Olympinonsense

[teamsaint]

Right. Excellent. So we have proved , after all, that the 7th biggest economy in the world can "deliver" a 2 weeks sports event. Without too much of a shambles.

I expect we will now move on to
Decent housing.
Good education.
An NHS that "delivers" and doesn't bankrupt its suppliers.
regulating and controlling the banks.
Job creation.
Good and good value public services.
Public transport of a good quality at a sensible price.
Sorting pensions so that people live to collect them.
R3 between 6.30 AM and Mid day.
tax avoidance and evasion.
Stopping invading countries.
Etc.
Not necessarily in that order. But maybe all at once.
Start Monday morning Ok with you Seb? Dave?

[Nick Armstrong]

Anyway, this closing ceremony is an embarrassment, just the sort of silly performance nonsense Danny Boyle avoided so brilliantly...

Her Maj has wisely stayed in with a box-set of 'Poirot' I see...

[Pianorak]

Anyway, this closing ceremony is an embarrassment. . .

I can't believe I have watched that for 30 minutes. Who on earth was that ghastly woman in a green dress allegedly singing?

[John Wright]

I can't believe I have watched that for 30 minutes. Who on earth was that ghastly woman in a green dress allegedly singing?

Well if you had been watching you'd have seen her name of the screen (i'm sure you wouldn't have understood her name when spoken, so IF you really want to know her name (and I know you don't) then try google)

[Lateralthinking1]

I can't believe I have watched that for 30 minutes. Who on earth was that ghastly woman in a green dress allegedly singing?

The two weeks have been just like the history of Britain.

It started slowly, was quite impressive a bit later and is now dire beyond belief and near its end.

Good luck to Dave as he returns from his fortnight "working" from home. It can't be more than a week or two before he gets the chance to go on holiday. He deserves it given all the strenuous effort he has put in.

[teamsaint]

Anyway, well done to the successful UK Athletes.

Before puffed up dave and seb actually explode with pride, let's hops they have a look at this league table

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/2012/jul/30/olympics-2012-alternative-medal-table

And I feel sure they will feel that it was worth it

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9458510/4.6-million-the-cost-of-an-British-Olympic-medal.html

.....cheaper than a war, at least. Probably cheaper than 5 years at Eton, actually.

[Northender]

the two weeks have been just like the history of britain.

it started slowly, was quite impressive a bit later and is now dire beyond belief and near its end.

(or do I mean ?)

[Bryn]

... Probably cheaper than 5 years at Eton, actually.

Nah. Even with various extras you'd come away with change from a twentieth of that for five years at Eton. It's not the most expensive Public School you know, nor by any means the most academically successful.

[Osborn]

I expect we will now move on to
...R3 between 6.30 AM and Mid day...Etc.

Can we make that 11am please; it would still leave R3 with over 30 hrs of studio guests, tweets, texts, horoscopes, quizzes & a couple of Mahler symphonies each week.

At 11am R3 can hand over to Sports Galore in time for the day's ball by ball commentary on the test match & live evening coverage of ten pin bowling, nocturnal clay pigeon shooting, & flunking the marrow...

[teamsaint]

Nah. Even with various extras you'd come away with change from a twentieth of that for five years at Eton. It's not the most expensive Public School you know, nor by any means the most academically successful.

Depends how you look atsuccess...quite good at breeding PMs !!
And beyond most peoples pocket, most expensive or not.
Worst table manners I ever saw....bar none !! I was shocked even as a 16 year old.

[Lateralthinking1]

Worst table manners I ever saw....bar none !! I was shocked even as a 16 year old.

Did you visit, teamsaint? Tell us more.

[mangerton]

A tad unfair on the House of Lords - it's the individual who's the dollop in this case, not the institution - but i know what you mean

Yes, you're right, of course.

I like "dollop", btw.

[teamsaint]

yup, played football there, Lat.
In fact I have played football at a number of the countries top public schools. (Not very well).
Westminster, Eton, Winchester, cricket at Charterhouse.
I had the good fortune to go to a very good school, at which football was especially important.(which is why I wanted to go there !!)
Needless to say, I was strictly second X1 at footy.
!

[Flosshilde]

I can't believe I have watched that for 30 minutes. Who on earth was that ghastly woman in a green dress allegedly singing?

I've just switched on - I see there's a sort-of Union Flag pattern in the arena. & now they've got Queen, who were, of course, famous for their perfromance at the Barcelona Olympics

[Flosshilde]

Oh dear, now they've reserected (another) dead Beetle.