Team GB's magnificent achievements in the BMX events lead me to suggest that we pressure the IOC to include, in the next stage of the inevitable and relentless expansion of the Games, more 'sports' at which we can reasonably be expected to bring home more medals, such as dwile flonking, cheese rolling and tiddlywinks. I'm sure the modest cost involved would be somewhat less than the £24.66 million reportedly spent on rowers who seem to have a thing about coming 4th.
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A comment seen on another site:Originally posted by LMcD View Post
4 BMXers, 4 medals (2 Gold, Silver, Bronze) all done on 2 bob and a pickled egg.
About 40 rowers, 2 bob and a pickled egg for £24m."I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
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A rather unworthy thought came to mind about different lifestyle costs - Oxbridge student debt versus unemployment benefits...Originally posted by LHC View Post
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