Olympinonsense

[french frank]

What about TalkSport?

[Northender]

'Aha!' said Pip-Bin. 'I have devised an Automatic Usain Bolt Gold Medal Run Obliterator which will automatically switch my television receiver apparatus to an alternative channel. What is more, Mr. Gently Benevolent has tested it and assures me it will function satisfactorily'

[mangerton]

What about TalkSport?

You don't need anything as esoteric as talksport and 5live, ff. As a rule I listen to the news on R4 at various times of the day. This morning at 7 am the first four minutes were limpics. As others have said, they are impossible to avoid.

[mangerton]

oh mangerton, another one who cannot understand the pride, the joy; admit your envy.

It takes quite a lot to get me annoyed, and I believe that in a forum of this nature we have to respect the opinions of others, even when we don't agree with them. We should also try to post in a well-mannered way.

That said, Mr Wright, just who do you think you are to ascribe feelings of envy to me and others on this board?

Such awesome self-assurance...you're not related to The Blessed Roger by any chance, are you?

Northender - thank you. The self-assurance and arrogance are breathtaking.

[french frank]

You don't need anything as esoteric as talksport and 5live, ff. As a rule I listen to the news on R4 at various times of the day. This morning at 7 am the first four minutes were limpics. As others have said, they are impossible to avoid.

The only way they impinge on my life is when I access the BBC News website and they cover the entire screen until you scroll down to find the Other Top Stories (or 'real' news)

[Lateralthinking1]

Like all the billboards normally around town (EDF, Coca Cola, Sky, BT) just ignore the Olympics.

They would do, being hard bitten.

I am not seeing this as an either/or. Irrespective of all the negatives, I have seen some of the Olympics programmes and quite enjoyed them. Believe me, that requires magnanimity. As it happens, I quite like a bit of sport too. Always have done.

But what I am finding with this is that I am having to convince myself it is a calm sea before engaging with it. Mostly, what with the media saturation, it feels like a tidal wave. And the persistent comments on this thread about its very obvious limitations are a tiny antidote, a bit like throwing an occasional bucket of water at it, often in a fairly good natured way. I suppose anyone who is even mildly opposed should feel appreciative that a different opinion still carries some force when the flow is mainly one-way.

[Old Grumpy]

I propose Flosshilde for the Olympinonsense Gold Medal.

I think in this discussion the point may have been lost - these are the Olympic Games, emphasis on the last word. I suspect the Corporate envelope surrounding all major sporting activities these days has taken its toll. As for avoiding the broadcast games - some of us in the backwoods still only have 4 TV channels!

OG

[John Wright]

It takes quite a lot to get me annoyed, and I believe that in a forum of this nature we have to respect the opinions of others, even when we don't agree with them. We should also try to post in a well-mannered way.

That said, Mr Wright, just who do you think you are to ascribe feelings of envy to me and others on this board?

Yes, and this forum is populated mainly by folks who respect the opinions of others, and in my opinion some of the anti-pride-in-the -Olympics postings seem to be just folk just envious of others' ability to enjoy. It's my opinion, I'm not being arrogant. Indeed an example of arrogance is the miseries on here telling us that we should not enjoy the Olympics, and we should not be reminded of them through media and shop posters because it's all a political event to benefit large corporations.

[Beef Oven]

Indeed, yet the miseries on this thread won't accept that the sports fans among us are not concerned with the politics of it all, we just want to experience the Olympics for what they ARE!



Indeed, I am finding my own persistence rather tedious too, and you are prolongng it further!

JW, stop banging your head against a brick-wall - there are so many loser-tossers in here!! Just enjoy the Limpix for what you know they are, I know I am

[Flosshilde]

Thank you for your report of this event. I can now safely blink during the 2215 BBC1 News in the full knowledge that I won't have missed anything.

I think you could take 40 winks & still not miss the over-the-top coverage.

[Lateralthinking1]

Yep, we should reach silver in no time.

""The Olympic Park was just the best night, Jess, Farah and the long jump. We watched on a big screen," said Caroline Owens, who admitted to "breaking into" her wedding budget to keep coming back to the Games".

(BBC News)

[John Wright]

I think in this discussion the point may have been lost - these are the Olympic Games, emphasis on the last word. I suspect the Corporate envelope surrounding all major sporting activities these days has taken its toll.

JW, stop banging your head against a brick-wall - there are so many loser-tossers in here!! Just enjoy the Limpix for what you know they are, I know I am

Thank you both, the voices of reason!

I'm ok now

[Flosshilde]

Yes, and this forum is populated mainly by folks who respect the opinions of others, and in my opinion some of the anti-pride-in-the -Olympics postings seem to be just folk just envious of others' ability to enjoy. It's my opinion, I'm not being arrogant. Indeed an example of arrogance is the miseries on here telling us that we should not enjoy the Olympics, and we should not be reminded of them through media and shop posters because it's all a political event to benefit large corporations.

As far as I'm concerned you are completely wrong. I am intensely relaxed about people enjoying the Limps - I just don't want it rammed down my throat. It's you that seems to have a complex about people who aren't interested.

[Bryn]

I see somebody lost his bottle, and then got his collar felt by the bluebottles.

[Lateralthinking1]

I see somebody lost his bottle, and then got his collar felt by the bluebottles.

But the one who, according to the Guardian, admits on Twitter to hitting him with 'no respect' is not guilty of assault?

Rather she is 'angry' at not seeing the final while tackling him?

Says it all about this country now.