late? That's not news. That's not even officially late, is it?

I remember when Top Gear raced the bullet train, they said that you got a %age refund if the train was late, but 'late' was counted as something like 2 minutes...

 

[Tarbo]

At least they managed to get the Swiss flag correct. That's a big plus..........


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