Olympinonsense

[scottycelt]

If you have toes, prepare to curl them then....

Oh come on, The Mayor of London will be the star of the show, I'm sure ....

Don't go a bundle on the guy's politics, but he has such a carefree and ill-disguised contempt for our dumb-downed media, and even sometimes his political bosses, I think floppy-haired Boris is the bees-knees ...

[amateur51]

If you have toes, prepare to curl them then....

Where's Cyril Fletcher when you need him?

[amateur51]

Oh come on, The Mayor of London will be the star of the show, I'm sure ....

Don't go a bundle on the guy's politics, but he has such a carefree and ill-disguised contempt for our dumb-downed media, and even sometimes his political bosses, I think floppy-haired Boris is the bees-knees ...

Ah yes his famous ill-disguised contempt for our dumbed-down media - Boris gets paid £250,000/year for one column/week for the Torygraf and describes it as chicken feed - that the sort of thing you mean, scotty?

Fool!

[Lateralthinking1]

Oh come on, The Mayor of London will be the star of the show, I'm sure ....

Don't go a bundle on the guy's politics, but he has such a carefree and ill-disguised contempt for our dumb-downed media, and even sometimes his political bosses, I think floppy-haired Boris is the bees-knees ...

The only thing I could ever have said in support of Boris until recently was that he had originality.

However, on listening this week to a programme featuring the late Willie Rushton - the first time I had heard him in many years - I was left with the impression that the Mayor had at one time listened attentively to his delivery and pilfered every last nuance.

Do try to compare them - if you put what you know about Rushton out of your mind, you will be amazed by the similarity.

[scottycelt]

Ah yes his famous ill-disguised contempt for our dumbed-down media - Boris gets paid £250,000/year for one column/week for the Torygraf and describes it as chicken feed - that the sort of thing you mean, scotty?

Fool!

Well, £250,000pa for a weekly scribble probably is chicken-feed to Boris, amsey ... and, in any case, your post only proves my point, surely!

Anyway, who exactly are you calling a ''fool' ... ?

[teamsaint]

When I were a nipper, large posters used to adorn the railway embankments from Waterloo to your part of the world, teamsaint, proclaiming, "You will soon be entering the Strong Country". One had visions of big, burly men in sheep skins holding scythes and pitchforks, barring further progress to anyone hailing from beyond the reach of that rich, west-of-Basingstoke brogue.

It was beer, wasn't it?

Think so. I certainly remember billboards with that slogan/warning !! I guess it was beer, because i certainly didn't get any Strongs as a nipper !
I always took the slogan to mean..."people from portsmouth not welcome here".............but then I am a mush !

[scottycelt]

The only thing I could ever have said in support of Boris until recently was that he had originality.

However, on listening this week to a programme featuring the late Willie Rushton - the first time I had heard him in many years - I was left with the impression that the Mayor had at one time listened attentively to his delivery and pilfered every last nuance.

Do try to compare them - if you put what you know about Rushton out of your mind, you will be amazed by the similarity.

Can't say I've noticed ... but Johnson is a politician ... and politicians are actors/actresses ... but, unlike others, Johnson totally lacks pomposity for a man in his position, at least in public.

I like that ... but then it's not a matter what I like, it's up to Londoners to decide who should be their Mayor!

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh come on, The Mayor of London will be the star of the show, I'm sure ....

Don't go a bundle on the guy's politics, but he has such a carefree and ill-disguised contempt for our dumb-downed media, and even sometimes his political bosses, I think floppy-haired Boris is the bees-knees ...

He's certainly good for a laugh - in a good way, often... Personally, I can laugh whilst curling my toes: a useful skill when Bozza's about

[amateur51]

Well, £250,000pa for a weekly scribble probably is chicken-feed to Boris, amsey ... and, in any case, your post only proves my point, surely!

Anyway, who exactly are you calling a ''fool' ... ?

He's meant to be representing 8million Londoners, scotty, most of whom would be thrilled to earn £25,000/year

As to the fool, well ... if you have to ask ..

[scottycelt]

He's meant to be representing 8million Londoners, scotty, most of whom would be thrilled to earn £25,000/year

As to the fool, well ... if you have to ask ..

He DOES represent 8 million Londoners, amsey, whether they now regret that or not ...

And as for the fool ... if you ask me, the Waitrose Gooseberry is a pure delight.

[anotherbob]

From the BBC Sport Website.....

"Team GB athletes have been welcomed to the Olympic village in a ceremony that opened with a rendition of Queen's "Bicycle Race".

If only someone had played the 'B' side by mistake!

[vinteuil]

From the BBC Sport Website.....

"Team GB athletes have been welcomed to the Olympic village in a ceremony that opened with a rendition of Queen's "Bicycle Race".

If only someone had played the 'B' side by mistake!

... or even a replay of the naked bicycling :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Race

[Nick Armstrong]

Some fun here thanks to Paddy Power bookmakers http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...?newsfeed=true

The cheeky ads proclaim Paddy Power as the "Official sponsor of the largest athletics event in London this year! There you go, we said it." They then go on to reveal that the sponsorship is of an egg and spoon race to be held in the town of London in France.

[vinteuil]

... and now the real fun begins -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18991619

ho ho

[amateur51]

Some fun here thanks to Paddy Power bookmakers http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...?newsfeed=true

The cheeky ads proclaim Paddy Power as the "Official sponsor of the largest athletics event in London this year! There you go, we said it." They then go on to reveal that the sponsorship is of an egg and spoon race to be held in the town of London in France.

Excellent stuff