The Olympic Trivial Thing Thread.

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What about in the coxless pairs/fours? How do they know where they are going?

Great big rearview mirrors stuck to their blades.

Or not.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What about in the coxless pairs/fours? How do they know where they are going?

You just need to row in a straight line
To be honest with you, I think the more rowers you have in a boat, the more scope there is of things going wrong

 

[Speicher]

So all those guys are driven by their cox?

<snigger>

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Great big rearview mirrors stuck to their blades.

Or not.

Actually, people do fit mirrors to the riggers, so you aren't too far off.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Basically, the bigger the boat, the less most of the rowers can see, so they need someone to guide them

 

[Andy_R]

Basically, the bigger the boat, the less most of the rowers can see, so they need someone to guide them

So when Brody told Quint "You're gonna need a bigger boat," he should have checked that Quint had a cox. Oh, hang on, that was Hooper's job. Sorry, just rambling.

 

[sheddy]

the extra CO2 generated by staging the OG will raise temperatures by 0.2012 c

 

[Aperitif]

The Thighs the limit...Davywalnuts - hang your head in shame. Greipel left and Forstemann bulge for the camera. (Greipel would win the widest facial opening award I reckon, even if his thighs are naff.)

 

[fimm]

Does anyone know anything about gymnastics? My boyfriend and I were wondering if women were physically capable of working on the very strength-based apparatuses the men use, especially the pommel horse and the rings. I thought we probably couldn't, while he thought I was being negative about women's capabilities...

 

[Bollo]

Greipel left and Forstemann bulge for the camera.

Which type of bulge are we talking about here? In either case I feel crushed.

(Greipel would win the widest facial opening award I reckon, even if his thighs are naff.)

Greipel reminds me of the Kettle Witch from Chorlton and the Wheelies.

 

[Aperitif]

Hi Paul!

 

[Speicher]

0 from three, I'm afraid. But I do have other positive attributes... such as a spare bed.

Stephen Redgrave () was saying last night that he was in staying a stone's throw from the Rowing Lake. Admittedly he could probably throw a stone a very extremely long way, but is he staying near you?

 

[rikki]

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Hockey was only introduced to the Olympics following a translation mix-up, croquet has never been seen in the games since[/quote]

Is this true?
Can you cite an authority?

I can't wait to tell the croquet nut in this house.
He'll be home from croquet in about 2 hours.

 

[rikki]

The Spanish basketball coach has got an Etch A Sketch instead of a little whiteboard to explain the play.

 

[Speicher]

Last night the women's Australian Beach Volleyball team lost against..... Austria!

No, I did not