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[Northender]

Brilliant; nice when sanity prevails. I gather McDonald's (who make hamburgers) are pretty hot on pursuing anybody who calls themselves Mc..anything. Ludicrous. As a Scot, I know lots of people whose name begins with Mc - how stressful it must be for them waiting for a hefty law suit to plop on the mat any day now...

Oh dear...what am I going to tell the children (or the wife, for that matter?)

[mangerton]

Brilliant; nice when sanity prevails. I gather McDonald's (who make hamburgers) are pretty hot on pursuing anybody who calls themselves Mc..anything. Ludicrous. As a Scot, I know lots of people whose name begins with Mc - how stressful it must be for them waiting for a hefty law suit to plop on the mat any day now...

It's especially annoying if your first name is Ronald.

[tantris]

i knew an Archie McSporran at school, which must have been tiresome for him. Comedic names are fine if you're not the eponymous one.

[Northender]

[QUOTE=mangerton;187304]It's especially annoying if your first name is Ronald.[/QUOTE]

Oh double-dear ... what am I going to tell the budgie?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

i dunno but dont show it this picture of the pigeon frighteners




nowt wrong with the mail it often has a good story [dont ask how they got it tho]
any way try this graun bit of work sums it up

[tantris]

Brilliant article, and I have to say I agree with every word.
Well, that burst of Pollyantics didn't last long...

At least we've got the Proms.

[teamsaint]

I just wish Wickham festival was starting on Friday and going on for 3 weeks.........

[Nick Armstrong]

this graun bit of work sums it up

It does indeed.

Thanks for the link.

I shall follow the fortunes of a few individual athletes in whose careers and stories I'm interested. Otherwise, that article says it all.

[Anna]

It does indeed. Thanks for the link.
I shall follow the fortunes of a few individual athletes in whose careers and stories I'm interested. Otherwise, that article says it all.

Cali, going back to thread you started ages ago which I cannot find about ticket shambles, did you manage to get any for the Games in the end? Did anyone else, is anyone going? (sorry this is off topic, just curious and would be interesting if attendees posted their experiences)

[Flosshilde]

On Today Seb Coe said you couldn't go to the Games in a Pepsi tee shirt but you would probably be alright wearing Nike trainers.

Locog then said Seb Coe was confused and spectators could wear what they liked but the stewards could only wear Adidas trainers (I presume new ones will be bought for them out of Ammy's Council Tax?)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...ponsorship-row

So if enough people turned up in the 'wrong' clothes there could be a situation where the spectators are naked & the athletes clothed?

[EdgeleyRob]

is anyone going?

I would rather poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick.

[Nick Armstrong]

Cali, going back to thread you started ages ago which I cannot find about ticket shambles, did you manage to get any for the Games in the end? Did anyone else, is anyone going? (sorry this is off topic, just curious and would be interesting if attendees posted their experiences)

No I didn't, Anna. I conquered my initial urge to send them to blazes when the brand fascism cut in right from the start and I was not allowed to use my usual 'Mastercard' and was forced to unearth my 'foreign emergency' Visa card. I asked for a few in the Aqua- and Velodromes, but when I didn't get them, I stopped bothering and now delete the plethora of emails I get from The Lord Coe's outfit.

I still have a residual sense that I want to go and see for myself what "the Olympic Park" is like... But I suspect I'll end up not venturing east and following a few chosen athletes on the TV.

[mangerton]

I would rather poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick.

Moi aussi!

[teamsaint]

I would rather poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick.

a fine british tradition in the javelin.........

[Ferretfancy]

We went to Greenwich on Friday to visit the Royal River exhibition at the National Maritime Museum and the Cutty Sark. The whole area is a maze of crowd barriers with many familiar routes completely inaccessible. In order to enter the museum we had to queue through a marquee to be searched, emptying our pockets and bags and being patted down by some squaddies. a LOCOG representative stood watch looking bored to tears.
The Museum itself is completely fenced off from Greenwich Park, and later we sat outside the refreshment cafeteria with the security staff standing by.
The park itself, and the Royal Observatory, are completely closed to the public except for the small garden at the top of the hill bordering on Blackheath.

Nothing that I could see looked ready yet for the Olympics.

We were the usual museum visitors, mostly older people with a few families and overseas tourists, just the sort to terrorise David Starkey I suppose!